One person's prophecy is another person's money making opportunity.
Yeah, I've always been a bit jaded, I got that from my mom.
"If you must speak the truth make it funny, or people will want to kill you." Meatball FultonEasel
You know what H. L. Mencken had to say: "A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for the coffin."
Or, as I'd like to put it: Cynicism is an under-rated quality. It'll sharpen your mind and save you from trouble.
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