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5 April 2026

Happy Easter. 🐣

Do you remember dyeing Easter eggs the day before Easter, then waking up early to hunt them — all while somehow believing a magical bunny had been involved? Back then, imagination felt real enough to touch. Some people carried that spark forward and turned it into great stories. For me, the spell broke the moment I discovered Santa might not be real. That was a long time ago, and I’ve grown more cynical since. It happens gradually, as more knowledge clicks into place and more dots connect.

I’m not saying cynicism is a bad thing. It’s often said that cynics notice things — and we may or may not choose to comment on what we notice. We see the gap between what people say and what they actually do. It’s easy to speak without considering consequences, but much harder to follow through. Action requires commitment to real values. In other words, talk is cheap.

Cynics also see the machinery behind institutions — systems built on incentives rather than ideals, running on people who are mostly trying to protect themselves.

And we notice the incentives behind people’s actions, often intuiting what those incentives might be. There are patterns in behavior that many overlook, but a cynic tends to catch them.

In the end, it often comes down to an unwritten code: don’t be naive, don’t be impressed by titles, don’t let society gaslight you, and pay attention to what’s actually happening — not just what you’re told is happening.

And so Easter becomes a kind of checkpoint — a reminder of where belief began, and how perspective changes with time.

Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.” — Lewis Carroll

“Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.” — George Carlin

“We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are.” — Anaïs Nin

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