That is when I really figured out that the little cynic inside of me was more right than wrong. That is when I became:
The Cynical Cynic!! (tm)
More blown steam than a locomotive!
Able to leap tall piles of bullshiat in a single bound!
Look, up in the sky... it's a wet blanket! It's an Eeyore!
Its... The Cynical Cynic!
Strange human from a small town with bile and negativity far beyond that of mortal men. And, in his disguise as a worn down, middle aged Boomer (by one month, I might add!), fights a never ending battle. (We don't know what, because it has all proven to be useless so far.)
(kinda?)
Seriously, that whole situation just changed me on everything. The fact that so many people bought into it without even once looking at the fact that those who were pushing this narrative were blatantly just pushing their own agendas and using this as a smokescreen/launching point. And, destroying lives left and right. (I know of too many good male teachers who had to quit after that, because the 'hype' of that shiat just would not let go and they ran into too many issues with parents and others who felt that, since they were male teachers (And single! My stars and garters!!), they HAD to be up to something... because we all know teachers are comely but dowdy females who never marry and are practically nuns their entire lives. I can attest that this attitude goes on to this day.)
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