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The fine line between needing to be social and needing solitude.

Goatworshiper

Does anyone else have problems with this balancing act? If not I'm just getting this off my chest.

I feel odd when I'm with people, without being insulting towards other humans I find they frustrate the life out of me. I find people just don't really have much valid to say. At the moment I'm sick of hearing people being demonised for claiming benifits, by people who claim working tax credits, child tax credits etc. I'm not in a position were I personally need to claim benifits, however I'm not into the demonisation of the ill and unemployed. It's not only this issue, people just being wide of the mark on lots of topics, science denialist's tend to be particulary frustrating.

I'd like to get on with people a lot more, I enjoy being social (within my small circle of friends). But I just find people stupid, ignorant and inhumane. I'm generally misanthropic and tend to upset people quite frequently by telling them that human life is cheap and explaining about a history of slave labour, concentration camps etc. Well I say upset, I think it just annoys people as It questions thier humanitarian ideals. I suppose thier lies my problem, hypocritical humanist whom don't see that they treat humans particulary badly. For instance they want to save the world and help African children, but have a poor attitude to work colleages.

I went to Auschwitz recently and people seem perplexed that I didn't get upset from the visit. I find it very odd: when I here people talking about how they think other people should be dealt with for not working (and not conforming to thier belief system), I can easily see how something as big as Nazi Germany could escalate. I find it so odd that people think that work is the only important thing in life. Surely there has to be more to life than self regulated slavery?

Today I cut my grass with mp3 player on and it was just bliss. Solitude and the world blanked out.

Wierdly, I still crave some social activities even tho people frustrate the life out of me. 

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  • Yes I agree Hope. We do tend to analyze thing's to the n'th degree. I have noticed over the years that people don't like critical analysis. I work with musicians and actors and if thier not getting little applauses then they spit the dummy. I had an appraisel at work a few years ago, and I was open and honest about my weakness' (I have plenty, and I'm well aware of them). However It didnt go down fantastically well when I highlighted the weakness' of most of my team. It wasnt at all done in a vindictive context, but I suggested that some of the music teachers actually knew less than the students about music technology topics they were teaching. The point of me bring this issue up, was so we could plan better and I could be available to help members of staff that needed the most help. I also find people do not like to be told how to improve if you are heiracically positioned beneath them.

    I can completly understand what Spektral is saying too. I frequently read articles and want to talk about them, I find them exciting but most people are ambivilent. I must admit when I worked in construction (as an apprentice in my teens), I was driven to distraction with peoples small talk. Im frequently surprised by how little people read, especially as I work in Education. I'm dyslexic and sometimes reading can be quite a chore (although very rewarding). My line manager always comments about reading books and how she "never has time". I do however notice she has plenty of time for her tan, nails, eyelash extension etc. I can't comprehend not reading :-$

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  • Yes I agree Hope. We do tend to analyze thing's to the n'th degree. I have noticed over the years that people don't like critical analysis. I work with musicians and actors and if thier not getting little applauses then they spit the dummy. I had an appraisel at work a few years ago, and I was open and honest about my weakness' (I have plenty, and I'm well aware of them). However It didnt go down fantastically well when I highlighted the weakness' of most of my team. It wasnt at all done in a vindictive context, but I suggested that some of the music teachers actually knew less than the students about music technology topics they were teaching. The point of me bring this issue up, was so we could plan better and I could be available to help members of staff that needed the most help. I also find people do not like to be told how to improve if you are heiracically positioned beneath them.

    I can completly understand what Spektral is saying too. I frequently read articles and want to talk about them, I find them exciting but most people are ambivilent. I must admit when I worked in construction (as an apprentice in my teens), I was driven to distraction with peoples small talk. Im frequently surprised by how little people read, especially as I work in Education. I'm dyslexic and sometimes reading can be quite a chore (although very rewarding). My line manager always comments about reading books and how she "never has time". I do however notice she has plenty of time for her tan, nails, eyelash extension etc. I can't comprehend not reading :-$

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