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

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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  • Goatworshiper said:

    I've been on JSA twice as a youngster and it certainly isnt the easy ride it's made out to be.

    Firstly, I have enjoyed reading this topic emmensly. All your perspectives are much more logical and in tune with what I feel. I dont know if any of you have tried to have a similar conversation elsewhere on the www but It always turns into a massive argument and gets filled with ignorant one line comments.

    I found that statement really interesting Goatworshiper as I was on JSA for a while a couple of years ago and I was so shocked at how easy it was. They gave me this little book where I had to fill in what actions I had taken that week to look for work. The mimimum you have to do is 2 "actions" a week. So looking at one website and one newspaper in a week would be enough. I filled this book in 2 weeks after doing about 20 things a day. They told me to stop writing it down.

    I stopped claiming in the end as I couldnt handle going in the office. A mix of shame and the people inside got too much for me. 

    Sometimes I do envy people that are content with a can of larger and a stick 

    I would like that on a t-shirt! Laughing

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  • Goatworshiper said:

    I've been on JSA twice as a youngster and it certainly isnt the easy ride it's made out to be.

    Firstly, I have enjoyed reading this topic emmensly. All your perspectives are much more logical and in tune with what I feel. I dont know if any of you have tried to have a similar conversation elsewhere on the www but It always turns into a massive argument and gets filled with ignorant one line comments.

    I found that statement really interesting Goatworshiper as I was on JSA for a while a couple of years ago and I was so shocked at how easy it was. They gave me this little book where I had to fill in what actions I had taken that week to look for work. The mimimum you have to do is 2 "actions" a week. So looking at one website and one newspaper in a week would be enough. I filled this book in 2 weeks after doing about 20 things a day. They told me to stop writing it down.

    I stopped claiming in the end as I couldnt handle going in the office. A mix of shame and the people inside got too much for me. 

    Sometimes I do envy people that are content with a can of larger and a stick 

    I would like that on a t-shirt! Laughing

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