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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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  • Atleast they asked that you applied for two jobs a week. My local office just requested that you looked for jobs twice a week.

    I had a very similar expereince to that too. I wanted to do a course but they told me I cant while claiming, unless I want to do one of their pointless "how to get a job" courses. Like you said, supervised applications ( I can fill a bloody form in thank you very much!) and other nonsense. I never got forced outdoor activies though. I certainly feel for you. I struggled to even enter the building as having a bouncer on the door of a place that is supposed to be helping me didnt inspire much confidence.

    I was earning a good wage prior to all this so, like you, really struggled to cope with  the situation. Luckily I had a small amount of savings to live on at the time (which the job centre didnt like either!)

    I will never go back there again. I really feel for the people in need of real advice and financial support from the Job Centre, as the service they offer is appauling.

    I miss the internet of 15 years ago. No kids (although I was 13 then!), hardly any adverts and decent people having decent conversations. The internet now seems to be made up of cat videos, pictures with FAIL! written on, porn, inane babble, social networks and maybe 10% useful information.

    I am pretty sure you could overdub a video of said stick and larger weilding persons with a David Attenborough peice to good effect. Alpha males with litters of children from his many mates. Subordinate females challenging for prime spot with the males.

    It also makes me think its kind of like a Stella remake of 2001: A Space Odyssey Smile

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  • Atleast they asked that you applied for two jobs a week. My local office just requested that you looked for jobs twice a week.

    I had a very similar expereince to that too. I wanted to do a course but they told me I cant while claiming, unless I want to do one of their pointless "how to get a job" courses. Like you said, supervised applications ( I can fill a bloody form in thank you very much!) and other nonsense. I never got forced outdoor activies though. I certainly feel for you. I struggled to even enter the building as having a bouncer on the door of a place that is supposed to be helping me didnt inspire much confidence.

    I was earning a good wage prior to all this so, like you, really struggled to cope with  the situation. Luckily I had a small amount of savings to live on at the time (which the job centre didnt like either!)

    I will never go back there again. I really feel for the people in need of real advice and financial support from the Job Centre, as the service they offer is appauling.

    I miss the internet of 15 years ago. No kids (although I was 13 then!), hardly any adverts and decent people having decent conversations. The internet now seems to be made up of cat videos, pictures with FAIL! written on, porn, inane babble, social networks and maybe 10% useful information.

    I am pretty sure you could overdub a video of said stick and larger weilding persons with a David Attenborough peice to good effect. Alpha males with litters of children from his many mates. Subordinate females challenging for prime spot with the males.

    It also makes me think its kind of like a Stella remake of 2001: A Space Odyssey Smile

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