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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  • LoCommotion said:

    For example high heels.  Why wear footwear you can't walk in - that's what shoes are for, aren't they?  And they're probably damaging for your feet.  I've never understood this mentality and find that people lack critical thought.  I call this Mindless Copycat Syndrome (this doesn't exist, it's just a made up name.)  I've always been a very independent thinker who's always done their own thing and can't relate to it.

    The high heel wearing is probably rooted in sex:

    www.psychologytoday.com/.../why-are-high-heels-so-enticing

    ......I am pretty sure that the 'Mindless Copycat Syndrome' applies and people are not always aware of their motives. Consumerism as a whole annoys me. On a planet with a set amount of resources why are we encouraged to waste them and why are the so unevenly distributed? At the moment people of the UK are being told to tighten theire belts and make cuts and SPEND MORE!....... how odd. Why not allow everyone to work part-time and consume less? I firmly believe that if everyone was allowed to realise and fullfill their potential in this world then everything would be a whole lot better. But I don't think that is ever going to be a strategy persued by any UK government. And as humans are flawed with human traits then of course there would always be some who would abuse and take advantage of a 'fair system'...... OK thats that off my chest......Wink

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  • LoCommotion said:

    For example high heels.  Why wear footwear you can't walk in - that's what shoes are for, aren't they?  And they're probably damaging for your feet.  I've never understood this mentality and find that people lack critical thought.  I call this Mindless Copycat Syndrome (this doesn't exist, it's just a made up name.)  I've always been a very independent thinker who's always done their own thing and can't relate to it.

    The high heel wearing is probably rooted in sex:

    www.psychologytoday.com/.../why-are-high-heels-so-enticing

    ......I am pretty sure that the 'Mindless Copycat Syndrome' applies and people are not always aware of their motives. Consumerism as a whole annoys me. On a planet with a set amount of resources why are we encouraged to waste them and why are the so unevenly distributed? At the moment people of the UK are being told to tighten theire belts and make cuts and SPEND MORE!....... how odd. Why not allow everyone to work part-time and consume less? I firmly believe that if everyone was allowed to realise and fullfill their potential in this world then everything would be a whole lot better. But I don't think that is ever going to be a strategy persued by any UK government. And as humans are flawed with human traits then of course there would always be some who would abuse and take advantage of a 'fair system'...... OK thats that off my chest......Wink

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