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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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  • Goatworshiper said:

    Over the last weekend I've had two experiences that have reminded me of this thread:

    1, I Went into Comet with my gf to buy a fan. Very very agressive sales tatics used, we were followed around the shop and asked what we wanted etc. The same guy my gf spoke too on the shop floor served us. It looked like a really horrible place to work, loud bad music too. I was completely overwhelmed, If I was alone I's have left.

    Upon leaving I did wonder If I ever lost my job and was made to work in one of these places how I would cope. 

    2, My sister is getting her twins christened. I suspect I might be asked to be a god parent, so I told my mum I would be knocking em back on grounds of being anti-theist. I've bent over backwards in the past to accomadate other people spiritual beliefs, I just can't do it anymore. Religion makes me feel nervous and uncomfortable. No doubt I'll be seen as being awkward. It didn't go down very well when I sent a letter to the church I was christened in asking to be excommunicated. 

    At this point in time I wish I could disassociate myself from the wider world at this point in time.

    What a nightmare!  I'd hate to work in one of those kinds of shops.  And I really hate it when I go into a shop and the assistant is staring at me or following me around trying to help me, it makes me feel really uncomfortable and I leave the shop without buying anything.  I avoid these kinds of shops and prefer to go to the supermarket where I can browse even though there is often too much choice and it takes me forever to decide what I want.  Also I don't like shopping with others, always alone.

    I once had a job where I was asked to phone up customers and introduce myself to them.  I hated it.  I didn't see the point of this and was sure that I was taking up the customers' time for nothing as I was calling for no particular reason.  I never feel comfortable talking on the phone anyway and I didn't know what to say to them and felt extremely awkward. I find it extemely annoying when a firm calls me to "inform me of a promotion." I tell them that I'm not interested and ask them not to call again.  Way too invasive.  Needless to say I didn't stay long at that job.

    As for religion, I'm not religious and it's one of those subjects I avoid unless I know the other person has the same views as me.  Best to agree to disagree.

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  • Goatworshiper said:

    Over the last weekend I've had two experiences that have reminded me of this thread:

    1, I Went into Comet with my gf to buy a fan. Very very agressive sales tatics used, we were followed around the shop and asked what we wanted etc. The same guy my gf spoke too on the shop floor served us. It looked like a really horrible place to work, loud bad music too. I was completely overwhelmed, If I was alone I's have left.

    Upon leaving I did wonder If I ever lost my job and was made to work in one of these places how I would cope. 

    2, My sister is getting her twins christened. I suspect I might be asked to be a god parent, so I told my mum I would be knocking em back on grounds of being anti-theist. I've bent over backwards in the past to accomadate other people spiritual beliefs, I just can't do it anymore. Religion makes me feel nervous and uncomfortable. No doubt I'll be seen as being awkward. It didn't go down very well when I sent a letter to the church I was christened in asking to be excommunicated. 

    At this point in time I wish I could disassociate myself from the wider world at this point in time.

    What a nightmare!  I'd hate to work in one of those kinds of shops.  And I really hate it when I go into a shop and the assistant is staring at me or following me around trying to help me, it makes me feel really uncomfortable and I leave the shop without buying anything.  I avoid these kinds of shops and prefer to go to the supermarket where I can browse even though there is often too much choice and it takes me forever to decide what I want.  Also I don't like shopping with others, always alone.

    I once had a job where I was asked to phone up customers and introduce myself to them.  I hated it.  I didn't see the point of this and was sure that I was taking up the customers' time for nothing as I was calling for no particular reason.  I never feel comfortable talking on the phone anyway and I didn't know what to say to them and felt extremely awkward. I find it extemely annoying when a firm calls me to "inform me of a promotion." I tell them that I'm not interested and ask them not to call again.  Way too invasive.  Needless to say I didn't stay long at that job.

    As for religion, I'm not religious and it's one of those subjects I avoid unless I know the other person has the same views as me.  Best to agree to disagree.

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