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I actually did find that person. We're pretty happy, grumbling and isolating from the world together. There's people and then there's people, and the latter are just awful.
Agreed. I think I've found her, too. I gotta tell ya. This is pretty great.
First of all, genuinely happy for the both of you.
Second of all, I don't think it's mentally healthy to have such a negative view on such a large portion of a society - personally, I'm very picky with friends and acquaintances, but the "I hate people"-attitude is rather something I associate with edgy teenagers and people who never grew out of that mindset.
I mostly ignore that people who I don't like exist and reduce my interactions with them to a minimum. Constantly hating just sounds exhausting, even if it's so abstract.
You are obviously free to do as you please; I'm just trying to provide another perspective that maybe brings more peace of mind.
It is exhausting and unhealthy in some ways. But look around... None of this shit is good for our mental health. I've done my time trying to make the best of being surrounded by truly disgusting people, and even help them despite everything. I'm done.
Hating people has a lot to do with how people interact with you.
If anytime you go out someone threatns you or rubs their leg onto yours in public transport or whatever the fuck it will be this time, you just default to this mindset.
Has something to do with self preservation.
People who don't have this constantly reinforced may be able to ignore it but it is not really a choice for all of us.
I think most people who "hate people" don't actually hate all people, just people as a whole because they suck. Individual people can be great.
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Have you met people though?
I hate people flat out.
I ride 'protected' bike lanes and have people encroach into them anyways almost evey day. you hear the sound of stick against the bars of a railing then get hit in the back by a plastic tube. It was an suv or truck driving through the springy pylons and launching one at me.
highway on ramp has a dedicated lane with a bike lane on the shoulder, but during rush hour everyone combines the bike lane with the on ramp lane and splits that into two unofficial car lanes.
on foot big trucks always creep forward and block the entire walk phase and the light that indicates it.
everyone stops in the middle of the intersection.
when I'm driving people never understand zipper merge and trade paint every god damn day right in front or behind me and I dont have enough appendages to count the number of times I had to pull back ouut because someone decided last second they werent going to wait their turn after all.
I hate people. And thats only car related. I could write more than tolkien about grocery stores or public spacesin general.
I don't know man. I don't actually "hate people" but then I go out downtown for one day and im sick of most humans. Once in a great while there are cool people, but it seems like it's More just loud assholes that make the majority (America, so go figure). I'd rather talk to people on the internet that are a little smarter than most people i know irl. I actually enjoy being around some people but definitely not most.