in general are you a misanthrope? You can still like individuals or a group, but do you hate society as a whole? If so, why?
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Not at all. While I have my off days every now and then, I do consider myself to be generally geared towards optimism.
You can still like individuals or a group, but do you hate society as a whole? If so, why?buldog300
That is a very funny concept to me.
I mean, people who hate murders will still not turn their brother into the police upon finding out that he's a murderer.
And that amuses me to no end. It's like, "I hate that group and everyone who is asociated witrh them! Except for that one dude, because he's my mom/girlfriend/son/whatever".
Your question is just very hilarious to me. See, society is made out of people. So it sort of seems extremely ****ing hilarious to me how we can look at something that is ENTIRELY made out of people, chooose to hate it, and then give a free pass on specific individuals within that society that we happen to like.
It's funny to me how people would have no problem dropping a bomb on a city full of foreigners, yet would have a lot more difficulty stabbing one guy in the throat with a sword.
yeah there are loads of people that could bring your faith in humanity down to absolute zero, but there are also some really great people, and a hell of a lot inbetween. i cant say i actually know enough about the whole of humanity to form a conclusive opinion. i suppose the general mass of humanity will average out to likable with a extensive exceptions on either end on the scale...but all in all i cant say i hate humanity, just many many of the people that are part of it.
[QUOTE="buldog300"]You can still like individuals or a group, but do you hate society as a whole? If so, why?
MrGeezer
That is a very funny concept to me.
I mean, people who hate murders will still not turn their brother into the police upon finding out that he's a murderer.
And that amuses me to no end. It's like, "I hate that group and everyone who is asociated witrh them! Except for that one dude, because he's my mom/girlfriend/son/whatever".
Your question is just very hilarious to me. See, society is made out of people. So it sort of seems extremely ****ing hilarious to me how we can look at something that is ENTIRELY made out of people, chooose to hate it, and then give a free pass on specific individuals within that society that we happen to like.
It's funny to me how people would have no problem dropping a bomb on a city full of foreigners, yet would have a lot more difficulty stabbing one guy in the throat with a sword.
easier to hate something without a face.[QUOTE="buldog300"]You can still like individuals or a group, but do you hate society as a whole? If so, why?
MrGeezer
That is a very funny concept to me.
I mean, people who hate murders will still not turn their brother into the police upon finding out that he's a murderer.
And that amuses me to no end. It's like, "I hate that group and everyone who is asociated witrh them! Except for that one dude, because he's my mom/girlfriend/son/whatever".
Your question is just very hilarious to me. See, society is made out of people. So it sort of seems extremely ****ing hilarious to me how we can look at something that is ENTIRELY made out of people, chooose to hate it, and then give a free pass on specific individuals within that society that we happen to like.
It's funny to me how people would have no problem dropping a bomb on a city full of foreigners, yet would have a lot more difficulty stabbing one guy in the throat with a sword.
That's because the target of their hate is not an individual to them, a person with problems, a family, anything, just psychos. When it comes to a familiar, then it's different, they have a vison of that person in their minds and can't hate them on the same level.Hey Carl here
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I just kill anyone i dislike so no. Opps spelt dislike wrong I dont want to get banned again for misspelling.
It's funny to me how people would have no problem dropping a bomb on a city full of foreigners, yet would have a lot more difficulty stabbing one guy in the throat with a sword.
MrGeezer
My enemies can die by a sword or a bomb, and I'll still sleep like a baby.
Yeah humanity as a whole is a steaming pile of slag but then again I am part of that steaming pile of slag so I can't really complain much.
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It's funny to me how people would have no problem dropping a bomb on a city full of foreigners, yet would have a lot more difficulty stabbing one guy in the throat with a sword.
My enemies can die by a sword or a bomb, and I'll still sleep like a baby.
Hey Carl here I just need two things to kill my enemies, my left fist, my right fist. Basically weapons of mass destruction.how can you hate humanity, if humanity is what outlined the standards of your morality in the first place.
You can't say humans are not 'good', because where the hell did the concept of 'good' come from then?
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It's funny to me how people would have no problem dropping a bomb on a city full of foreigners, yet would have a lot more difficulty stabbing one guy in the throat with a sword.
Metal_Mario99
My enemies can die by a sword or a bomb, and I'll still sleep like a baby.
How many of them have you killed so far?
Not at all. There are some individuals I find annoying, but there other individuals I like, or am indifferent towards.
Not going to hate humanity as a whole over some bad eggs.
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It's funny to me how people would have no problem dropping a bomb on a city full of foreigners, yet would have a lot more difficulty stabbing one guy in the throat with a sword.
MrGeezer
My enemies can die by a sword or a bomb, and I'll still sleep like a baby.
How many of them have you killed so far?
No, I don't mean me. I mean the brave men and women of our volunteer military, who willingly put themselves in harm's way so I can wake up a free man every day. They can bomb and decapitate the enemies of America until the streets of the enemy's country run red with blood, and I won't begrudge them a moment of it.
A bit. For example in my country, they want a difference but it's them who don't respect and follow the law. All they do is complain and complain to the president. But I'm not generalizing the whole humanity, just 3/4 of them.
What is humanity and who represents it? I don't think that we are humanity.PrimateJoeProbably how humans think/their sense of human practice or basically the nature of how the human mind works.Usually this results to wars ,poverty and other things....Because we are naturally competitive.
[QUOTE="PrimateJoe"]What is humanity and who represents it? I don't think that we are humanity.capitalism25Probably how humans think/their sense of human practice or basically the nature of how the human mind works.Usually this results to wars ,poverty and other things....Because we are naturally competitive. That would answer the question of in what sense do you think it's plausible to hate humanity? it doesn't answer, who or what represents humanity? Humans have been around a long time. And as far as I understand evolution, diversity is essential to how it functions. I don't think we represent humanity, and I don't think you could ever point to one huge idea that represents humanity.
Where I live everybody is basically between a coffee break and lunch and they drive a white truuuuck.
What I know is humanity is us or the psycological characteristic that we all share. The post I made earlier is just another hypothesis...since you deny? that humanity actually pertains to uscapitalism25I don't think that's true. Are you certain that 50,000 years ago, when humans certainly existed, shared the same cultural interests pursuits and perspectives we have today? That they to are apart of "our" humanity. How do you know what their psychological state was composed of? Our psychologies are generated around our cultures exclusively. What's important to one group of humans, is not necessarily important to other group of humans. The only thing I would agree with you on, is that the only thing important to any group of humans, is the consumption of available food to sustain their existence. And there are many ways to go about doing this. The problem I have is that our culture believes humanity was destined to become us for the better good of everything. And that what we do is the most significant form of humanity plausible, and any other form would be considered inferior, or unimportant. I know we are not the begining or end all representation of humanity.
I'm quite the opposite actually. Everyone has the capacity to be good and do nice things for other people... but many choose not to. I'm optimistic that people can fix their ways (or be fixed in their ways) and work towards the benefit of humanity.
[QUOTE="capitalism25"]What I know is humanity is us or the psycological characteristic that we all share. The post I made earlier is just another hypothesis...since you deny? that humanity actually pertains to usPrimateJoeI don't think that's true. Are you certain that 50,000 years ago, when humans certainly existed, shared the same cultural interests pursuits and perspectives we have today? That they to are apart of "our" humanity. How do you know what their psychological state was composed of? Our psychologies are generated around our cultures exclusively. What's important to one group of humans, is not necessarily important to other group of humans. The only thing I would agree with you on, is that the only thing important to any group of humans, is the consumption of available food to sustain their existence. And there are many ways to go about doing this. The problem I have is that our culture believes humanity was destined to become us for the better good of everything. And that what we do is the most significant form of humanity plausible, and any other form would be considered inferior, or unimportant. I know we are not the begining or end all representation of humanity.
So I guess right now humanity might not be recording what is important to it's culture? Yea I would agree with that. Like 100 years from now they wonder what we mean by filesharing?
I don't think that's true. Are you certain that 50,000 years ago, when humans certainly existed, shared the same cultural interests pursuits and perspectives we have today? That they to are apart of "our" humanity. How do you know what their psychological state was composed of? Our psychologies are generated around our cultures exclusively. What's important to one group of humans, is not necessarily important to other group of humans. The only thing I would agree with you on, is that the only thing important to any group of humans, is the consumption of available food to sustain their existence. And there are many ways to go about doing this. The problem I have is that our culture believes humanity was destined to become us for the better good of everything. And that what we do is the most significant form of humanity plausible, and any other form would be considered inferior, or unimportant. I know we are not the begining or end all representation of humanity.[QUOTE="PrimateJoe"][QUOTE="capitalism25"]What I know is humanity is us or the psycological characteristic that we all share. The post I made earlier is just another hypothesis...since you deny? that humanity actually pertains to usehhwhatever
So I guess right now humanity might not be recording what is important to it's culture? Yea I would agree with that. Like 100 years from now they wonder what we mean by filesharing?
I don't know what's important. I just don't think we are important in the sense we like to think that we are. This idea that we represent all of humanity, is preposterous.Please Log In to post.
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