Anyone else hold society in tremendous contempt?

"Society" isn't a person whom you can hold in contempt. Society is composed of individual members of various degrees of personal merit.

There is NOTHING wrong with smartphones, texting and Twitter. Technology is amazing and adds real joy to our lives.

If you are a typical runner, you most likely have grossly misinformed views about what constitutes proper exercise, so you would have little room talk there.

It's true that most people spend too much and don't save enough. But who are you to dictate to others which purchases should have "meaning" to them? And to refer to material values as "garbage" betrays your jealousy and nihilism, which is the worst possible philosophy.

Don't look now, you are one of the ignorant sh!ts whom the few rational people in society would look down on.

Grow the f uck up.

you are spot on, but I kind of like to go to the Golden Seagull.

In my experience, people who think that everyone is an asshole, eventually include themselves in that group.

In all seriousness, if you pay attention to other people and look for the good, you can find that almost all of them bring something that enhances your own life.

[Purely parenthetically, people on this board need to learn how to spell "shit" and "fuck."]

i concur wholehearted, consumer based society is completely banal, utterly contemptible and violently destructive to the planet we all share. Stupid parents let their kids ride around in the back of the car eyes glued to a hand held dvd or some other god awful piece of technology when they could be staring out the window at a pond or wildlife. That is, if the pond hadn't already been paved over decades ago to make room for some suburban hellhole of strip malls and cookie cutter housing. Btw, whoever said that smartphones and texting there is nothing wrong apparently did not see the recent news article in which the number of deaths caused by teenagers texting while driving now exceeds those cause by drunk driving.

djgylend wrote:

i concur wholehearted, consumer based society is completely banal, utterly contemptible and violently destructive to the planet we all share. Stupid parents let their kids ride around in the back of the car eyes glued to a hand held dvd or some other god awful piece of technology when they could be staring out the window at a pond or wildlife. That is, if the pond hadn't already been paved over decades ago to make room for some suburban hellhole of strip malls and cookie cutter housing. Btw, whoever said that smartphones and texting there is nothing wrong apparently did not see the recent news article in which the number of deaths caused by teenagers texting while driving now exceeds those cause by drunk driving.

Teens should drink more!

"You're not the time, Kent. You're not the time!"

Do I loathe Society?

unequivocally

But in trying to understand why i feel this way, I've realized its not so much the people as it is the culture. Forces work hard to convince people that a life based on materialism is valid. Some people don't realize their rationale has been influenced by these forces, others do but remain indifferent. Those who are indifferent may have knowledge of this influence but do nothing because they understand their plight to be unassuagable.

Don't hate the people who make up society, rather, hate the people who created and maintain this culture.

I look at it this way . . . For centuries now, man has done everything he can to destroy, defile, and interfere with nature: clear-cutting forests, strip-mining mountains, poisoning the atmosphere, over-fishing the oceans, polluting the rivers and lakes, destroying wetlands and aquifers.

As a race of people we have been given tremendous gifts, and we squandered them. We just squandered them. What a waste! So when nature strikes back and smacks him on the head or kicks him in the nuts, I enjoy that! I have absolutely no sympathy for human beings whatsoever. None. Zip. Nada. And no matter what kind of problem humans are facing, whether it’s natural or man-made, I always hope it gets worse.

--George Carlin

high and mighty wrote:

I see the majority of members of our society as disgusting obese slobs with nothing of any significance or real meaning in their life, nothing interesting to talk about

Anyone else feel like this?

You should hook up with this guy! Wait, maybe that was you.

Geo Carlin wrote:

I look at it this way . . . For centuries now, man has done everything he can to destroy, defile, and interfere with nature: clear-cutting forests, strip-mining mountains, poisoning the atmosphere, over-fishing the oceans, polluting the rivers and lakes, destroying wetlands and aquifers.

As a race of people we have been given tremendous gifts, and we squandered them. We just squandered them. What a waste! So when nature strikes back and smacks him on the head or kicks him in the nuts, I enjoy that! I have absolutely no sympathy for human beings whatsoever. None. Zip. Nada. And no matter what kind of problem humans are facing, whether it’s natural or man-made, I always hope it gets worse.

--George Carlin

I miss George Carlin.

1. How old are you and what gender?

2. What is interesting or significant about you?

When I browse writing that includes the terms 'loathe', 'banal', or 'quasi' (which hasn't appeared just yet), I know that I'm reading the thoughts of a high school or college kid still trying to make sense of the world.

Don't be so pessimistic folks, there is plenty of good in the world. What's amazing is that at any time of your choosing you can add good of your own to the mix and beautify things. It doesn't have to be grandiose. You don't have to save Tibet or Darfur or some other place you'll never visit. Start small. Be the change you want to see in the world.

high and mighty wrote:

Anyone else feel like this?

And all this time I thought I was the only one.

"be the change you wish to see in the world"

MG

That is why tall, strong, goodly barbarians have always hated civilized people and periodically slaughter them.

No, I can empathize with the OP's perspective. The largessthat this country and its previous generations (before the baby boomers) have provided the current state of society is often overlooked and being squandered. My advice is to vote economically conservative, behave economically conservative, and wait for the next recession.

Your powers of intuition are astounding. How you were able to infer my age and relative ignorance about the world is a true talent, all the more imressive once one acknowledges the foundation of conjecture upon which it's based.

As for your perspective, it seems you've arrived at an understanding of the world by hanging on to the naivete we all court in our youth.

So pardon me if I pass on your "The-world-is-all-about-me" doctrine, but i do and will continue to concern myself with things that don't effect me directly.

Probably your deluded sentiments are better received by the children you mentor at the boys and girls club, but don't try and pull that crap on someone who's real.