Anyone else hold society in tremendous contempt?

We make of the world what we want it to be. In the midst of squalor and suffering, some are able to still see the beauty that is there, too. That beauty can be created by each of us at any moment. If you only see that which is ugly and awful, it is because that's what you choose to see and have no true desire for it to be any other way.

Be the light in the darkness and you will eventually find no reason to complain about the darkness.

I agree with a lot of what you wrote, I'm a married white guy, 42. What I've noticed over the years is that most of the people I meet have all sorts of weird hangups and just suck to be around. I get tired of being caught up in their drama and problems, so I cut them loose. I have only a few decent guy friends who are even remotely capable of guy type stuff. Most guys can't change the oil in their car, hammer a nail properly, or do anything that would be interesting enough to me to spend time around them. I don't want to watch someone mess with their phone. Let's jack up a house together. Can't find many people like that. I'll do it myself.

I'm 25 and feel like I'm in the wrong generation... or plane of reality. I don't have a smart phone. I don't really use twitter or facebook. I have few friends. I spend a lot of time wandering, don't have a 'real' job, don't especially fancy 'hooking up' with girls, have been told that I lack direction, have been told that I'm stupid, have been told that I'm eccentric, have been told that I need to get my shit together and join the 9-5 rush. I drink more than I should, I smoke cannabis more than I should, I rarely buy anything other than food, and I'm not excited by most material things. People assume that I don't care about anything. Oddly, I feel like I care too much... about everything...

sounds like depression

yrruy wrote:

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."]

Those are not parentheses.

sjjsjs wrote:

I bet you are really a pleasure to be around

Excellent use of that rhetorical masterpiece, the sarcastic "I bet you are..." statement.

Bravo!

Parenthetically Speaking wrote:

yrruy wrote:

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."]

Those are not parentheses.

"parenthetically--adverb: incidentally, by the way, in passing, by way of explanation, by the bye: This brings us, parenthetically, to another question."

conjecture...

naivete...

doctrine...

pretty obvious you're a grad student bro. It's cool though, you and everyone else can disagree on the proper lens in which to see the world. Your view seems pretty hostile and fearful though.

I agree with a lot of what you said. It applies to a large percentage of the population. At the same time though, I like and/or tolerate the majority of Americans. You can't expect everyone to see things the way you do, and just because they're different doesn't mean they're wrong.