Misanthropy

[Pyraxis]

These posts got me wondering how many people on here are always looking for new friends and how many would prefer that the human race committed mass suicide.

[The_P]

If someone interests me, then I'm more than happy to be friends with them, which is rare. I can't say this for the majority of the human race.

[duncvis]

I like online friendships, as far as I can be bothered to keep track of folk. IRL I couldn't give a shit, and would rather be left in peace mostly (including by most of my family), with very few exceptions. Maintaining friendships IRL is a chore.

[Christopher McCandless]

I have no objection to making friends, sometimes I even enjoy it. But there are people who I would like to spare the rest of the world from themselves.

[richard]

I like online friendships

[Natalia Evans]

I’m not even looking for friends. The reason why I was meeting men was because in order to get married, you have to meet people and date them and see where things go so I had to go out and meet men and spend time with them but they weren’t right because I didn’t feel comfortable with them despite us having the same interest but that is the first thing on my list and next is seeing if we have things in common, if we don’t they aren’t right for me. My boyfriend is the only friend I have in real life. I don’t need a whole group of friends. One is fine. The rest in the gathering I go to are just acquaintances. I don’t consider them friends. I go just because of the interest and today I am going to a potluck gathering and it’s the aspie gathering in the area and we bring our friends or family but it’s just for this one. The rest is for aspies only or for those who are self diagnosed.

I have plenty of online friends so I don't even look for more but I don't mind making new ones when they IM me. I won't object them unless they are assholes. I always love talking to new people because it means I can keep talking about my obsessions. You can't keep talking about them to the same person so new people the better.

[Alex179]

I have no problems making new friends as long as I find the person interesting enough.    I do hate most people though, but I hate myself for the same reasons pretty much.   I really don't have a strong dislike for anyone on I2 right now.

[McGiver]

I like online friendships, as far as I can be bothered to keep track of folk. IRL I couldn't give a shit, and would rather be left in peace mostly (including by most of my family), with very few exceptions. Maintaining friendships IRL is a chore.

this is my stance.

IRL people have to have a certain something that i need.  TBH, they are to be used.  the older i get the less i need, so friends are not as much of a priority as they used to be.

[Peter]

I'd kind of like it if the world was ravaged by a plague and I was one of the few survivors.  I get lonely and out and meet people occasionally, but it usually turns out to be a waste of time and effort, and I come home feeling more shit than before.  I'd miss some friends online, and would want there to be a few people still out there, but not the swarming billions that we have at the moment.

[QuirkyCarla]

I'd like to make friends, but it's difficult to find people who are compatible with me friendship-wise. I mostly keep to myself and live in my head though, so it's not like I'm really trying.

[maldoror]

I'm going through a seriously misanthropic phase right now. I guess it always comes and goes in phases. Fuck everyone.

[renaeden]

I like online friendships, as far as I can be bothered to keep track of folk. IRL I couldn't give a shit, and would rather be left in peace mostly (including by most of my family), with very few exceptions. Maintaining friendships IRL is a chore.

QFT
I have a friend in rl who has about 20 close friends and I have to wonder, how does she keep track of them all? I am not good at maintaining friendships in real life because I have no idea how to go about it.

[Christopher McCandless]

I like online friendships, as far as I can be bothered to keep track of folk. IRL I couldn't give a shit, and would rather be left in peace mostly (including by most of my family), with very few exceptions. Maintaining friendships IRL is a chore.

QFT
I have a friend in rl who has about 20 close friends and I have to wonder, how does she keep track of them all? I am not good at maintaining friendships in real life because I have no idea how to go about it.

It isnt massively difficult to do, NT's just dedicate most of their lives to social time, as opposed to aspies that enjoy their own company.

[duncvis]

Therein lies the problem. It isn't too difficult to keep track of your friends/acquaintances in a school setting for example, where you see people every day. Remembering to keep in touch with folk off your own bat and finding the time and motivation to socialise is hard work however, as you may discover when you have to work at it.

[Christopher McCandless]

Therein lies the problem. It isn't too difficult to keep track of your friends/acquaintances in a school setting for example, where you see people every day. Remembering to keep in touch with folk off your own bat and finding the time and motivation to socialise is hard work however, as you may discover when you have to work at it.

Thats probably why I might just stay in the academic place forever...