Whats up with all the misanthropes?

[Cheesebob]

Because Gregory House is awesome and they all want to be like him.

 

[w-Jinksy]

Perhaps they hate people as a general rule, and there are then some exceptions to that rule.

Or perhaps they hate "people" but like individual persons. People as a whole tend to be stupid, but I don't think that it warrents hatred.

This. i dont hate all people just most i start out with a medium veiw on people and then gradually through their actions and attitude i hate them more or like them more, though chavs warrant insta-hate for being so god damn stupid to think that colouring themselves orange makes them look good.

 

[Eleuthera]

I have a lonerish personality type that prevents me from becoming emotionally attached to... well, anyone really. The girlfriend's I've had in the past have hated me for it, and I've got several friends who call me a heartless bastard. That's cool though, they've known me for... Years now, and we get along.

I don't have a great many friends in real life (that whole emotional attachment thing), but I'm not someone who pushes people away. While I may be reserved, I am a fairly out going and rather friendly person.

That said, I do feel I see humanity as sort of an observer, since I don't really interact terribly well, and thanks to media brainwashing, my own twisted imagination, and a deep seated resentment at my own social issues, I really do feel like the world would be better with a few hundred... million... fewer people running around on it.

As far as these two questions:
"If you hate all people do you have any friends and do you hate your family as well?"
"If you hate all people why bother posting on a discussion board (with other people)?"

I don't hate all people. I just greatly dislike the vast majority. Someone before me said that they expect all people to be assholes and to suck, until proven otherwise. This is more or less my view. Everyone on Earth is a baby-eating money-laundering Zombie-apocalypse waiting to happen. The individual, on the other hand, is often an entirely different thing.

Also: My posts would probably flow better/make more sense if I slept more.

Also and totally off-topic: I totally didn't win the Mega Millions lottery! Sadness! I wanted $333,000,000! =D Oh well, buying the tickets last night was giggledy.

I was going to type pretty much exactly the same thing. It's probably not something I'm going to "grow out of" as I'm 31 now. I have some (few) friends and little or no need to get more.

 

[Handofpwn]

i believe everyone deserves my general ill will until proven otherwise. in other words, im an equal opportunity lover/hater.

 

[Custard_Angel]

What's with all the misanthropy?

It's great. That's what it is.

Seriously... People suck. Everything bad, ever, is caused or at least made worse by people.

I don't walk around scowling at people, it's just easier to assume that people suck. I mean... I suck... I know that because I'm me... I have extreme difficulty connecting with people I don't know. Thats pretty fail as far as people go.

I think people suck because I know they do. I value life. People are capable of awesome things, but 90% of everything ever done has been crappy. Sturgeons Law.

 

[Antlers]

I think sites like The Escapist just attract a certain sort... Sarcastic surly gamers. It's not really an earth shattering revelation.

I've no problem with misanthropy as long as you're witty about being a dick (i.e. Yahtzee and House, although I don't think either would be very nice to know in real-life) but there are people who just kind of suck the life out of a room with it. Not cool.

I quite like people as a general rule.