Your faith in humanity.
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You're totally right, sharks aren't fit to live on this planet any more. Damn sharks...Donnyp said:
And you seem to think this thread is original?Canid117 said:
Hit that search bar. Really. Since I'm here I've seen it float around a few dozen times at least.
That said, I have no faith in humanity. I have no faith in anything. Faith is illogical and irrational. I reject such pointless behavior in lieu of logical and rational thinking.
I have faith. I was depressed, but I realized that there wasn't a reason for it, grew a pair, and have since become a happy, social person. Oh, and I'm not a "20-something" either. I'm 17. I'd add a "what now", but I don't wanna, since I need to eat breakfast.
Psh, to those who don't have faith in humanity: Please just lie down and die then?
I say that not with malicious intent, but if you don't like, respect, care about and have faith in people, you're fucked, because guess what? You ARE people.
Be the change you wish to see in the world, however that may manifest itself.
Anyway, the world may be in a sorry state, but eh, whenever I get negative I remind myself that I exist in the first place (the thought that reality may just be a collectively perceived illusion makes that even sweeter, rather than having the effect of souring the sentiment for me) and all my problems and worries melt away.
You're here, you're alive, that's beautiful, carry on. ^_^
I say that not with malicious intent, but if you don't like, respect, care about and have faith in people, you're fucked, because guess what? You ARE people.
Be the change you wish to see in the world, however that may manifest itself.
Anyway, the world may be in a sorry state, but eh, whenever I get negative I remind myself that I exist in the first place (the thought that reality may just be a collectively perceived illusion makes that even sweeter, rather than having the effect of souring the sentiment for me) and all my problems and worries melt away.
You're here, you're alive, that's beautiful, carry on. ^_^
I haven't and will never say it.
Instead I just preach "respect and responsibility" like the total... preacher, geek, girl, person thing I am. >_>
I see your point though, it is getting old now, though I don't pay it much attention anymore.
Instead I just preach "respect and responsibility" like the total... preacher, geek, girl, person thing I am. >_>
I see your point though, it is getting old now, though I don't pay it much attention anymore.
All I want is for those people to be quiet. They irritate me with their constant loss of faith. Lose it once, stop losing it all the time - that's faith-whoring.
How many threads are going to be made simply to show that some whiny, pseudo-intellectuals know a few big words? Do yourself a favor--go out, get yourself a girlfriend (or boyfriend, I don't judge), and have some fun out in the real world for a while. Spend some time away from a computer screen and maybe you'll change your mind about mankind's creativity (or lack thereof). Go see a play, go to the opera, watch a street performer, just get away from the confines of electronic entertainment, and you might see where man's creativity truly lives.Canid117 said:
I think it's rather scary that I can be considered an optimistic point of view in any community.
People CAN suck, but I have some faith in humanity. I mean, look at all of the scientific achievement just over he past 30 or so years. It's insane. And it's an exponential growth too. It seems like more and more is getting done in less and less time. I find it hard to lack any faith in humanity with that kind of scientific growth. And besides, humans are very responsive to others suffering, despite what some news stories will show. There are sickos, sure, but as a whole we are a very sympathetic species.
I try to avoid threads where people state how they think humanity is going down this long dark road. We have problems for sure, but it's not ALL bad.
People CAN suck, but I have some faith in humanity. I mean, look at all of the scientific achievement just over he past 30 or so years. It's insane. And it's an exponential growth too. It seems like more and more is getting done in less and less time. I find it hard to lack any faith in humanity with that kind of scientific growth. And besides, humans are very responsive to others suffering, despite what some news stories will show. There are sickos, sure, but as a whole we are a very sympathetic species.
I try to avoid threads where people state how they think humanity is going down this long dark road. We have problems for sure, but it's not ALL bad.
"Hallelujah Jaffar!" (movie reference. Look it up if you don't know it.)Canid117 said:
I'm glad somebody else feels the same way about all of these fucking repetitive fad topics and fad responses.
If I might paraphrase a well known figure on this website: 'If don't have any expectations you can't be dissapointed, only pleasently surprised.' That's the best way I can describe my lack of faith in humanity, that's not the reason for it mind you, just the way I view things. I admit though, I am getting pretty sick of threads where the author has given up on our species because of petty inconveniences in their social life. Really it's just the title, if they didn't equate the magnitude of the situation to something that has had some perennial altercation to their worldview, people wouldn't be as bothered. I also think people are to easy to confuse 'lack of faith' with 'pure unabated animosity', when really to me a lack of faith is just a signal of mistrust. I don't immediately loathe every person I come into contact with, I just have no expectations and play the cards I'm dealt with. And really, I don't need to have any faith in the 8 billion people that populate this planet, I know at least 100 people who I consider to be good and respectable, that's enough for me. As long as I can find a handful of people who's company I enjoy, it really doesn't matter if everyone else surrounding us is an asshole.
Tl; DR 'If don't have any expectations you can't be dissapointed, only pleasently surprised.'
Tl; DR 'If don't have any expectations you can't be dissapointed, only pleasently surprised.'
My faith is just like that episode on South Park (I can't remember which episodes but it was when the parent were paranoid about their children getting kidnap and at some point the children became Mongol raiders).
It was somewhere on the line that while there are bad stuff that happening on the planet but it is still a small amount compare to the good and kindess including the small trivial good deeds. We simply are aware the good since the attention are focus on the bad. If you think I'm naive then so be it, that what my faith in humanity.
It was somewhere on the line that while there are bad stuff that happening on the planet but it is still a small amount compare to the good and kindess including the small trivial good deeds. We simply are aware the good since the attention are focus on the bad. If you think I'm naive then so be it, that what my faith in humanity.
21 here, and I won't ask for pity, as pity is for the limp-wristed among us. People are shit, this world is ruled by greedy corporate sociopaths, politicians that use the poor masses as pawns in their nefarious game of thrones, and if it wasn't for relatively easy access to guns (in the US) and locks on our doors, only the most psychopathic among us would be living and breeding.AverageJoe said:
I have yet to see a good thing worth restoring my faith in humanity.
Most people where I live are either chavs who get in fights purely because they know they can win them or old people who condemn the entirity of a generation because of a few scumbags but I reaslise that despite the world being full of predjudice, cruelty and suffering, humanity is still worthy of life.