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Does anyone else just generally dislike other people?

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Inthebleakmidwinter764 · 08/01/2024 19:14

I do. They're either loud or annoying or they ask too many questions or they're rude or demanding or they don't have a concept of personal space. I could go on 🤣

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WhatWouldJeevesDo · 10/01/2024 18:28

feastfeastrepeat · 10/01/2024 18:20

🙌🏻 Exactly.

In fact I read your comment and wondered for a second if I'd forgotten that I'd commented already!

That comment by Haresalient was the first mention of introversion; it’s a straw man. Most people on this thread are quite open about disliking the rest of humanity and aren’t calling it introversion.

newnamenewidentity · 10/01/2024 19:37

Ginmonkeyagain · 10/01/2024 09:00

I mean you don't actaully dislike people do you? Those people keep your comfortable western life running - do you dislike them?

You are just lazy and what you actually dislike is the complex social dance required to make co operative human groups exist and thrive. We need each other so we work out codes and ways of being to co exist in coperative societies. That isn't fake it is survival.

Lucky for you the modern world has outsourced that daily need - you don't be to be polite and establish a relationship so Sainsbury's will let you know when some good groceries are available to buy, you don't need to make sure the local policeman cares enough about you to protect you if the village is invaded.

However humans do need humans, just because you don't see or speak to those humans who make your society function doesn't mean you should dismiss them so airly.

Edited

Not sure about the lazy but, but otherwise this is a really interesting post. Makes really good points. Especially the bit about social interaction not being fake, it’s survival.

newnamenewidentity · 10/01/2024 19:40

The way one wants to be treated could be entirely different to how someone else wants to be treated in a similar circumstance

Well yes, but in the absence of knowing exactly how a particular individual wants to be treated in that exact circumstance, treating them as you would little to be is a good rule of thumb.
And the principle behind that of always trying to treat people with respect and decency is a solid one.

Ginmonkeyagain · 10/01/2024 20:28

@newnamenewidentity thank you! It occured to me during lockdown when people were talkig aboug it not being hard to "stay at home" that there were loads of jobs and functions that required people to leave the home and work together to keep society running.

Society is just a lot of humans working together to keep this whole show on the road. We all need each other.

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