/kind/ - Random Acts of Kindness

>>26235

Pretty much.

Histrionic, selfish personalities and superficial relationships are encouraged by our society (or more the media, I suppose). The emphatic are crushed as weak and unambitious. Also, everyone is stressed out (either from work, over-exposure of social media, family concerns, etc) and end up taking it out on other people. They also expect other people to be mean too, so they don't think they should be nice back. They see no reason to be nice. Mean people live sad lives.

Personally, I've only succeeded by being polite and nice. No one sees me as strong willed or anything, but I'm generally ignored by drama and people trust me. Works for me, but I don't have much of an ego, so I'm happy this way. I only need to be tolerated, not accepted. Which I suppose is shallow in a way but… oh well?

>>26236

> still, worse is they learn to enjoy doing that after some time.

It's more that it's accepted. People do a lot of stuff they don't enjoy, just to fit in. The best thing you can do is be nice to people and hope they are nice in return.

Because it feels good to feel you make change and it's easier to stimulate your ego with abusing others than it s to help them. In the end we're just stupid animals, we're violent because that's how survival works and nature doesn't care about how we want to be.

But, like, I don't have a more straight to the point answer, I just like saying everythings's terrible because that's how I feel.

>>26250

> just like saying everythings's terrible because that's how I feel.

The words you use show you have hope. Or at least you want to have hope, which boils down to you having hope in the first place.

It doesn't matter how bad things may be, you don't really believe humanity is terrible. It's easier to think that's the case, because it explains a lot of things, but deep down you know that's not true.

Nihilism is mind cancer. The cure is realising you're not born with a purpose - you live building one.

>>26309

How is believing humanity to be terrible nihilism?

>>26337

I feel so retarded now.

>>26234

Some people don't realise it's effecting you as it is. When I was younger whenever people would make fun of me I'd become really upset when it turned out they really didn't mean anything by it, it was just me being unable to handle the banter.

>>26312

Pretty much every school of thought except nihilism will give you reasons to live.

>>26313

Believing humanity to be terrible by nature leads to nihilism because you condemn existance itself, and if you are nihilistic you see the world through a shit-colored glass. They're different things, but intertwined.

>>26318

Barring gamma-ray bursts or the singularity, humanity's here to stay, so if you believe things should be different, go and make them so. If it's hard and you're weak, become stronger, little by little you'll make it there.

>>26340

I also wouldn't have known what it was called :P

Hey guys, don't be sad ok? ^^ The world is full of nice things you can do. If you're getting gloomy just keep doing your best to fix the immediate, mundane problems!

>>26590

>shit-colored glass

That' depression or pessimism.

What is your definition of nihilism because I feel like you have no idea what you're talking about. As a nihilist I believe there is no objective meaning to life. That's nihilism in it's purest form. No idea why you're trying to conflate nihilism with depression, and misanthropy, neither of which have anything to do with my nihilistic views. Nihilism is merely a neutral observation unless your an angsty depressed shitter. Which is why it makes much more sense to blame depression or the individual than the idea of nihilism itself.

>>26592

I'm >>26590

See pic related. If you believe life to have no meaning, then either your life is included (which is depressive) or it isn't (which is fucked up).

Either way, it's autistic as fuck. Yes, things have value in their respective context. If you isolate yourself from the world and pretend nothing has an objective context in which it should be judged, you might as well say Piet Mondrian and Michelangelo are both just as good.

You see, things have an inherent value and meaning, in their own context. Which means usually doing some manner of work that benefits other people.

Really people, if you keep believing that sort of depressive bullshit you're going to end up cutting your wrists while looping on Evanescence or something.

>>26954

>>26960

>what is a colloquialism?

>m-muh sperg oppression!

>>26954

Sorry, I admit it's not /kind/ at all.

Look, I have pretty much all traits of Asperger's, according to what I've read about the subject. I took some tests online and while these aren't by any means conclusive, getting like 97% of the answers pointing to Asperger's, I feel qualified to be annoyed at all the self-diagnosed assburgers going on and on about neurotypicals and how they're special. I know, it's a trait that gives you intelligence at the expense of social skills, so just go and use it. Use that intelligence, make great things, don't be a shut-in.

I know saying this is easier than doing it. I sympathise. But don't complain about having the assburgers. It's a damn advantage. Learn programming! Engineering! Look up to people that bust their ass and achieve great things in the process (e.g., Elon Musk).

>>26960

I know how you feel. It's useless and it will harm you. It's stupid and you will see that at some point. I want you to not be hurt by it.

Please, just listen to what I'm saying here: have faith in the nobility of the human spirit, and work like you were the slave of your dreams. They will come true.