Comment by crossroadsguy
2 years ago
Thank you but I didn’t mean that and I am aware of that word. I meant actually “anti humanity” — something that kinda goes against the grain of humanity. Inhuman didn’t cut it either.
Otherwise I’d have said “am I a misanthrope”. No I don’t hate mankind at all and what I mentioned isn’t hating either.
I hope I was able to explain that I did believe that word wouldn’t fit in for what I wanted to say. Maybe some other word? sch………ude isn’t that word either I guess.
It still sounds like misanthropy to me, but whatever you want to call it, I’m cool with it.
It sounds like what you’re getting at is a general sense of disenchantment with humans. Blessed are we that we have the capacity to look forward to our own demise, yet blanket our children with the picric acid of our lack of interest for solving it.
As someone with kids, I have a vested interest in solving humanities existential problems, but also lack the ability to actually do it. It’s bothersome.
I am certain it's not misanthropy at all; and even with your very personal context what I feel isn't what you tried to fit (and I respect your attempt and reasoning here) in terms of meaning of the word with. But acknowledge that you feel differently about it. We just disagree here. Cheers.
I think you may be looking for some sort of Nihilism
When I think of it, I guess it kind of it is. Maybe a bit of defeatism as well, or not. I don't know really :D