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[marlow]

Most people disgust me. They are boring, rude, ignorant, set in their ways, don't think, and waste their lives. That's what I think, well, at least when I get up on the wrong side of the bed.

Anyway, that's how I felt in Canada, and that's how I feel in Korea. "Wherever you go, there you are" applies to me. If I liked Canada so much, why did I come to Korea? And, I don't expect to like Korea any better.

Anyway, that's bitter Marlow, and he probably woke up on the wrong side of the bed today.

[SPINOZA]

Well thanks for sharing those observations with us, Marlow.

[rapier]

Actually where I grew up I loved the people. Mostly very laid back and friendly. Simple minded and easy going, with an old fashioned politeness and respect.
There existed a general code of fairness and helping eachother. For example it was normal to stop and assist anyone you saw who's car had broken down, tow them out of a ditch, etc. People respected elders, helping old ladies carry their shopping was fairly usual, and so on. Also it was very sociable and community based, we often had guests to stay for days or weeks, and vice versa. Every Sunday was a visiting day, where you would invite someone over to spend the afternoon in conversation, having lunch or a barbecue. very relaxed. You always knew your neighbours quite well and could call on them for a loaf of bread or whatever if you'd forgoten to go shopping etc.
Quite different to when I first moved to the west actually.

[joe_doufu]

[Cedar]

Joe... are you from Maine?

[Hobophobic]

I miss the Buttfarqtown, New Brunswickers from time to time...I overheard some great lines...

"I heard if ya feed an iguana meat he'll turn ugly on ya..."

Never knew what I might over hear....but I would never wish to live in a town of 1200 people ever, ever, ever, ever again... ...fun to visit though...uhm...no I didn't hate them...just didn't feel like one of them*(see above quote)

[marlow]

[tacon101]

[bellum99]

Sometimes I agree with you. I generally don't like people. Most people I meet are people who I don't enjoy spending time with.

[periwinkle]

I love most people back home, except for scary, violent ones. Well, there are scary, violent ones here, too (a dog- killing ex, and a schizo loose from the looney bin...). I miss bantering with the salespeople and waitresses back home. I don't miss some of the gossipy busy-bodies back home, though. Not much else to do in a small town but talk about others, though. He he.

[ddeubel]

I have really got a laugh reading these posts....

I'm really not that bitter. In fact, I smiled just last month, or was it October...?[quote]

Anyways, that is just one of those quotes --- quotes , words which really highlight the axiom, solopsistic as it may be ; "takes one to know one".

You guys remind me of the attitude of Satre who said, "Hell is other people". Later in another work he quoted, "Hell is myself" . Seems like he , like his beautiful character Roquetin was a bit disturbed.

I suggest all those spouting nastiness about all the vile, brutish and stupid people out there --- I suggest they read a little bit about phenomenology. Husserl to start. Or probably best they just follow tacon's great advice "Get laid" -- meaning, find out what it is like to be human!

DD -- well laid and proud of it.

[Wrench]

[joe_doufu]

[c1204887]

I don't hate everyone but it is getting harder to find decent, reliable people anymore and the number of idiots seems to be getting much larger. There is an epidemic of de-socializing going on in the UK, I don't know about any other country but I enjoyed meeting lots of Europeans this summer more than I have meeting new British people in the last few years.

[Cedar]