weird question, i know

[Jessika]

Maybe this is a weird question to ask, but..

Do you like people? i mean in general, do you like them/us?

[Koa]

NO.

Well, for years I havent been very social and I think I still dont really like to be aorund people at first impact...then when i get to know them, it can be ok. But I hate crowded places for example...

[Jessika]

I feel divided about this.. let me explain, whenever i see people smiling or crying (in tv for example) i feel i love humanity.. however, when my neighbour -for example- disturbs me.. well, i can lose my nerves lol
do you see what i mean? i love humanity but dislike some humans :S
how do you feel about it? am i the only one? lol

By the way, Koa, i think you are very social in this forum! :P :)
(Thanks for answering ^^ )

[papayahed]

In general I like people. I love people watching. I like yapping with people with differing ideas. People are pretty entertaining. Don't get me wrong there are people I don't like and I try to avoid them. There is one person I work with that i really dislike, but at the end of the day I have something/someone to complain about when I go home, so even those kinds of people have something to offer.

[Scheherazade]

By and large, I like people and I like spending time with them. Of course, as always, there are exceptions to the rule :D There are certain people I, for some reason, I will not like from the very first moment. In the past, I prefered to ignore those people but now, after considerable getting-older and getting-wiser, I kind of force myself to get to know them as well before passing any judgements.

Jessika> I hear what you are saying about liking humanity but not so much humans. It is always harder to get to know someone on individual basis and keep liking them.
Believe me, you are not alone. :)

[mono]

In general, I enjoy being in the company of people; I do consider myself more extroverted than introverted, but I am usually quite shy. My love for humanity, being a nursing student (besides a literature-geek), extends far, and will never impede my wanting to help someone in need, but otherwise my social activity acts limited.

[Basil]

WANDA: I hate people. Do you hate them?

HENRY: No . . . but I seem to feel better when they're not around.

(from Barfly)

[ajoe]

I like people-watching but I'm not into people-interacting.

[Jester]

my dad's zenophobic so that kinda rubbed off on me and when we go out to eat its so funny becuase we'll argue for twenty minutes about who's going to go up and ask the waitress for soemthing.... pretty pathetic...

im anti social but I like the person I jsut hate the masses.... hates a strong word though so maybe dislike.

"I never met a person i didn't like" someone said that.... cant remember who right now

[subterranean]

im anti social but I like the person I jsut hate the masses.... hates a strong word though so maybe dislike.

Lizzy Poo, indeed thats quite a strong word. I think anti social means that you really dont like other people at all, coz i think eventhough it's only involve 2 people it's already can be said as a social relationship.

My friends told me that I'm a very sociable person, as in i make friends easily. Maybe because I'm an open person. But on the other hand, because of this openess, I will tell people (by words or gestures) directly if I dont like them and want them to get lost :).. And so far i only have ONE close friend, to whom i can really talk to and share my thoughts, without being afraid. So in a way, I'm not really a sociable person after all.

And Jessika, it's fine that you don't love everyone..hey you're no God :)..It's a natural thing

[Jay]

Not a people person, make those people cyber and crazy (not like everyoneth else kinda crazy) and I like people, mostly; just can't stand more than five 'alive' people around. Crowded. People not good in general. People nasty, mean, bad. But otherwise I'm entirelly normal ;).

[ajoe]

To quote Hobbes: People are "brutish, nasty, and short." :p

[subterranean]

hey..i'm people as well....i maybe a little bit short but im not nasty ;)

[Jay]

Are you sure? *raises an eyebrow* :p

[Jester]

hmmm....... i choose not to be sociable but I have freinds that last for a life time.... samn this song, i want to know who sings it, "im already here in a daydream"

[Jessika]

Thanks for all the answers :) it's good to see that one is not alone (sometimes you think you are a weird person with weird feelings.. then you speak to the right people and you see you can be considered 'normal' ^^

By the way, that's another question: the word 'normal' lol
Who decides what is normal and what is not? i wanna see that person/people ¬¬ i think it's a world conspiracy *thriller music*
Anyone investigating that?
_______

Interesting..
It seems to be that people who like books are mostly not very sociable (not lots of friends, and mostly introverted or shy, i'm one of those lol)
it's contradictory, don't you think? because books show how humanity or individual people behave. They are about people :alien:

I love people in general when i see them laughing and sharing, but then, i hate people in general when there are certain kind of 'tragedies' :brickwall
That's when i say 'we are incredibly idiot people' oh oh.. now i'm getting nervous :flare: lol relax relax :rolleyes: it's just that i dont understand some things :eek2:

[subterranean]

Interesting..
It seems to be that people who like books are mostly not very sociable (not lots of friends, and mostly introverted or shy, i'm one of those lol)

This is not really true..some people are very sociable indeed (referring to some friends) eventhough they're bookworms.

And Jessika to answer your Q, first how do you define "normal" ? are u using the medical definition or perhaps other definitions..
Perhaps if you use the first definition we can agree on something..i mean we can point that people in mental hospital are not normal...but if you refering to sujbective defnition then we may have different point of view,,


I think Jay and Stan are a little bit abnormal :D :D...same thing goes to me ;)

[Jessika]

hm.. i didn't mean not sociable in that way.. i mean that we are mostly shy with people we dont know
Maybe that word doesn't express what i think, sorry :angel: :rolleyes:

By normal i'm not referring to the medical definition. I'm referring to do things in a 'normal' way. For example, my father is always telling my sister and me whether we consider that X is normal.

(X can be: getting up at 13:00pm on saturdays, for example. My father doesn't consider that normal but i do :D It's a very foolish example but.. lol

Sometimes we do/feel/think things we consider of common sense and then you find that someone tells you, hey, what do you think you're doing? :argue:
Never happen to you?

[subterranean]

happens to me lots of time :)...like i said i'm an abnormal person :)

[Jessika]

So am I, then.. I guess.. :lol:

Are there any more of us round here? :wave: (this emoticon reminds me of a typical cookie we have here in spain :lol: Maria, it is called -commercial name- :lol: )

[Monica]

i don't like when there is a lot of people around me like on some party or disco or anything. seeing a lot of people at once makes me think of them as of something one, without differences. it's like when you have a lot of stuff to read or to do, you don't really know what to start with and you end up doing nothing.
i think the best solution is to be an anonymous individual :) like in a big city where you can be anonymous, you can be anything you want...

[Koa]

WANDA: I hate people. Do you hate them?

HENRY: No . . . but I seem to feel better when they're not around.

(from Barfly)
lol that would be me. or as someone said, i can like a person but i hate the masses...

[subterranean]

Today, when I went out for lunch at this food court in a mall, i sneaked a peek at this book display in a small bookstore.
The title is "How to Loose A Friend and Alienate People" by Tobby Young.
I said to my self, do people these days really find it so hard to loose a friend?

[Scheherazade]

I guess some people don't get the hint quickly and keep coming back! :D

[Jay]

Having all... wow, whole two friends in the republic, how cool is that ;). Then about ten cyber buddies. So I don't think I'd like to lose any of them. :)

[Scheherazade]

You lucky, gal! :D

PS: Jay is a gal, right? :rolleyes:

[Jay]

*checks*
uhu ;)

[Taliesin]

We are very normal.
We are so normal that it is driving us insane. Like this :banana:
Problem of normality solved. Yay!

We are also about 63/115 people person and (99!/100!)/101 mathematics person.

Also our normality is questionable though. It really is relative. But we would think that our normality level is about 34-65%

Talk about measuring everything.
Mark. :smash:
Or is this some kind of other topic?
Well, who cares, soon Stanislaw will come and hijack it.

Tis' an insane forum anyway.

[Scheherazade]

Can Stan enter threads without being invited?? :goof:

[Jester]

lost completly by Taliesan's post.... too much math in it for a simpleminded anthro/ elementary edu major.

[subterranean]

Having all... wow, whole two friends in the republic, how cool is that ;). Then about ten cyber buddies. So I don't think I'd like to lose any of them. :)

Jay, I'm beginning to be like you now :brickwall :brickwall . I mean since i work full time I hardly have time to spend with my friends, moreover cause all of them are working people also now..and on weekends most of us already have our own plans..and when we're talking on the phone, feels like we're beginning to talk like strangers..now i feel that the most intense communication that i have is with all of you in this forum :brickwall :brickwall ..1000 brickwalls wont be enough to express my sadness..

DARN!@!

[Jay]

Jay, I'm beginning to be like you now :brickwall :brickwall:

'Twas a compliment or an insult? ;):p

[subterranean]

Oh, I would never throw an insult to you camper ;)

[Jay]

So hard to believe that ;):p

[subterranean]

oh....how come you say such thing...

You broke my heart :bawling:

[baddad]

"People are strange, when your a stranger, People are ugly, when your alone". courtesy of Jimmy Morrison.

But generally I like people. People are never really that much different from each other. I have done a lot of travelling, travelled most of my life actually. People don't change, only the geography changes. The earth though lovely, fragrant and fresh, would be somewhat lonely, without human flesh. *takes two bows acknowledging the poetry fan clubs applause*