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Humans are naturally social animals.
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I can see that there is good evidence that suggest this.
However, what is the measure of such a claim?
Is a human being social, meaning that human beings thrive and maintain a higher level of happiness socially?
Is this strictly based on survival?
I do not agree however, with the fact that we thrive in social groups/thriver when we are a part of one.
I have been a avid social grouptster for quite a long time. I notice that in retrospect, being in large groups/part of a network of friends goes against my efforts in maintaining the type of attitude that makes me happy.
I see huge downfalls and recognize that a lot of peoples problems seem to stem from the idea that they should have a social network of friends. They almost come off as having an urgency to be surrounded by more than 2 people at a time. It's almost religious. However, like most religious morality, it seems to cause more stress to full fill.
Has anyone else found any of this to be fact?
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: AlphaFalfa]
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Being social can mean only your partner.
Or your dog.
Very few are an island.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Icelander]
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Being social usually means groups in my POV. It was being used that way in my post as well.
So you would say it is a basic nessecity for humans to thrive in a group or not?
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: AlphaFalfa] 1
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no, but we are social animals.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: AlphaFalfa]
#14088268 - 03/08/11 06:44 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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AlphaFalfa said: I can see that there is good evidence that suggest this.
However, what is the measure of such a claim?
Is a human being social, meaning that human beings thrive and maintain a higher level of happiness socially?
Is this strictly based on survival?
Humans are social because they socialize with each other; whether or not they thrive on being social is irrelevant to whether or not they are actually social.
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AlphaFalfa said: I do not agree however, with the fact that we thrive in social groups/thriver when we are a part of one.
I have been a avid social grouptster for quite a long time. I notice that in retrospect, being in large groups/part of a network of friends goes against my efforts in maintaining the type of attitude that makes me happy.
I see huge downfalls and recognize that a lot of peoples problems seem to stem from the idea that they should have a social network of friends. They almost come off as having an urgency to be surrounded by more than 2 people at a time. It's almost religious. However, like most religious morality, it seems to cause more stress to full fill.
Has anyone else found any of this to be fact?
I think there are many reasons to why people behave this way, but I think it mostly stems from our competitive nature and insecurity; humans generally strive to be at the to of the pack, and generally having a lot of friends gives a person a lot of opportunity to compete for that position. Many people see others with lots of friends, and this can make them feel insecure about themselves, which can further result in them wanting to make a lot of friends.
You describe how you don't feel comfortable when in a large group, and how some don't feel comfortable unless they are surrounded by more than two people at a time; IMO, there isn't really a fundamental difference between these two behaviors because they are both examples of how people behave when they're not in their comfort zones.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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Not all humans are social, introverts thrive when they are alone. Not to say that they lack social skills, they might have them but being in social situations for long periods of time drains them. Having friends would mean nothing to someone who would prefer to explore the inner workings of their mind.
Being social for me is developing relationships with people. Simply having a lot of friends is something that many people seek out, but it's very unsatisfying for me to have lots of friends with meaningless experiences or conversation.
Biologically speaking, humans are social for the same reasons that most species of animals are. They get together instinctively to get food, water, and to migrate, all of which are safer done while in groups. The actual act of socializing by communication (noises or body language) is obviously an important biological characteristic since most animals have some way of communicating with one another. We must act together in groups, large or small, to accomplish survival. We rely on socializing with other individuals to go through everyday tasks, although I do believe that humans could go without socializing and still survive in this age, it would just be difficult. But we must recognize what socializing has brought us, I wouldn't be typing this post if a group of individuals didn't gather together to create a device to allow it to happen. Extrapolate from there and you can see what humanity's socializing brought us.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: irie.one]
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irie.one said: Not all humans are social, introverts thrive when they are alone.
The conditions that a person thrives in doesn't affect the fact that they are social animals; even introverts socialize at least a little bit, and live in communities with other humans.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid] 1
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Im an introvert and even tho I talk to you, I loath every second of it.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Kickle]
#14089643 - 03/08/11 10:31 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Go on, tell me more.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
#14089683 - 03/08/11 10:37 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well, sometimes it feels like I'm rolling in fresh pig shit that has been mixed with mud and then I have the pressure from above of a trough filled with fresh slop provided by the God fearing farmer, andrewss.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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irie.one said: Not all humans are social, introverts thrive when they are alone.
The conditions that a person thrives in doesn't affect the fact that they are social animals; even introverts socialize at least a little bit, and live in communities with other humans.
This is very true, as I addressed further in my post. I suppose it's the natural tendency of an introvert to avoid socialization in order to stay within their comfort zone versus those of us who are in a comfort zone while socializing. We all need to venture out of our social comfort zones in some way, since it's difficult to either be socializing all the time or in the case of an introvert be void of socialization at all times.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Kickle] 1
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Kickle said: Well, sometimes it feels like I'm rolling in fresh pig shit that has been mixed with mud and then I have the pressure from above of a trough filled with fresh slop provided by the God fearing farmer, andrewss.
They say that andrewss can plant a mean seed...
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
#14089787 - 03/08/11 10:52 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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You would know, filth!
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Kickle]
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: acid tab]
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Hey, what's up man?
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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I agree that humans are naturally social animals but our vanity and self importance stays in the way of our being very good at it IMO.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Grapefruit]
#14091009 - 03/09/11 05:55 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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What would being very good at it entail IYO?
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Grapefruit]
#14091010 - 03/09/11 05:56 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Grapefruit said: I agree that humans are naturally social animals but our vanity and self importance stays in the way of our being very good at it IMO.
I would disagree, vanity and self-importance are traits that are projected during social situations in order to create an interest by other members of the group. It gets the attention of others when someone is vain and puts extra effort into their clothing style and hair do, and when they hold them self to a high level of self-importance they are probably responding to the interaction in a way that shows off their accomplishments, which could possibly add gain to their success in an interaction (or harm it if they come off as bragging, which would mean that they are not good at this type of interaction). Think about the well-dressed muscle man with no personality who always seems to have a gorgeous girl on his arm, a match that probably happened during an interaction where the man impressed the women with his clothing and sense of style and his other good looks, and impressed her by telling her some things about himself because he thinks he's an important fella. Of course it says nothing of the personalities of the man or women, which I do think is a more important characteristic for humans to possess for successful interactions, especially with like-minded individuals.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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More physical contact would be part of it, if you notice humans are the only animals that keep such distance from each other. Not saying I could even live up to it, seems the rot is in everyone regardless of whether they like it or not. Also people can be very standoffish with one another.
Basically there's not enough peace and lurve man.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Grapefruit]
#14091025 - 03/09/11 06:05 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Grapefruit said: More physical contact would be part of it, if you notice humans are the only animals that keep such distance from each other.
OSMP - Black Bears and Mountain Lions
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A male mountain lion's territory may cover 100 square miles...
What kind of physical contact, like casual massaging or something?
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Grapefruit said: Not saying I could even live up to it, seems the rot is in everyone regardless of whether they like it or not. Also people can be very standoffish with one another.
Basically there's not enough peace and lurve man. 
Yeah, people can be dicks.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: irie.one]
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Grapefruit said: I agree that humans are naturally social animals but our vanity and self importance stays in the way of our being very good at it IMO.
I would disagree, vanity and self-importance are traits that are projected during social situations in order to create an interest by other members of the group. It gets the attention of others when someone is vain and puts extra effort into their clothing style and hair do, and when they hold them self to a high level of self-importance they are probably responding to the interaction in a way that shows off their accomplishments, which could possibly add gain to their success in an interaction (or harm it if they come off as bragging, which would mean that they are not good at this type of interaction). Think about the well-dressed muscle man with no personality who always seems to have a gorgeous girl on his arm, a match that probably happened during an interaction where the man impressed the women with his clothing and sense of style and his other good looks, and impressed her by telling her some things about himself because he thinks he's an important fella. Of course it says nothing of the personalities of the man or women, which I do think is a more important characteristic for humans to possess for successful interactions, especially with like-minded individuals.
IMO you are talking about the way things are in human society, I was looking at the way things could be when I wrote that post, which is probably nothing more than a fanciful dream.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Grapefruit]
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What kind of physical contact, like casual massaging or something?
I don't know, certainly many other primates seem to include a lot of physical contact within their groups, for instance they clean each other. I couldn't point to anything specific but I just get an overall vibe people are afraid of each other's bodies (i.e. I'll be having a good old ball scratch with perfectly clean testicles and people will call me disgusting for it... Well, what's disgusting? )
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Grapefruit]
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What kind of physical contact, like casual massaging or something?
I don't know, certainly many other primates seem to include a lot of physical contact within their groups, for instance they clean each other. I couldn't point to anything specific but I just get an overall vibe people are afraid of each other's bodies...
That's death anxiety, baby! 
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Exactly, there's nothing disgusting about scratching your own balls; I think some people react in that manner because they become very conscious of the fact that we are just animals, which causes them some anxiety and makes them feel a bit uncomfortable.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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I agree, death anxiety. Although I think people react in the said manner more because they are very unconscious of the fact we are just animals. Consciousness of death is what causes one to be more relaxed about petty neuroticisms in general.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Grapefruit]
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Grapefruit said: I agree, death anxiety. Although I think people react in the said manner more because they are very unconscious of the fact we are just animals.
That's pretty much what I was trying to say; seeing someone scratch their balls reminds them that they're just animals, and this makes them uncomfortable because they're usually very unconscious of the fact. All reasonable people know that they're just animals; some repress that reality more than others, which causes them to feel uncomfortable when it's being rubbed in their faces.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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Yeah, humans are "just animals" and "social animals", that's why the rare must transcend "humanity"
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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irie.one said: Not all humans are social, introverts thrive when they are alone.
The conditions that a person thrives in doesn't affect the fact that they are social animals; even introverts socialize at least a little bit, and live in communities with other humans.
Fuck, I'm a misanthrope and I socialize.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Icelander]
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What the hell are you talking about?
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The conditions that a person thrives in doesn't affect the fact that they are social animals; even introverts socialize at least a little bit, and live in communities with other humans.
Fuck, I'm a misanthrope and I socialize.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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We are obviously naturally social, because there is no denying that humanity always connects itself with others (being social) and everything is "natural".
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: 4896744]
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iThink said: ...everything is "natural".
Even McDonald's?
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Even McDonald's?
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: 4896744]
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Hell just take the whole damn cow and put it in a grinder, it's much healthier that way.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Grapefruit]
#14093760 - 03/09/11 05:23 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Mmmmm, cow butthole...
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
#14093783 - 03/09/11 05:26 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well you wouldn't want pure butthole but I hear just a hint helps with digestion. Not to mention the way the testicles just balance out that beautiful maccy d's flavour.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Grapefruit]
#14093844 - 03/09/11 05:36 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Cows don't have testicles. But if they did, they'd probably be über-delicious.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid] 1
#14093870 - 03/09/11 05:41 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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No shit? You really are a nerd.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Grapefruit]
#14093891 - 03/09/11 05:47 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
#14094278 - 03/09/11 06:47 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hey, you aren't white.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: deCypher]
#14094291 - 03/09/11 06:49 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I was when I was that.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
#14094450 - 03/09/11 07:23 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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You pulled a reverse Michael Jackson?
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: deCypher] 1
#14094515 - 03/09/11 07:33 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, I'm ill like that.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid] 1
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: andrewss]
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I used to be a social animal. Then I took drugs, started meditating, and moved down the different path from everybody else. Now, I have my few select group of friends and substances to keep me happy.
Now, I can't keep small talk for shit. I don't meet people, and I'm completely happy not listening to them. I tried to be social, went to the house parties, always met new people, texted people to see if they wanted to hang out, but after about 2 months of being out of school, working, looking for friends, I just gave up. People suck dude. The stupid bull shit they spew, they take everything so personally. Its all crap.
I'm here to follow the flow and enjoy life. These people are off chasing bullshit, and missing the whole "point" in my opinion, and that's why I am now so anti-social. Its great if you're social, but I'd much rather have close friends, that I can invite over, chief down /whatever other drug, and have an intellectual conversation with. I've lost my social aspect.
I can still play it off, act like I care about the weather and want to talk about it with you, etc, but its all bullshit.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Joolz]
#14100612 - 03/10/11 08:54 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Joolz said: People suck dude. The stupid bull shit they spew, they take everything so personally. Its all crap.
You just haven't met people who you are sufficiently compatible with; just because you've only hung out with sucky people doesn't mean that all people are sucky.
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Joolz said: I'm here to follow the flow and enjoy life. These people are off chasing bullshit, and missing the whole "point" in my opinion...
What point would that be?
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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Joolz said: People suck dude. The stupid bull shit they spew, they take everything so personally. Its all crap.
You just haven't met people who you are sufficiently compatible with; just because you've only hung out with sucky people doesn't mean that all people are sucky.
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irie.one said: I'm here to follow the flow and enjoy life. These people are off chasing bullshit, and missing the whole "point" in my opinion...
What point would that be?
Oh, trust me, I know that there are people out there I get along with. I threw out generalizations and stereotypes, but I don't believe them the majority. I know that each situation is its own situation, and there is no "blanketing" that can ever happen without exceptions.
The point, imo, is to enjoy and live in the now, whether it is good or bad, because you only have now and that now is not forever.
Edit: Gonna go watch the US's only media voice of reason (aka Daily Show/Colbert Report). I may be back later, till then, stay classy Shroomery.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Joolz]
#14100891 - 03/10/11 09:30 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Joolz said: The point, imo, is to enjoy and live in the now, whether it is good or bad, because you only have now and that now is not forever.
And what indicates to you that these people don't do that? Why does "chasing bullshit" have to mean that they don't live in the now?
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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And what indicates to you that these people don't do that? Why does "chasing bullshit" have to mean that they don't live in the now?
Well, I was speaking in terms of what I've seen in my family. These people don't live in the now. They don't look at a tree and think of the amazing complexity, and beauty. They don't see the sunset. Hell, they don't even wake up with a happy face. They work their jobs, go to church, and live their entire lives thinking that this is just the previews at the start of a movie, and it will all start when they close their eyes on Earth for the last time.
Bullshit, imo.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Joolz]
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And what indicates to you that these people don't do that? Why does "chasing bullshit" have to mean that they don't live in the now?
Well, I was speaking in terms of what I've seen in my family. These people don't live in the now. They don't look at a tree and think of the amazing complexity, and beauty. They don't see the sunset.
So you think the point of their lives is to do all that, even though none of it interests them? 
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Bullshit, imo.
I agree it's bullshit; I also think the concept of the "point" of life is bullshit.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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My only point in life is to enjoy it, and they aren't doing that. If they don't want to look at the sunset, then they don't have to, but are you going to argue that some people WANT to be born into a religion that dangles a treat and goes "here boy, come get the treat"?
Edit: We must also look at their lives. I know they mean well, I really do. I know most of the people in my parent's church really believed that stuff, they were great people, and they believed in the heaven they want to go to. They were very polite, generous, always happy to help, etc. I just wish we could teach ourselves to be happy, nice, generous people without the use of religion. Its the middle man, keeping people from their drug, happiness.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Joolz]
#14101451 - 03/10/11 10:54 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Joolz said: My only point in life is to enjoy it, and they aren't doing that.
How do you know this?
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I'm sure every religious person wants that.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Joolz]
#14101473 - 03/10/11 10:57 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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irie.one said: I'm here to follow the flow and enjoy life. These people are off chasing bullshit, and missing the whole "point" in my opinion...
What point would that be?
Ugh Poid, you did that thing again .
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Joolz said: I used to be a social animal. Then I took drugs, started meditating, and moved down the different path from everybody else. Now, I have my few select group of friends and substances to keep me happy.
Now, I can't keep small talk for shit. I don't meet people, and I'm completely happy not listening to them. I tried to be social, went to the house parties, always met new people, texted people to see if they wanted to hang out, but after about 2 months of being out of school, working, looking for friends, I just gave up. People suck dude. The stupid bull shit they spew, they take everything so personally. Its all crap.
I'm here to follow the flow and enjoy life. These people are off chasing bullshit, and missing the whole "point" in my opinion, and that's why I am now so anti-social. Its great if you're social, but I'd much rather have close friends, that I can invite over, chief down /whatever other drug, and have an intellectual conversation with. I've lost my social aspect.
I can still play it off, act like I care about the weather and want to talk about it with you, etc, but its all bullshit.
I used to be just like that, and had a social change like that too. It used to interest me to be social, meet new people, etc., because I subconsciously thought that's what everyone my age does and this is what we do for fun, and it kind of was for a while. For me the change occurred because, after discovering something more interesting in my life (the inner workings of my mind), other things soon bored me. I wasn't aware of the infinite capabilities of the mind before that. I also thought I was incapable of love, deeply close asexual relationships with friends, and so many other things about myself that I was absolutely certain I would never experience. When discoveries like these are made, it's not out of the ordinary to re-prioritize your interests and cut uninteresting things out of your life, like parties and meaningless small talk. Just like when a guy meets a girl he's crazy about and suddenly he loses interest in everything but her because she's more interesting to him than anything else is. Wanting to form closer relationships and have deep intellectual conversations with people doesn't necessarily mean that anyone who can't do those things sucks. Perhaps it's just a sign that you are an intellegent being (more so than others), and that you've got different things you'd like to use your limited time on Earth doing.
It's a bit elitist to write humanity off like that just because not everyone is like you. To them, they're also on their own journey "following the flow and enjoying life," don't forget that. What they're doing in their life is just as important to them as what you're doing in your life is to you.
And you certainly are still a social animal. Just because it's not at the same magnitude that it was previously doesn't mean you're void of all social capabilities. Having close relationships with people is just as social, if not more so, as having shallow relationships with random party-goers.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with how you changed your focus on life, but don't make it seem as though everyone who hasn't done what you did is inferior to you.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: irie.one]
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irie.one said: I'm here to follow the flow and enjoy life. These people are off chasing bullshit, and missing the whole "point" in my opinion...
What point would that be?
Ugh Poid, you did that thing again .
Damn, I need to pay more attention; maybe it's the lack of weed I've been experiencing these past couple of days that's causing me to do this...
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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I can just feel it. These people have made up the problems in their lives. They're following a code, not free spirited, feeling like they're being graded everywhere they go. Nobody should find that fun.
^^ and I see where you're coming from. Thank you for that ray of knowledge that just passed through my head, I appreciate it. Like I said earlier, I know that I threw out generalizations and stereotypes and wasn't fair. I let my anger of my family and their (my opinion) stubborn views and let it flow to my fingers as I typed that.
My main issue is everybody sticking their fingers into everything, and Christians have always been awesome at that.
And I've always been told by teachers and adults (when I was younger, nobody says this anymore cause I'm so drugged up and standoffish) that I was smart. I always played it off though. I don't like being bragged about. I just wanna do my own thing over here in the corner, so look away. 
I've been on the internet too long. I was raised on this shit. My fingers hardly ever even stop to ask my brain what to write next, they just gooooooooooo.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Joolz]
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These people have made up the problems in their lives.
I hope you're including yourself in the "they" group
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Kickle]
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Joolz said: I can just feel it.
Oh, can you read their minds as well? 
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We all know how rare it is for people to do this. 
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You're following a code as well, you think that appreciating nature is the point (read: code) of life.
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But do they?
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That's kind of like me, I don't really know how to accept compliments sometimes. 
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How old are you?
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I hope you're including yourself in the "they" group 
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Joolz]
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irie.one said: I'm here to follow the flow and enjoy life. These people are off chasing bullshit, and missing the whole "point" in my opinion...
What point would that be?
Ugh Poid, you did that thing again .
Damn, I need to pay more attention; maybe it's the lack of weed I've been experiencing these past couple of days that's causing me to do this...
Oh no, we can't have that... This freshly packed bowl waiting patiently on my nightstand to be consumed is dedicated to you my friend .
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Joolz said: I can just feel it. These people have made up the problems in their lives. They're following a code, not free spirited, feeling like they're being graded everywhere they go. Nobody should find that fun.
^^ and I see where you're coming from. Thank you for that ray of knowledge that just passed through my head, I appreciate it. Like I said earlier, I know that I threw out generalizations and stereotypes and wasn't fair. I let my anger of my family and their (my opinion) stubborn views and let it flow to my fingers as I typed that.
My main issue is everybody sticking their fingers into everything, and Christians have always been awesome at that.
And I've always been told by teachers and adults (when I was younger, nobody says this anymore cause I'm so drugged up and standoffish) that I was smart. I always played it off though. I don't like being bragged about. I just wanna do my own thing over here in the corner, so look away. 
I've been on the internet too long. I was raised on this shit. My fingers hardly ever even stop to ask my brain what to write next, they just gooooooooooo.
No worries man, happens to the best of us .
I can see where you're coming from about how you don't understand how nobody should find that fun. I try to be open-minded and non-judgmental about it though and feel fortunate that I am able to experience this type of enlightenment. I don't feel sorry for them, they're in their own type of bliss to some degree and I respect that. Those ultra-religious people nearly have a hernia trying to figure out how people like me don't believe in God, it's kind of the same thing. That said, I still hate it when people get in my business about my religious beliefs too, it's incredibly disrespectful. However I'm able to shrug it off pretty easily, they're just doing their thing, no harm done, and I understand where they're coming from. It's about the best way I can think to handle it .
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: irie.one]
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Oh no, we can't have that... This freshly packed bowl waiting patiently on my nightstand to be consumed is dedicated to you my friend .
How kind of you.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
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^^ Religion just hits a nerve because its part of the reason I don't like my family. Its not their religion specifically, its that they only listen to that religion and say everything is the devil's tongue in their ear. 
^ This freshly rolled, friend's home indoor grown weed (not great, definitely pretty good though, and I get ounces for 20 bucks!!!!!!!) goes to you.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Joolz]
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Joolz said: ^^ Religion just hits a nerve because its part of the reason I don't like my family. Its not their religion specifically, its that they only listen to that religion and say everything is the devil's tongue in their ear. 
Hey man, I can sorta relate; my maternal uncles are complete fanatics when it comes to Catholicism, I don't even really visit or talk to them anymore. They treat my mother like crap for not sharing their beliefs, and it pisses me off. I'm a bit luckier than you though in that neither of my immediate family members are religious retards, I don't think I would be able to handle it really well if they were.
I honestly feel real bad that this is your life situation, I wish there were something I could say to change it, it must be tough. 
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Joolz said: ^ This freshly rolled, friend's home indoor grown weed (not great, definitely pretty good though, and I get ounces for 20 bucks!!!!!!!) goes to you. 
Wow, ounces for $20? 
I would make so much hash...
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
#14102297 - 03/11/11 03:17 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I have this thing with joints and (when with my black friends) blunts lately. We make cannibutter, but hash, eh, idk. I'll think about it.
But anyways, yeah, so, I have been friends with the guy for like 3 months. Apparently he liked me enough I got to finally come to his house (he is also one of my dealers) and go into his basement. Its the shit, like, I'm wondering what I did to get such good karma.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Joolz]
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Joolz said: I have this thing with joints and (when with my black friends) blunts lately.
Black people don't smoke joints around where I live, they only smoke blunts.
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Joolz said: We make cannibutter, but hash, eh, idk. I'll think about it.
You might as well, since you can get weed for so cheap. 
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Joolz said: But anyways, yeah, so, I have been friends with the guy for like 3 months. Apparently he liked me enough I got to finally come to his house (he is also one of my dealers) and go into his basement. Its the shit, like, I'm wondering what I did to get such good karma.
Maybe the Universe is trying to make up for putting you in a family full of fanatically religious assholes...
-------------------- Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. -- Bob Dylan  fireworks_god said:It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Poid]
#14105584 - 03/11/11 07:29 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Maybe that. I also just lost a girlfriend, so maybe the universe is just saying that Mary Jane always has my back?
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: Joolz]
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I think it's more likely that it's YOU saying that. There's this concept known as "projection"...
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Re: Humans are naturally social animals. [Re: AlphaFalfa]
#14107637 - 03/12/11 06:08 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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AlphaFalfa said: I can see that there is good evidence that suggest this.
However, what is the measure of such a claim?
Is a human being social, meaning that human beings thrive and maintain a higher level of happiness socially?
Is this strictly based on survival?
The only reason i think the mechanism which drives biology cares about happiness, is because those who are surviving are more likely to be happy than those suffering... now i could be completely wrong about this, but it just seems to make sense to me. As for being social, i think humans that are social, do so by being social in groups. It just so happens that when humans band together and form groups from gangs to countries you have a better chance of surviving because you are not alone and are part of a group. There are MANY advantages to living in a group, so many that not being apart of a group greatly reduces your chances of surviving. IMO being social is synonymous with this being apart of the group... and is why humans are naturally social animals.
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