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Scheherazade
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15 Apr 2008, 11:22 pm

Thinking more and more that I am my own species. Humans too much work to bother with. Why do I keep trying?



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16 Apr 2008, 12:55 am

Because you have to eat?



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16 Apr 2008, 2:49 am

Scheherazade wrote:
Thinking more and more that I am my own species. Humans too much work to bother with. Why do I keep trying?


Humans are a lot of work, but we are naturally very complicated species.

Why do you keep trying? Because we as humans, just like other animals, have a survival instinct...and it's one that we nearly always act upon.


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16 Apr 2008, 3:16 am

Well, myself I limit my exposure to people as much as possible so i dont get burnt out and eather begin to dislike them or vise versa.

I have friends, I see my parents on weekends, and I must work, but much of my time I spend alone cause while I like to visit with my friends and family, I just cant do it too often. Even friends and family tend to stress me out after a little bit, so I refrian from having a roommate and I spend LOTS of time alone, and come out when I wanna, except for work, which half the time I refuse to interact with anyone anyways.

Indeed, I know people dont mean it, but they do just freak me out all too often, and limiting my exposure to them, knowing that balance is sooo important for me.


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16 Apr 2008, 3:50 am

Scheherazade wrote:
Thinking more and more that I am my own species. Humans too much work to bother with. Why do I keep trying?


As much a I try and connect with others, I just dont 'get' them; illogical, un-predictable with a 'herd mentality' I find them generally confusing and fustrating. Biologically I'm human, my mind isn't. Its like configuring a ZX to run on XP. Humans are social creatures, with written and un-written rules of social acceptability, which are in a constant state of flux. I'm sure 90% of the population never use any where near their capacity, and are content with that- why? :?


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17 Apr 2008, 2:11 pm

Brittany2907 wrote:
just like other animals, have a survival instinct...and it's one that we nearly always act upon.


That's right, all species have a survival instinct, the human method is just more complicated then other creatures. It's all about society, long ago we would hunt and live in a lair like other animals, but now society has made suriving so complicated to the point that some people are unable to do it.


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19 Apr 2008, 12:57 am

Scheherazade wrote:
Thinking more and more that I am my own species. Humans too much work to bother with. Why do I keep trying?



I think its because as a sentient being you know that there is a chance that things will get better. Animals only consciously know the now and the before.



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19 Apr 2008, 1:30 am

Stop doing it the wrong way. Some things work, some do not, find where you can get by.

No one gets along with humans, most live in a very small network, and are motivated out of fear.

One of our problems is we show a wide range of other behavior, and they have problems with a narrow rut.

Another of our problems is trying to deal with a broad front, no one can, pick a place where you can function, stay there.



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19 Apr 2008, 6:49 am

You're genetically inclined to keep trying to interface with your fellow humans. I mean, whether you like it or not, you ARE a human. Not all of them are difficult to get along with. It's a matter of trying until you find someone who you can align with.

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