Rules for a Misanthrope to Live By

I was insipred to do this by a coment made by fightingfemale on one of my other posts.

Rules of the Misanthrope

1.The Internet is an excellent device for every misanthrope to use. There is one fine line which should be understood between misanthropes and the rest of the world, and that is though the misanthrope will despise socialization, that does not mean they do not have any use or interest in intellectual stimuli. In fact it is often this draw to the intellectual  that causes the misanthrope to retreat from the world, as they do not find their needs being met in society at large. Misanthropes have little interest in having mundane conversations with mere acquaintances or strangers. They do not wish to discuss the weather with their neighbors. They do not want the person standing in line behind them in the grocery store to engage them in some conversation or for the general public to feel the need to address them. They do not want to tell random people or people they barely now how they feel and talk about their day. The Internet allows the misanthrope to have complete and total control over their interactions with others. They can target their areas of interest and engage only in the discussions they want to engage in on the terms in which they choose. As well it allows conversation without socialization. 

2. A misanthrope should not be tempted to answer the phone. Most people feel the need to answer the phone whenever it rings. Their egoism makes them always think "What if is an emergency" or "What if it is so and so" and yet more than half the time, it is in fact a telemarketer. The misanthrope does not worry about answering the phone. The misanthrope does not want to be annoyed with sales people and have their day interrupted and risking such an interruption is not worth the possibility that it might actually be important. The misanthrope assumes that if it is a family member or someone they know, then such person will leave a message, and if it is not worth leaving a message for, it is not with answering the phone for. 

3. There are certain terms in which a misanthrope may own a cell phone. Only a misanthropes closest, dearest friends, and immediate family members should have your cell phone number. A misanthrope should not carry their cell phone with them at all times whenever they are in public, and should not use it for idle chitter chatter. As well a misanthrope should never have blue tooth attached to his or her ear. A misanthropes should only have their cell phone with them, and turned on, if they are expecting someone specific to be in touch with them, or think a friend or family member might be needing to call them. At all other times the misanthropes cell phone should remain turned off and at home. 

4. A misanthrope should not enjoy team sports. Now the reason for this should go without explanation. Misanthropes do not play well with others and do not like working in groups. Misanthropes should have a preference for individual sports. Such things as boxing, martial arts, horse racing, equestrian, jousting, fencing...etc. anything in which one does not rely upon a team but only themselves. Sense it is coming up, I will mention, that it is ok for a misanthrope to enjoy the Olympics, becasue many of these events are about the personal and individual triumph.  

5. A misanthrope should not try an alter their appearances for the sake of fitting into society. Misanthropes do not bother with wearing make-up, shaving, dressing a certain way, having to fix their hair perfect every time they are about to step out of the door, using perfume, cologne, and so forth, merely for the sake of being worried about how other people might perceive them or because they feel they have to fit into some standard of society. Misanthropes do not care what anyone else might think. This does not men a misanthrope cannot engage in such practices as mentioned above, but when they do it, they must do it solely because they want to do it for themselves and because they personally feel like doing it. Not because they feel obligated to do it. And not so that other people will view them a certain way. This also goes the other way as well. Being that a misanthrope should not get a bunch of piercings and tattoos, or a bright pink mohawk, or should not dress in a certain counter-culture way just for the sake of standing out from society, for this is another form of being influenced by other people. And is still doing something because you want to be viewed a certain way by others. Anything a misanthrope does must be soles out of their individual desire to do so, and pleasing themselves. 

6. Misanthropes do not like physical contact. It should be no surprise, that misanthropes have a general dislike for having any sort of physical contact with other human beings. There are a few exceptions to this rule, which are at the digression of each individual misanthrope to decide what those exceptions are for themselves. But as a whole, misanthropes are not touchy feely. They do not like hugs from people, particularly people with whom they barely know, and they would prefer to avoid handshakes with others as well, and any other sort of greeting in which the misanthrope much touch another human being. The best way for a misanthrope to greet another person, is through some version or form of the martial arts bow.

7. Misanthropes tell it like it is. Because misanthropes do not care about what other people think, and the misanthrope thinks it is silly for any one else to worry about the opinions of others, misanthropes do not sugar coat things, or just say what they think the other person wants to hear. They do not care what the other person wants to hear, they do not try and spare the feelings of others. This does not mean the misanthrope should in fact intentionally try to be mean for the sake of being men, but rather, they should speak the plain and simple truth. If a person seeks the advice of a misanthrope, the misanthrope should not be sympathetic  and comforting and take pity upon the other person. They should speak without restraint, and just call it as they see it. The verbal slap in the face as it were. A misanthrope should be direct with their feelings and opinions.

8. Misanthropes believe in personal reasonability. This one is pretty self-explanatory, but the misanthrope believes that a person is directly responsible for their own actions, decision, and situation. Misanthropes believe in holding people accountable for the things they do and do not believe in trying to find some sort of outside excuse or something to blame other than the individual. Though situations might occur in which a person really does not have control, the misanthrope believes that every thing comes down to a matter a choice. A person always can choose what they do, the choices offered may not always be pretty or easy, but there is always a choice. Misanthropes do not believe in protecting people from themselves if one does something stupid, they deserve the consequences of that action.

9. Misanthropes should not form groups. It is common that if two misanthropes come across each other, they might find some common ground with each other, and it is fine for misanthropes to communicate with each other and exchange ideas, even become friends, but a misanthrope cannot get the idea of forming some sort of social group with fellow misanthropes. As doing so would be in direct contradiction to being a misanthrope. If more than 3 misanthropes should get together in the same place intentionally, and interact in a social way with each other, than by definition you are no longer misanthropes. As a misanthrope you cannot try and have the best of both worlds, as they say.

4:28 PM - 6/19/2008 - post comment

Wow!

I am humbled and honored and above all thrilled for the practical advice. I (we) am learning at the feet of the master!
I left this comment before I have had the chance to study the rules, but I think I will get an A in cell phones. My frequent comment is, "My cell phone wasn't charged. I wasn't expecting to use it". Oooh, I can do this. Yes I can!

Edited by Fightingfemale on 6/20/2008 at 3:26 AM

Fightingfemale - 8:20 PM - 6/19/2008

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Seems I have to distance myself from loving certain team sports, and be a bit more vocal about how I think things are, but other than that I pretty much qualify as a misanthrope according to these rules. Wow.

dutchboy - 5:00 AM - 6/20/2008

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