"In My Misanthropy Era" by jenn
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"In My Misanthropy Era" by jenn
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But one dismaying side effect is that it's also been quite empowering for my inner 13 year old edgelord. Did you know that before we invented woke, you were just allowed to be openly contemptuous of people?
Here's Schopenhauer on the common man:
They take an objective interest in nothing whatever. Their attention, not to speak of their mind, is engaged by nothing that does not bear some relation, or at least some possible relation, to their own person: otherwise their interest is not aroused. They are not noticeably stimulated even by wit or humour; they hate rather everything that demands the slightest thought. Coarse buffooneries at most excite them to laughter: apart from that they are earnest brutes – and all because they are capable of only subjective interest. It is precisely this which makes card-playing the most appropriate amusement for them – card-playing for [...]
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First published:
January 4th, 2026
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/otgrxjbWLsrDjbC2w/in-my-misanthropy-era
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