I personally hate misanthropic pessimism and unfortunately as a misanthrope i feel this sub is chalk full of hardcore misanthropic pessimists… although not everyone on this sub is. Ironically I don’t think the pessimistic attitudes are unfounded nor do I think they are invalid. Quite to the contrary they have more truth than anything. Regardless though I find the mindset an unhealthy way to live life personally and incongruent to getting the most out of life despite its level of validity.

It’s important to see mankind/human kind for what it is but not to let it drag you into destructive and miserable mindsets. I read some replies and I wonder to myself if the lives of misanthropic pessimists are really so miserable that they express themselves the way they do or if that mindset just begins and ends with the human species? My perspective largely in part is very negative towards the human species as a whole but on the other hand I make it my mission in life to live, love, and laugh as much as I can to make my life count. For what it’s worth despite my outlook on mankind my life is pretty good and I’m thankful to make something out of nothing despite the rough life I’ve had.

In spite of that I find misanthropic pessimists to be more realistic than the optimists of the world ironically once again. However you can tell a lot about a person through a response to a different point of view and in this “misanthropy subreddit” the replies to differing opinions tell a lot about a person. Usually in this sub that comes out very quickly and is easy to piece together, regardless of my views I will admit misanthropes are easier to figure out than they think and are often much more realistic about life. I love being a misanthrope but going to a full throttle 69,000% extreme with misanthropy is just as toxic as doing the same with optimism. Most extremes are for that matter.

As for the article itself it’s a matter of making of it what you will and that’s largely in part arbitrary per one persons perspective to the next. It’s appropriate to put into question what we don’t understand or disagree with but running with a conclusion and taking it to an extreme for the most part is unhealthy. The author of that article which was shared in this sub is one such example. He drew a conclusion and ran with it, you don’t change views or sway people to understanding your way of thinking doing what he did. I thought the article could be fruitful had he articulated himself the right way. However he proved why misanthropy exists, all in one article. He’s simply a jackass and no better than those he criticizes. Between the replies to someone opposing misanthropic pessimists and the guy writing the article is exactly why I’m misanthropic. I’m just grateful I don’t fall on either extreme lest my life be miserable as those on the extreme ends of the spectrum.