xenophobia. who's with me?

Terry

i came to the conclusion tonight that i am a complete xenophobe.
I have a great distaste for other cultures and i really want ot get over it.

it's not from my upbringing, because my father was a world traveller before i was born and was very welcoming towards every foreign person he ever met.

i have no idea where i got this from, but i don't like it and i want to get over it.

travelling is not an option.

anyone got any ideas on how i can overcome this without travelling the world?

BTW, this is not really a personal issue. it's just something i want to get a general consencus on.

i also hate Irish people. i don't discriminate.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i hate people from leixlip

Adam

Anthrophobia ftw...

Terry

Mordeth wrote:

i hate people from leixlip

as do i. like i said, i don't discriminate.

fade to grey wrote:

Anthrophobia

i don't know what that means. care to enlighten me?

BlitzKrieg

is it xenophobia if you hate all cultures (including your own)

would that not be some sort of social phobia? and not xenophobia (fear of those outside your own culture)

Adam

julep wrote:

as do i. like i said, i don't discriminate.


i don't know what that means. care to enlighten me?

Fear of humans :rolleyes:

Terry

i'm using xenophobia in the way that i dislike opther cultures, not that i fear them.

maybe i'm just a social retard who doesn't really like anyone..
you always get the best answers on boards in the early hours of the morning.

Terry

fade_to_grey wrote:

Fear of humans :rolleyes:

it's not so much fear as it is dislike.
i wouldn't go so far as saying hatred. just a general dislike of other cultures and ways of life (there is a subtle difference there).

BlitzKrieg

so its not a phobia...


your just really anti-social on a very large scale?

Or it could be something psychological, something down to your desire for communication and how culture tends to muddle it up and make it complicated and difficult.


you could be an emo?


and according to a google anthrophobia is fear of flowers
http://www.answers.com/topic/anthrophobia-or-anthophobia


not fear of humans.

Nuttzz

join my band, southsiders or rednecks need not apply

Terry

first off, i am far from emo. unless emo is listening to 90's grunge and late 80's/ early 90's metal.

secondly, i'm far from anti-social. i have several groups of friends from all kinds of backgrounds.

i don't really know how to explain my dislike of other ways of life. i'll get back to this in the morning or tomorrow evening or something.

Adam

BlitzKrieg wrote:

so its not a phobia...


your just really anti-social on a very large scale?

Or it could be something psychological, something down to your desire for communication and how culture tends to muddle it up and make it complicated and difficult.


you could be an emo?


and according to a google anthrophobia is fear of flowers
http://www.answers.com/topic/anthrophobia-or-anthophobia


not fear of humans.

http://www.babylon.com/definition/anthrophobia/English

Anthophobia is the fear of flowers...

Adam

julep wrote:

first off, i am far from emo. unless emo is listening to 90's grunge and late 80's/ early 90's metal.

secondly, i'm far from anti-social. i have several groups of friends from all kinds of backgrounds.

i don't really know how to explain my dislike of other ways of life. i'll get back to this in the morning or tomorrow evening or something.

Dont leave us! We are socially incompetent without you!

Terry

well, i don't like flowery (unts, if that makes any difference.

Adam

julep wrote:

well, i don't like flowery (unts, if that makes any difference.

Distaste of "flowery (unts" ftw

You're not completely lost so!

EDIT: I like your thread tags..heh

Terry

fade_to_grey wrote:

Dont leave us! We are socially incompetent without you!

one more cigarette and then i slit my wrists while listening to...
um. what are they called?

wait. it's on the tip of my tongue.

my chemical romance.









no, i'm not going to slit my wrists. well, unless someone forces me to listen to my chemical romance. then i'll have no choice

Adam

For the record:

My Chemical Romance != emo

BlitzKrieg

secondly, i'm far from anti-social. i have several groups of friends from all kinds of backgrounds

erll like you not meaning fear with xenophobia, i didnt mean anti social as in no friends, but in the grand scale that your pro-active in communial events which you have no direct control over.

ok lets examine this.

answer the following questions.

Do you take part in any community events in your local area?

Do you practice your faith?

What historical events/national holidays do you remember yearly? (e.g christmas, VE day etc)

Describe your christmas to me?

Do you ever talk to your friends about their culture/faith?


my impresson is that you might not hate all cultures, just the associated responsibilities associated with them (hence why you dislike even your own) but this is me being bored at 223am when i should be eating...

but answer the question let us into your mind.

BlitzKrieg

anthrophobia or anthophobia

Fear of flowers.

http://www.answers.com/topic/anthrop...or-anthophobia


from site i quoted which appears to be wrong...googling has misled me

and wiki gives no answer except a rock band.

Terry

BlitzKrieg wrote:

erll like you not meaning fear with xenophobia, i didnt mean anti social as in no friends, but in the grand scale that your pro-active in communial events which you have no direct control over.

ok lets examine this.

answer the following questions.

Do you take part in any community events in your local area?

Do you practice your faith?

What historical events/national holidays do you remember yearly? (e.g christmas, VE day etc)

Describe your christmas to me?

Do you ever talk to your friends about their culture/faith?


my impresson is that you might not hate all cultures, just the associated responsibilities associated with them (hence why you dislike even your own) but this is me being bored at 223am when i should be eating...

but answer the question let us into your mind.

are you a scientologist?

now they fu(king scare me.

Terry

fade_to_grey wrote:

For the record:

My Chemical Romance != emo

thus the joke about slitting my wrists upon listening to them.

BlitzKrieg

AHA

Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society

from: http://www.phobialist.com/#A-

are you a scientologist?

No. But i got tested by one when i was 16, which has resulted in my extreme dislike of all scientologists, hence why i kick them when i see them.

Adam

Just for fun!

Do you take part in any community events in your local area?

No

Do you practice your faith?

No

What historical events/national holidays do you remember yearly? (e.g christmas, VE day etc)

Christmas, Holloween

Describe your christmas to me?

Me and my family, eating christmas dinner(drool), sharing presents and drinking...

Do you ever talk to your friends about their culture/faith?

Yes, because I find other people's points of view interesting, especially if they differ from my own, particularly if they centre around faith in a greater being.

John

It's not xenophobia, it's misanthropy.

Adam

John2 wrote:

It's not xenophobia, it's misanthropy.

Miss Anne Thrope ftw

Terry

BlitzKrieg wrote:

AHA



from: http://www.phobialist.com/#A-




No. But i got tested by one when i was 16, which has resulted in my extreme dislike of all scientologists, hence why i kick them when i see them.

i think you nailed it there.

i always had a dislike of 80's norwegian pop bands too.right. i'm going to bed. i have to assemble swedish furniture in the morning.

Winters

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia anyone?

Adam

No.

Zombienosh

xenomorphs

BlitzKrieg

xenomorphs

stole my pudding.




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