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Stop trying to be liked - Here's why H&tred is unavoidable
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Prosperthephilosopher
61 days agoH&ting a man is beneath me.
In my first year in university I was very popular, always being controversial in the class group chat...
Some people liked it, some h&ted it.
Amongst my h&ters was one funny-looking fellow who attacked me in the group.
I dedicated the second semester to just trolling him with everything you could make fun of someone with..
He cowered out of shame or whatever, he stopped responding to me.
After first year, he left to another uni.
I totally forgot about him.
Up until one time on Twitter, my post went viral, and he was there insulting me online...
I laughed, he still h&ted me..
Someone I've forgotten about..
H&tred:
H&tred has nothing to do with keeping malice or grudges; I've had experiences with people who I haven't even spoken to where they just h&te me.
People h&te for different reasons.
Perhaps you dress miserably, or fine.
Or because you're too rich or too poor or very boastful or too humble or you're a talkative or you're too quiet or because you're intelligent or because you're dumb.
People can h&te you for anything—h&tred is inescapable.
The Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer put it this way:
"if you don't want to be h&ted, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing"
So you see that it's no use trying to be liked by people, in fact, there're people who'd h&te you for trying to be likeable or jovial! (Fascinating, eh?😂)
This doesn't mean that you shouldn't care to do good or you should encourage yourself to be evil, since you'd be h&ted either way—No!
Do everything in good conscience.
H&tred is for people who aren't enlightened enough to understand things; when people don't understand things, they h&te it.
"I h&ted maths!"
And most times it's simply because they don't understand maths. If they can choose to learn it, then they'd like it.
But wait!!
There's a feeling similar to h&tred and only those who understand have it.
It's called resentment.
Nobody feels resentment for people, but systems and ideas.
What do you do if someone h&tes you?
Nothing!
If you did nothing to make them h&te you, then ignore their h&tred, but if you're rationally responsible, then apologize.
I wrote all of this because I h&ted okra soup but since that's what my aunt cooked and I can't say No, I'm using philosophy to navigate my situation. Ok na good night, lemme take this boiling water down and make a mountain of big hot eba.
— ProsperThePhilosopher