Why should I try to find friends when people are awful?

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Whether in real life or on the internet, the possibility of running into people I end up hating makes me not want to even try. And if I don't flat out hate them then chances are very very high they either won't appeal to me. And then of that tiny slice of people who I might want to become friends with based on my initial impressions of them, I will either end up hating them anyway or they will end up hating me for one reason or another. This could be bc of conflicting moral or political views or whatever.
And none of this is helped by the fact that the vast, vast, vast majority of people will take issue with one thing or another about me. Mainly these things: I am bi/pan, I am in a polyamorous relationship, I am (some kind of) an anarchist, I have friends who are trans and/or otherkin and I feel compelled to kick the s**t out of anyone who tries to invalidate them.
And if I manage to find someone who doesn't take issue with any of that or my baseline mental bs, then we might still have nothing in common or I won't want to be close to them or I'll lose them as friends bc I never talk to anyone bc I have no interest in my life at. all.
That got way longer than I wanted it to but hey idgaf

I think feeling black and white about other people is an Aspie thing. I met someone the other day that just irritated the life out of me. My Mum adores her so I was really disappointed to find her to be very narrow minded and extremely defensive about her views... We were just talking about socialising and the internet, nothing deep, but she wound me up the wring way. I don't hate her though, I just dont think we will be friends anytime soon.

There are plenty of nice people in the world. Its taken me till im 36 to make a group of friends i can relate to. I have had many lonely years, but I'm doing better now. So don't give up.

For some reason I thought of Thomas Sanders because he's one of the most upbeat people on YouTube. Seriously watch this. He has all sorts of friends and he suffers from anxiety, but he has this great friendly persona. What I'm saying is hating on people doesn't make allies. Finding things in common does. Having a good attitude will help you tremendously.



We all need to work with people who are different to us and there is no point taking offense when they don't agree. We can still find other areas of common ground.

Honestly, it's not so much that I outright hate most of the people I run into, I just hate being around most of the people I run into. Meeting people and coming to hate them is so depressing and so tiring for me, and I feel awful because I really don't like hating people.
I only rarely find people I "click" with that become my close friends. I end up losing interest in most people and it makes me feel awful. It's especially bad when I see that they want to get to know me better because I hate having to tell people "no" or being any kind of unpleasant in general. And I feel even worse if the situation is reversed and it's clear the other person doesn't reciprocate my interest. So I don't see the point in trying to reach out when I'm more likely to have to reject someone, or to be rejected by someone, or I find someone I hate. After all those it feels like the odds of me finding someone I really like seem minuscule.
And I can't just open up and have more-casual-not-so-close friends because I just can't enjoy it. I feel like I have to hide so much of myself around most people. I feel isolated and dishonest when I have to act.

Dealing with human nature is not easy, but I would rather deal with human nature than be alone all the time. It’s painful dealing with other people’s flaws, but I’m not Bill Gates so I have to learn to get along to be successful and get my needs met.

I have C-PSTD yeah I have every legit reason to isolate myself, but I keep trying...lol.

Maybe Emerson had it right with his rugged individualism...lol.