The Man Who Hated The World (Animated Short Story)

In a dirty prison cell, there lived a man who dedicated his whole life to isolating himself from the world. As opposed to most prisoners, he wasn’t put there against his will. This man voluntarily lived in a prison cell, knowing that he could walk out anytime he wanted. Nevertheless, he never tried.

“Why should I?” he told himself every time this annoying voice tried to persuade him to leave. “The world is a disgusting place,” he uttered. “And in here, at least I’m safe”.

He was a loner, without a doubt. But he didn’t choose solitude because he loved his own company. He did it because he hated the world.

The Man Who Hated The World is a (motivational) short story about a man who suffers from severe existential angst. On top of that, he is tormented by an annoying voice that tries to persuade him to leave his cell. Even though he hates almost everything that the world has to offer, he does like the sea. Unfortunately, he is too scared to go out and visit.

Rather, he enjoys the safety of his cell, and his resolve is strengthened by the misery that overcomes the people around him. But is he truly as safe as he thinks he is?

Credits:

Written by: Einzelgänger
Animation & narration: Einzelgänger
Story editing & advice: Fleur Marie Vaz

Music used:

The Tides - Somnolent
Quincas Moreira - Mariposa
The 126ers - Rage
Myuu - Lurking Shadows

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[devboyd]

I don't speak or interact with anyone because I'm disgusted with the absurdity, filth and ignorance of humanity.

[redhat]

Moral of the story:

Don’t sleep in a room full of cockroaches

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
-- Seneca

[Bilboswaggins]

I know several people who think exactly like this guy. Pessimistic, angry, and hateful. But when I really looked into them, they weren’t really hateful. They were just afraid

[daryusi]

This sounds like me. I barely leave the house (unless it's for work or the gym) because I'm TERRIFIED of the world. I wasn't always like this. I became this way after learning how extremely evil and dark this world truly is.

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
--Oscar Wilde

[EmmaDegroot-hjos]

I remember several years ago heroin addiction destroyed my life, I suffered from severe depression and a mental disorder until I was recommended to psilocybin mushroom treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly I'm 8 years clean now. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

[selfhelpchampion]

The Ship in the Harbour is Safe, but it isn't what it meant for. Thank you for the story🙏🙏 selfhelpchampion.

[Lolbit]

I’m hated by a lot of people because I speak the truth, people rather listen to lovable lies from the world. Humanity just use nice people until they are used up, and they abandon them and leave them behind during their lowest point. People just use nice people for their own benefit, never thankful for what they’ve done for them. People talks down on you so you’ll quit, and when you achieve it they get all the credit. I used to be a completely nice person, I stopped being nice to everyone because I tired of being used, abused, backstabbed, betrayed, lied to, hurt, blamed, and harassed.

[chanceDdog]

In my experience Anger is an emotional response to having unexpressed grife..
Anger can also be used by our mind when we have no other outlet of emotion....

[Cadugaming]

But the world is truly a disgusting place and humans are getting more disgusting with each passing day. Im happy to staybaway from then, playing games in my room

[lyceumofphilosophy]

Woah! You’ve outdone yourself wit this minimal-style animation! I couldn’t take my eyes off of the video and felt like I was taken back to watching the old CN shows. Would be great to see more in the future~

[insalubriousdithyramb]

I can relate. I have been in the same position as this guy after a couple of depressing episodes in life (although not to that extreme). I don't feel better now but your video gives me hope.

[justjoe]

I agree with eighty percent of your assessment but, not all of hermit-ism is caused by negatives. Not all loners pine-away for companionship beyond their own mind. A lot of us arrive here after having spent a life time trying to connect with people we'd rather not have anything to do with.

[zadesirius]

the short version of this moral is,
to be happy, first to be vulnerable.

[insiderperson]

You'd think on his wall on knowledge he'd write "Keep your living space clean and safe from germs and diseases" 🤷‍♂️

[levant]

I see this in the kids I teach. Some go one way, others go another. But it's always at the same age. The age they become conscious of others consciousness. I guess for some the fear is paralysing. But what your story fails to take into account is the fact that for so many the prison door isn't open, they can't leave whenever they want, and it drives some to suicide. And in the case of those I have known, it's always the smartest kids. That freaked me out for a bit when I realised that. I don't think the rest are immune from ignorance, or the smart ones know to much. The smart ones see past the hypocrisies and facades of society, and then they see that everyone else does too, but nobody does anything about it. And I guess they just want to rest.

[yarha]

I hate everything, so I guess I can relate to this guy. Idk y but I’ve been angry since birth. Some days I feel like screaming at the sky where as other days I’m so numb i don’t even care.

[michelleburkholder]

When you shout you sound like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[isaacquirivan]

I can relate a lot to the man in the video. I feel like a lot of people dismiss my ideas and my ponderings as useless and incorrect. I don't know if they are true, but I have reasons to defend every point I have. When I feel like everyone rejects me, I end up in my mind, a cage just like the cage this man finds himself in, taking solace only in my own wall of knowledge, dating back to patterns I recognized in the world as a child. One night sometime last year, I had a panic attack because the power went out and I was left alone with the demons of my mind, telling me I was no longer good enough and that she had left me for a good reason and her smile marked my endless defeat. My solution: I took a walk to a place I had never seen before. The path led me to a nearby river that cuts through the city. The setting sun and the clearing clouds mixed with the churning of the river was the most peaceful thing I had ever stumbled upon. All my fears melted away in that instant, and I made sanctuary in my mind and with this place. I'm afraid of going back to that state of mind. But I know that my beach... the river... waits for me and me alone.