Many incel communities are characterized by resentment, self-pity, racism, misogyny, misanthropy, and narcissism. Written by lead vocalist Vincent Bennett, the band's lyrics generally center around misanthropy and nihilism. There is a difference between philosophical pessimism and misanthropy. With age, his bitterness and misanthropy somewhat intensified. Waldo's personality can best be described as arrogance combined with misanthropy. His thoughts drifted to gloom and misanthropy. The other attitude is one of self-disgust and misanthropy. In further releases, the band would focus even more on misanthropy and hatred themes. Parallel terms for humanity generally are philanthropy and misanthropy. Menzies' lyrics reveal a fascination with forests, darkness, night, misanthropy and death. August von Kotzebue's "Misanthropy and Repentance" (1789) is often considered the first melodramatic play. Misanthropy, global catastrophe, war, death, destruction and rebirth are also common themes. Ormrod claims that Knight "arguably abandons deep ecology in favour of straightforward misanthropy". Laura Snapes of "Pitchfork" detected an air of "misanthropy" in the album. In terms of Gulliver's development of misanthropy, these three scholars point to the fourth voyage.