Good Mid/High Level Programming Languages

I've only seriously programmed in C, but I've been trying to find a decent mid or high level programming language to get into. Unfortunately I can't find anything that meets basic acceptable criteria like:

Not heavily influenced by C++
Doesn't use dollar signs for variables
Doesn't force you to indent your code
Is not LISP
Is not Haskell

What's going on with this copypasta stuff? I've been ignoring it and dismissing it as just another script guy with a gimmick, but this is... weird or something.