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Originally Posted by DayOne  The other day I was walking into town, a bus was driving along the road towards me so I stood at the lights waiting for it to pass so that I could cross the road. However, it started slowing down, very very nearly to a complete halt. The lights must have changed, I thought, and so started moving to cross the road. At that point the driver beeped loudly, accelerated, shouted out the window at me and gestured.
These are really, really, REALLY, meaningless examples compared to the actually serious things going on in the world, but my point is that I honestly doubt whether the majority of people would fit what I call "decent", "intelligent", "friendly", "kind", etc. I'm really not sure. I'm at university and so most of the people I meet are reasonably intelligent but I'm honestly beginning to think that this gives me a slanted view of what the human race is like.
Are the majority of people idiots? |
That first example doesn't even count, since it doesn't seem like anything mean was said. You should live in Finland, then you'll never want to leave your apartment. I rarely did, but when I did, I usually came back feeling horrible, for some bitter, wretched stranger had scolded me or yelled at me for no reason at all. They will rarely speak to say something kind, but to yell at you for pushing the "stop" button on the bus after someone else has already pushed it, or for walking on the wrong side of the bicycle path, or any other non-excuse to ♥♥♥♥♥ at you, they will indulge themselves. And often if you dare to do something nice, like hold open a door for someone or pick up something they dropped, they pretend not to notice or see you so they don't have to thank you.
ahhhh
I'm not there anymore
