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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by utopianfiat@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

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I remember I got into an argument on reddit awhile ago with a person over Italian food. It got to the point they were following me into other subs to harass me. I clicked on their profile to block them and their most recent post was them drinking their own piss on r/piss. At that moment I realized I had spent so much pointless time arguing about the taste of food with someone who drinks their own piss as a hobby. This site is a shit hole.

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[-] Ringmasterincestuous@aussie.zone 28 points 1 year ago

I hate this pov so much.

I think it perpetuates that things are better than they actually are and inhibits change and progress… we’re all different I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

[-] Firipu@startrek.website 43 points 1 year ago

Fair enough :)

I just don't see how believing the worst in your fellow human can encourage you to improve things.

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Pessimism is easy and lazy thinking. People also think it makes you look more insightful and wiser to look down your nose at everything.

[-] dyc3@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[-] Firipu@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

Live long and prosper!

[-] 3laws@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

believing the worst in your fellow human can encourage you

It doesn't, it never did, it never will.

[-] shundi82@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago

But the poster you replied to has a point:

Just like most animals the greater majority of people try to avoid as many direct conflicts as possible IRL. And they're full of empathy and compassion - even for other animals in distress and inanimate objects (saw off the fingers of a plastic doll in front of others and see how they treat you afterwards).

But of course people will lose a part of that compassion etc once they move within society without feeling like a part of it. One example is driving a car. You're way less aware of being a part of society even though you're "swimming" in it. Feeling a strong individual agency and being empowered by two tons of steel while simultaneously being greatly restricted by everyone and everything around you will do that to you.

Same goes for the (social) media landscape. We feel empowered by our own echo chambers and/or chosen media outlet while barely interacting with anyone who could challenge our beliefs (which, funnily enough, is often the right call in that context, because we can't change strong opposing beliefs via social media). And since it's all an indirect, mostly faceless interaction, our beliefs will automatically be strengthened and we'll be more likely to agitate anyone with opposing beliefs (while still avoiding any direct conflict).

So I'd say it's more of a flaw in our design, that is being exploited, than a general lack of sympathy/empathy (of which we actually have plenty).

Which means you can't hold any one individual to higher standards. Because that's not where we "fail". It'd take a much broader appliance of social securities (housing, food, healthcare, education etc all over the world) and a fundamental change in the way we interact. But you and I won't change that (though I guess it's comforting telling ourselves that we could individually change things on a greater scale).

[-] Firipu@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

Thank you for being much more eloquent than me.

The average troll wouldn't be an asshole in real life. They'd likely just be an average bloke like us all that lost theirselves in online anonimity.

Time and time again we see that in many disasters the majority of people in the affected community come together and help each other tremendously.

There is ofcourse always rotten apples and exceptions. That doesn't take away from the fact that people are inherintly good to their fellow human.

So everyone’s in agreement.. humanity is a shithole

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One major issue is we assume the motivations of others all the time, usually negative. Add anonymity to the mix and you have social media rage. A good place to start is to occasionally think "Maybe I'm not 100% right. Maybe they are at least partially right also." Also, "What could be their reasons for thinking that?" without dismissing them out of hand. The press encourages rage by presenting us with a filter of negativity and constantly pressing our anger buttons.

True psychopaths exist but not to the extent people may think.

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