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submitted 1 month ago by DisabledAceSocialist@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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I can't find a link for it but I remember an article where they got a dishevelled, homeless looking man to go into restaurants and ask for leftover food. He was rudely turned away every time. Then they got a man dressed in a smart, expensive business suit to go into the same restaurants and ask for free food (saying he'd lost his job/forgotten his credit card or whatever). He was treated politely and given free food every time.

The link above is to a youtube video, in which an able bodied woman asks for help zipping up her dress and people help her. But when a disabled woman asks for help doing up her buttons, people refuse.

You see the same thing with millionaire celebrities being given free things while poor people are refused the basics of life.

Why is human society like this?

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[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

i think people think they can get something on return for giving free shit to rich pigs but people who actually need it have nothing to offer them

as dumb as this is, its a behavior i noticed in Runescape as a kid. there were people who just stand at the Grand Exchange all day spamming “please give me free gold :)”. if its a noob they’re less likely to get shit than a high level that’s got high tier gear on etc. i think cause people view others who need stuff as their competition where as those who dont need already won the competition and “might help me win”