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When was the last time someone stunned you with a statement? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 82 points 7 months ago (9 children)

I'm having a conversation with a family member. Somehow the topic of firefighters comes up. She pauses, looks very thoughtful for a moment, then asks, "Do you not like firefighters, either?"

"What? Why would I not like firefighters?"

"Like how you don't like police."

She knows me well. I boggle at how my distaste for cops could be this misunderstood.

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  • [–] 33 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    No one becomes a firefighter because they enjoy wielding authority over other people

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago

    FWIW, some become firefighters because they enjoy lighting things on fire. The correlation between firefighters and arsonists is very strong. But even then, nobody (except maybe some cops) has ever seen firefighters roll up to a scene and thought “well my day just got worse.”

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    It's easy to understand once you realize that most people think police is only about "being the one to call in an emergency when a bad guy tries to hurt you". In that line of thinking it's the same as "the one to call in an emergency when a fire is trying to hurt you" or "the one to call in an emergency when an injury/disease is trying to kill you".

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