sad_detective_man comments on What did you think you would never see and are disappointed every time you see it?

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago* (10 children)

Cruelty is a virtue in this age. Years of teaching people not to care what others think, no wonder they grew up to be casual sociopaths who lash out as an expression of their rugged and brave individuality

Whenever you hear someone talk about how little they care take a second to consider what they're actually bemoaning in the context of living in a social fabric.

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[–] AskewLord@piefed.social 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

these people care a lot about what others thing. they just want others to admire them for being rich and powerful and cool.

no idea what you are on about ruggedness. these are incredibly fragile people who lash out at a barista for them not having oat milk.

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[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

You're right. Boldly proclaiming "I don't care about nothin" is an aesthetic in itself.

I said ruggedness in a patronizing way, it gets lost in written form. The straw man I usually go to when envisioning this person usually reckons they are some kind of cowboy.

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[–] jaycifer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I see what you’re saying and I know you didn’t ask for advice, but putting “rugged” and “brave” in quotation marks could have conveyed that patronization.

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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago

During the pandemic, my aunt bragged on Facebook about not taking any precautions. I congratulated her on being selfish

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[–] Krusty 1 point 3 months ago (5 children)

It's not that we don't care! It's just that people=shit. ;)

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[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Which is generally the justification people use to act shitty :)

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[–] Krusty 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

Shit isn't so bad. We all shit. I think the bigger problem is that the world is ran by the shittiest of the shitty people. And apparently most people look up to these shitty people.

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