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What is an event that changed how you view the world? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by centof@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not taking about accidental or unconscious dickery. I'm talking about deliberately being an ass because you feel you have a right to it.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you think that the context matters then? Covid or not, these people are gonna be ass.

If you think that people were fundamentally bad and hiding behind a facade until covid, then I am not sure what there is to discuss.

I am not sure what you are trying to convey here.

[–] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes. I think people were fundamentally selfish and self-centered, and the minute they felt inconvenienced, they took it as an excuse to be assholes.

Before Covid, they didn't feel the same pressure, so used kindness as social grease to benefit themselves. Covid proved that the average person's kindness is less a character trait than a cost/benefit analysis.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

I’m absolutely on Analogy’s side, as well.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I think where we disagree is that people were merely inconvenienced. Social relationships are a basic human need and there is a lot of ongoing research on the effects of social isolation caused by Covid.

And with that said, I don't think I can change your mind on the covid situation.

I hope that you can find people that can and will meet your needs.