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"I don't trust selfless people" Oh shut the fuck up (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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No, I'm not naive for being a good samaritan. It's called being a fucking normal social animal you broken fuck. Why do you think our society is falling apart?

I swear to god, capitalism has turned people into the most miserable, narcissistic fucks. No, I'm not trying to trick or manipulate you. No I'm not stupid. I just don't want to live in a world where everything is transactional and we can't just help each other. A world where everyone is a selfish asshole is depressing and stressful. It's fucking insulting when people assume I'm not genuine.

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[–] RION@hexbear.net 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Lots of folks are skeptical of outwardly selfless people because of prior abuse from those who pretended to be good people. Searching for "the angle" is a defense mechanism for them.

Sure, there's plenty more who thinks everyone has an angle in a cynical, ill-natured way, but I don't think it's good to lump the former in with the latter

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

I have also experienced this which is why it's even more annoying to me when people who are genuinely trying to be selfless are brushed off as being bad people.

[–] rando895@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Ohh damn, and if an entire society experienced this type of abuse....