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What percentage of people you've met do you consider a genuinely good person? Someone you could trust your life with if need be? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Edit: I don't mean someone that will sacrifice their life for yours, more someone who would go out of their way to rush you to the hospital or something

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[–] anothermember@feddit.uk 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I would say the vast majority of people are good, however people are flawed so a lot of people are bad at being good.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is pretty close to my answer. I feel bad for the people who don't think their friends would drive them to the hospital if they were dying.

[–] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That type of betrayal is actually so common that there is a term for it, look up "cancer ghosting". A lot of people wouldn't believe in it until it happens to them.