Nope, not worth it. I've stopped trying to convince others to be considerate in public. They'll either ignore you or blow up and get aggressive. I'd rather just try to ignore them myself and move on with my life.

And at the end of the day, I'm also not some authority figure like their mom or dad; I'm nobody to them. As much as I may not always like it, strangers don't owe me anything, including their consideration.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Strangers who use public spaces absolutely owe other people their consideration. It's part of the price of admission to a public space. It's not enforceable in practice but I'd be surprised if a certain level of being inconsiderate is even legal in most public spaces.

[–] blunderworld@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't disagree with that in theory, but like you pointed out... Who's going to enforce it in practice? Shouldn't have to be me, or anyone else who doesn't work for public transit.

Obviously there's a point where I'd say something if a person was being truly inappropriate, but I'm not risking my neck over music on a bus.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

You can at least feel superior to the assholes screwing up public spaces to the rest of us.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

If people cared about your opinion on their intrusive actions, they wouldn’t be doing anything intrusive in the first place.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I have shaped my life to minimize exposure to anyone else and the first half of this is a good summary of why.

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

The real caption should be "Am I the only one who makes memes about my tough guy delusions?"

Maybe OP found the one truly ignorant but considerate person in the world who has done this. Everyone else knows it's a waste of time.

[–] TheMusicalFruit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is the most reasonable take here.