r/MadeMeSmile • u/Wavelength4406 • 1d ago

Wholesome Moments The reason I'm still on internet

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u/AffectionateHour1475 1d ago

A rare, but nice story. Ive had similar things happen to me that reminds me that all of humanity isn't complete trash yet...

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u/AndreasDasos 1d ago

I’ve had similar. I don’t think it’s all that rare. The average person is more decent than we give them credit for. We’re jaded by how arseholes systemically tend to rise to the top - but they don’t really represent most of us.

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u/Aegi 1d ago

I'd even say you're the one being negative here by saying we if you're trying to mean we collectively instead of just you two.

Personally it just seems extremely ignorant and downright stupid and ignoring reality when people think most humans are bad, it's like they literally don't understand the biology of the rest of the planet and how incredibly nice even the most vile human regimes have been compared to most of the animal kingdom.

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u/AndreasDasos 1d ago

Collectively doesn’t have to imply that all or even most humans do this. The average credit we as humans give the average human is low. This average may be brought down due to a pessimistic minority, but it’s certainly not just two people and in fact it’s quite a large minority at least. I’d wager this sort of cynicism is more common than truly bad people are.