• theneverfox@pawb.social
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    1 day ago

    Yeah, but social punishment for rudeness is how you get a world where strangers are polite to each other

    Causing a tiny inconvenience for yourself is worth it

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      1 day ago

      Yeah, but social punishment for rudeness is how you get a world where strangers are polite to each other

      Bwahaha sure it is… look at what the OP posted…Do you think this event made the OP polite?

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        1 day ago

        Yes? Obviously? Someone else got mildly publicly embarrassed for not being polite to a stranger

        As someone who does the little things like hold the door for others, I think to myself “okay, asshole” every time doesn’t acknowledge it. It makes me just a little more hesitant to do it in the future

        When someone does get called out for it, it’s incredibly vindicating. Even seeing it second hand is validating

        There’s such a thing as a good Karen. Society does need Karens, but we need them to call out people making the world a worse place in little ways like this

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            20 hours ago

            No? I just expect acknowledgement. Just a little head nod or basically any sound

            I’m not a doorman. I’m holding the door so you feel like you’re in a slightly friendlier world, I didn’t have to do this. I don’t expect others to do it for me, but my day gets a little better when they do.

            These little interactions are how a society feels friendly. It’s the fabric of civilization

            When you walk through like you’re entitled to have doors held for you, then fuck you. You’re snubbing someone trying to make the world a slightly friendlier place

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              49 minutes ago

              Oh I agree about what should happen, but your argument is that if people don’t ack you then you’ll stop doing it.

              Personally I find if the person behind me isn’t even looking up to see where they’re going then I just let the door close. I’m not shutting it in their face, I’m just treating them the way they like to be treated. But that’s different from being petty and undoing the kindness – ie slamming it in their face.

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      23 hours ago

      this isn’t like somebody left a cart blocking the sidewalk in front of the store lol