I desperately try to cling to the belief that the majority of people are fundamentally decent, but even if three-quarters of people are indeed that, the remaining quarter of the population contains some real wingnuts and utter shitheads. Unfortunately, it's the truly ignorant arsewipes who are generally shouting the loudest and they're also the ones that stick in our minds.
My philosophy is to assume the best of people when I first meet them, but at the first unambiguous sign that they're actually an ignorant, obnoxious twat, I detach without a second thought. As the saying goes, when someone shows you who they are, believe them. And, yeah, it's pretty normal for people to conceal their true nature at first. Even total psychos usually have sufficient social-awareness to understand that coming on gangbusters with full-disclosure honesty right from the start is likely to frighten people off.
You've clearly had a few unpleasant experiences, but I seriously doubt if you've ever met even one millionth of the world's population, and I'm also certain that your approach to life is not unique, so you can be sure that there are people out there that you'd be able to form solid friendships with.
IIN that mostly awful people befriend me?
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I desperately try to cling to the belief that the majority of people are fundamentally decent, but even if three-quarters of people are indeed that, the remaining quarter of the population contains some real wingnuts and utter shitheads. Unfortunately, it's the truly ignorant arsewipes who are generally shouting the loudest and they're also the ones that stick in our minds.
My philosophy is to assume the best of people when I first meet them, but at the first unambiguous sign that they're actually an ignorant, obnoxious twat, I detach without a second thought. As the saying goes, when someone shows you who they are, believe them. And, yeah, it's pretty normal for people to conceal their true nature at first. Even total psychos usually have sufficient social-awareness to understand that coming on gangbusters with full-disclosure honesty right from the start is likely to frighten people off.
You've clearly had a few unpleasant experiences, but I seriously doubt if you've ever met even one millionth of the world's population, and I'm also certain that your approach to life is not unique, so you can be sure that there are people out there that you'd be able to form solid friendships with.