I have zero faith in humanity...

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...for many reasons!

It would take forever to go over all of them, so...I'll just give an example of what happened at work the other day. There was a guy who ordered a large soda, so, I gave it to him. Then after drinking part of it, he asks how much it is, despite there being a GIANT menu sign behind the counter, and so I tell him, and he says "Nah, that's too much."

So...he dug through the tip jar for the cash, handed it to me, then left. I was so stunned that I didn't even say anything...and he didn't even give me enough to pay for the thing. (Sales tax...)

Why are people such assholes?

Because we live in an era where everyone thinks they're superman. The answer to solve your situation? Well...there's the turn the other cheek and show that you're better than the apes around you thing, but if you like, you can always headbutt the next ass that does that even if you know he'll kick your ass and laugh at you after your attempt to hurt him. The thing to learn is to stop caring. Either ignore them or go down fighting taking down as many as you can. You probably feel really crappy but believe me that pretty much everyone has felt like that at least once. It's all about attitude...just show'em who's boss next time.

 

[CarlMin]

People are assholes because we constantly find new ways to destroy ourselves and our environment, not because some guy you met the other day doesn't know how much a large soda costs.

Did you read the rest of the comment where he dug into the tip jar and used that to pay (not enough) and went off on his marry way?

We develop ways to destroy our enemies and protect ourselves, yes. We ruin the environment to better our lives too, that's understandable. At least those two have a greater purpose than wanting a soda.

Yeah I read it and I know, it was terribly terribly unethical. But since he broke such an obvious norm it's probably the result of some mental problem he has.

Now, things we should really be concerned about is what all of humanity does (or rather, problems that most of us in the western world indirectly or directly contributes to) and what is considered politically correct despite leading to the misery of millions.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

Welcome to the club? Although, the example that you listed just sounds like you got outsmarted. Yeah, most people are assholes just savor the few that are actually decent/likeable.

Really? You consider that 'outsmarting'?

Look who walked away with the free drink.

 

[meatloaf231]

I have zero faith in humanity...

And I don't care.

This is nothing but a tired juvenile revelation that most people come to realise is full of crap.

I can't help but feel that such an accusation as 'people are assholes' or 'I have no faith in humanity' require such a profound lack of empathy as to border on the sociopathic. More of an incitement upon the speaker than the subject of their ignorant, arrogant bile.

Well put, Danny.

 

[Irriduccibilli]

Be happy that you dont have bigger problems my friend

 

[Canid117]

I have zero faith in humanity...

Good for you. Fortunately for all involved humanity doesn't really need you to have faith in it.

Why are people such assholes?

Because shit happens and bad people exist. We are still better than every other animal out there. The only moral high ground they have over us is they don't ***** all the time about their species with an overused phrase that they think will make them look kewl.

 

[Cliff_m85]

Hi guys, I lost faith in the entirety of humanity so I thought I'd come to a discussion board frequented by human beings and discuss with you this revelation and perhaps gain a deeper understanding of why humans are so aweful, because I have faith that you guys can come up with something to support it or debunk it.


Oh wait.....

 

[Cliff_m85]

I have zero faith in humanity...

And I don't care.

This is nothing but a tired juvenile revelation that most people come to realise is full of crap.

I can't help but feel that such an accusation as 'people are assholes' or 'I have no faith in humanity' requires such a profound lack of empathy as to border on the sociopathic. More of an incitement upon the speaker than the subject of their ignorant, arrogant bile.

You, sir, have clearly never worked a day in your life. From what you've said here, I can gather your probably some 12 year old boy trolling the forums for kicks. Well, there's no place for asinine tripe here. People CAN be assholes, and if you didn't rely on mommy for a living, you'd know that. The OP is just venting, don't be a fuckin' asshole about it. Stop trolling and gtfo.

If we replaced the OPs claim of "humanity" and changed it to "a certain race in humanity" would you argue the same? Certainly not. The OP is the child in this, attributing the actions of one person to all of humanity. Then demanding that humans sympathize with them. Right...

 

[FalloutJack]

Why are people such assholes?

Because of the path of least resistance, of course.

 

[BanthaFodder]

"GAWD, PEOPLE ARE SUCH ASSHOLES!!! THIS ONE GUY ACTED LIKE A DICK TO ME, THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE IS FUCKED."

honestly, grow up and accept that, yes, there ARE assholes in the world.
I'm tired of all this melodramatic bullshit.
"THE REAL WORLD IS SCARY AND CRUEL, THEREFORE I'VE LOST FAITH IN ALL OF HUMANITY!!! SOME PEOPLE ARE DICKS, SO THERE MUST BE NO GOOD LEFT IN THE WORLD!!!"

 

[Tim Mazzola]

I have zero faith in humanity...

And I don't care.

This is nothing but a tired juvenile revelation that most people come to realise is full of crap.

I can't help but feel that such an accusation as 'people are assholes' or 'I have no faith in humanity' requires such a profound lack of empathy as to border on the sociopathic. More of an incitement upon the speaker than the subject of their ignorant, arrogant bile.

You, sir, have clearly never worked a day in your life. From what you've said here, I can gather your probably some 12 year old boy trolling the forums for kicks. Well, there's no place for asinine tripe here. People CAN be assholes, and if you didn't rely on mommy for a living, you'd know that. The OP is just venting, don't be a fuckin' asshole about it. Stop trolling and gtfo.

If we replaced the OPs claim of "humanity" and changed it to "a certain race in humanity" would you argue the same? Certainly not. The OP is the child in this, attributing the actions of one person to all of humanity. Then demanding that humans sympathize with them. Right...

I don't recall him ever "demanding sympathy." Nobody forced you to read the thread. Also, I don't see how changing it from "humanity" to "a certain race in humanity" makes it anything near the same concept. He's making a broad commentary about an apparent lack of common courtesy in humanity as a whole as he perceives it, not being a racist or hating on anyone. The guy's just venting. Being an asshole about it just proves his point.

I am not going to deny that the OP was a bit overdramatic, but come on, what are we, 5? Don't have to hate on a guy for pulling out the melodrama.

 

[BanthaFodder]

Hi guys, I lost faith in the entirety of humanity so I thought I'd come to a discussion board frequented by human beings and discuss with you this revelation and perhaps gain a deeper understanding of why humans are so aweful, because I have faith that you guys can come up with something to support it or debunk it.


Oh wait.....

you sir have earned this voucher, redeemable for the sum of 1 internets.

 

[Jeronus]

Anyone who truly lost all faith in humanity would not be on an internet forum creating threads about how they lost their faith in humanity. They would instead move as far away from humans becoming hermits and shunning all humans. If you wanted to come on here and complain sbout an asshole who was rude to you that's great but don't dress it up by saying it reflects on humanity as a whole.

 

[loc978]

"Faith" is not something to have in humanity. Faith in this context implies specific knowledge of how people will react to certain situations. In case you hadn't noticed, there are several billion of us. At the least there will be several million different reactions to a given situation possible throughout the scope of human experience.
To have "faith" in humanity is to be ignorant of human nature, I say. So to the depressed-sounding iteration of "I have no faith in humanity", my response is "Good for you, Timmy. Now you may begin the learning process."

 

[Caligulove]

I dont know, but youd probably go crazy trying to find a desirable answer to that question, not to mention that there might not even be an answer to that age-old question.

 

[MindBullets]

Why are people such assholes?

People aren't assholes. That guy was an asshole.

Maybe most people are assholes, maybe not. Either way, lumping the whole of humanity in with the assholes is not the answer. Blind misanthropy helps no-one, you'll just end up alientating people for no good reason.

For lack of a friendlier way to phrase this: Stop whining and learn to deal with it.

 

[KingofallCosmos]

That actually sounds pretty funny. No offense, but I like stories like this, and a bit of assholism here and there. Otherwise, you could always go into the wild...

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

3 words for you... The Dallai Llama.

Now a question... Why are people so willing to ignore the plentiful examples of humans not being assholes whenever they feel like being cynical?

Because people are assholes

ok ok. So a lot of people act like douches, boo hoo. But the moment we use that as an excuse to say that we have 'no faith in humanity' is the moment when we stop trying to make things better. If we give up, and ignore all the perfectly justified reasons to have hope we make our own self-fulfilling prophecy. When we are content to just think that everything is shit, and to sit back and passive-aggressively whine about how everything is shit, we make everything around us seem shit by just taking that attitude.

Humanity is responsible for many horrible things, such as the Europe/Africa/America Slave Trade.

Humanity is also responsible for ending many horrible things, again, such as the Slave Trade.

There are three types of people in this world... The people who spread evil, The people who keep evil at bay, and the people who lose hope and ultimately do fuck all for anyone. Who do you want to be?

 

[JokerCrowe]

Well, that's depressing.
Either try to make the world a better place or leave it.[footnote]not suggesting you kill yourself BTW[/footnote] Or just don't care, which begs the question of why you would put this up in the first place.

 

[deserteagleeye]

If you have 0 faith in humanity, why are you coming to us? But6 I do understand where you're coming from.