Cruelty towards those who are relatively weaker or indeed defenceless - children, the elderly, partners, animals.
Abusing service / customer-facing staff fits in to this as well and is at once particularly revealing and particularly damning. Next time you’re out and about with friends or a love interest watch how they treat (or talk about) e.g. the person at a ticket booth or the person waiting on tables - if they’re nasty to them (or about them), imagine what they might be like behind closed doors (and how they might treat you one day).
Abusing service / customer-facing staff fits in to this as well and is at once particularly revealing and particularly damning.
Whenever a customer is rude to me I just remember that they’re probably compensating for how terrible their own lives are. If it was actually an issue on my part then one of my coworkers would’ve told me by now. Makes it way easier to move on with my day.
Im sorry that you have to deal with shitty customers. I always make sure to smile to the service/customer facing staff and be as polite as possible
I’m in and out and I always say thank you when I’m done, since I personally like it when customers get out of my store as soon as possible.
Celebrity worship. If you spend all your time on instagram or TikTok following the latest trends and being emotionally affected by the behavior and actions of a “celebrity”, then we probably have nothing in common and I probably don’t want to have a conversation with you.
Capitalist rent-seeking. Feeling entitled to make a profit off doing nothing except buying a resource other people need, because you already have enough money to do this. Maybe “despise a person beyond belief” is a bit strong, but I hate that people do this, and I hate that it’s condoned and even admired in capitalist societies.
If there were no homes to rent, where would people who can’t or don’t want to buy live?
I can’t speak for OP but I think in general the idea that “landlords shouldn’t exist” or whatever doesn’t just stop at eliminating rentals. There is more than enough housing in the US to house everyone here (and probably the world? if not, there’s enough resources to build housing for everyone), and it seems unjust to let people be homeless or exploit their need for shelter due to artificial scarcity.
I like to think that most of us could agree that everyone deserves the dignity of having shelter regardless of what luck life has dealt them, even if we can’t immediately agree on how.
There is more than enough housing in the US to house everyone here
Only if you assume that the entire country is a single market where specific location is largely irrelevant. The places where a lot of housing is available is usually because it’s not where people want to be. Like I could buy a house on main street in the town where my grandparents grew up for <$100,000. But do I want a small house in bumfuck nowhere that doesn’t have any land attached to it and requires significant upgrades and maintenance due to age? No, not particularly, especially because it would either mean a 2+ hour commute to a nearby major city or an entirely remote job.
The abscence of landlords does not preclude the existence of housing. The house would still be there if there wasn’t a landlord attached to it.
No it would just be a piece of land. The landlord bought the Land and built the house, without the landlord, it would be land owned by the government or a realty company.
Being rude to restaurant servers and retail workers just because you can. Instantly flips my opinion on anyone who does this.
Also people who litter. It’s amazingly selfish.
I love how half the things in this thread are listing whole ass litanies of terrible abuser traits and then going & ALSO LITTERERS. damn can I agree
Any kind of snobbery/looking down on people - especially if it’s based on income or occupation.
Despise beyond belief? Hurting animals. Hunting and fishing are fine, I’m talking about kicking puppies type thing
HUNTING AND FISHING ARE FINE!!?? 🗣🗣🗣
Fish don’t have nerves to feel pain. Hunting for food is practical. Inflicting pain because you can or bc you enjoy it is messed up.
Fish don’t have nerves to feel pain.
>While some say the debate is not settled, I believe there is ample evidence to say that fish do indeed feel pain. You can find literature in the source above.
Then I recend my statement on fish not feeling pain.
I do however stand by hunting and fishing for sustenance is acceptable. Doing it as a “sport” is not something I agree with.
Its cruel. You do you, but hunting and fishing are red flags to me.
I respect your stance on that.
Not being aware of others and how your actions and being affect them.
Very simple example: fuckers who walk towards you on a sidewalk and don’t even blink (edit: I meant think but this is funny nonsense lol) about moving an inch to the side to avoid hitting you. Like looking straight past you not budging even a bit…
Lean the shoulder that’s about to make contact forward. Fuck em.
Even if you do bump into them they still act like no other person exists besides them, y’know?
Or when there is a group of people walking all side to side covering the whole pathway and you walk towards them, but they don’t move aside, as if they expect you to fly over them or just dissappear from the earth.
Then you stand your ground and they look at you like you are at fault.
You see it’s a game of chicken. You blink you lose, you budge you lose.
Recognising people other than you exist is the ultimate cowards move forreal forreal
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people who are irrationally argumentative. Even when they agree with you, their sentence starts with "No, " and it drives me nuts
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people who litter, especially people who litter with a bin in sight. People who let their dog shit and walk away I guess also fall under this category
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people who hate others because of their sexuality, gender or race
I find the 1st hilarious, I know people who do this and it instantly confuses the shit out of me
Must admit, once I’m out of the moment, I can reflect and find it funny, but in a “damn I feel kind of sorry for you, something must have happened in your early life to make you like this” way
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The slightest hint of financial superiority. Snobbery, if you will.
All the people richer than you?
Only those that lack humility and/or fail to acknowledge privilege.
When people get offended on behalf of others, especially when their stupidity harms the people they claim to be offended for.
Case in point, the Hogwarts Legacy situation. It made trans people look unhinged by association, even though the seemingly vast majority of them were cis progressives.
And if I as a trans person mention how I don’t feel represented and don’t appreciate what they are doing? Suddenly I’m a Russian troll or something. So stupid.
I think you make a good point that over reacting to perceived offenses can make the “victims” look bad, but the idea that only those who identify as the victim have any right to speak on it is nonsense. I’m a white person but I’m going to call out racism when I see it because to my view of a just society, that racism cannot be allowed. I have nobody in my life that is trans and the current right wing war against trans people doesn’t affect me at all, but I’m still going to be an ally and stand against it.
And honestly anyone who blamed trans people for the harry potter game backlash likely wasn’t a fan of trans people to begin with. I wouldn’t worry so much about their opinion.
I learned that my boss’s boss has never changed a diaper and he has three children. My opinion of him instantly hit rock bottom.
I suspect a lot of yall should say this:
There is nothing worse than seeing my own flaws reflected in someone. Like, if they’re a lazy neckbeard who talks about niche media and old-sci-fi while contributing nothing to society.
Especially the flaws i had when i was younger. I die a bit every time i see an unaware selfish arrogant teenager.
Anything right-wing.
That’s rather narrow minded. I’m not saying I agree with them, but to instantly despise someone for holding a belief makes you no better than them.
Despising people aligning themselves with the people who want to continue taking away our rights is narrow minded, is it?
What you’re speaking of is quite specific. OP said “Anything right wing” meaning he instantly despises a person with any right-wing traits
I’m not trying to be better than anyone. I want them disappeared.
Anything…?
Did they stutter?!
I’ve cut off family for merely liking the former guy. Yes.
what color is your hair sugarpie
That’s a bit more specific than simply just possessing “any right-wing” trait
Looks like you live among them. Did you get offended?
Manipulative ones. How do people not feel dirty when lying, coercing, and threatening to get what they want?
Narcissism. Instantly 100% less of a valid person when you can’t see outside yourself.
