> but I was questioning the OP:s use of "anything", so I don't think I'm being pedantic Nope, you’re 100% being pedantic. OP said “things happening around you”

> but I was questioning the OP:s use of "anything", so I don't think I'm being pedantic Nope, you’re 100% being pedantic. OP said “things happening around you”, which most would not interpret as “birth of my child” or random “kind gestures”. > I'm a bit troubled by the (purposeful) spreading erosion of trust in society I hear this kind of misguided sentiment quite often. I hate to break it to you, but your hope/trust for humanity doesn’t change reality. Eg, my European colleagues who call political corruption as “transgressions”, implying that somehow it’s a rare occurrence in the EU, but obviously developing countries are “deeply corrupt”.