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If anything it makes me more sympathetic of those who do get angry. If being nice to people is more a product of one's privilege than one's nature, who am I to
by rjh29 5y ago
If anything it makes me more sympathetic of those who do get angry. If being nice to people is more a product of one's privilege than one's nature, who am I to judge those who flip out when they're counting down the days to their next paycheck.
- Swizec 5y agoWell it’s a bit of both right? Stress makes it harder to be nice, especially existential stress. But lack of stress doesn’t automatically make you a good person. You still have to consciously decide to do the right/nice/polite thing. There’s a lot of not-well-off people who are super nice because it’s faster than being confrontational. And there’s plenty of entitled assholes who think being well-off means they can shit on people.
- rg111 5y agoExactly. > "But lack of stress doesn’t automatically make you a good person." This. Lack of stress only makes it easier to be nice, and stress makes it harder. That does not mean that a person without stress is automatically nice, and stressed out people are always rude and unkind. The fact that this needs to be said out loud is weird.