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Nothing says, “I’m out of touch with the world today” more than statements like “just try talking to them” Talking to people doesn’t get one anywhere in today
by incellation 2y ago
Nothing says, “I’m out of touch with the world today” more than statements like “just try talking to them”
Talking to people doesn’t get one anywhere in today’s individualistic society.
If they’re annoying neighbors, they’ll become even more annoying.
If they’re your kids they’ll just ignore you more.
If they’re annoying neighbor kids they’ll get away with murder while you can’t do anything and their terrible parents encourage them.
Awful people are awful. Reasonable people aren’t likely doing things that need correction to begin with, or will quickly realize they’re doing it and self-correct.
- ziddoap 2y ago>Talking to people doesn’t get one anywhere in today’s individualistic society. >If they’re annoying neighbors, they’ll become even more annoying. If they’re your kids they’ll just ignore you more. If they’re annoying neighbor kids they’ll get away with murder while you can’t do anything and their terrible parents encourage them. If this has been your experience, that's a shame. Talking to people has been the most effective tool in my dispute-resolution toolbox for decades. It still is.
- grayhatter 2y agosounds more like you're just bad at talking... when I talk to somebody with respect, it's very rare they will they not listen to me, or that they wont make a good faith effort to try to help.
- jjulius 2y agoThis is the complete opposite of my lived experience. I've yet to talk to a neighbor and have it result in a more annoying experience, and my kids are great at talking things through with us without ignoring us. Not every experience is perfect, but then nothing in life is perfect all the time, so that's par for the course. Awful people are indeed awful, but most people aren't awful. In fact, they're reasonable.