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Are you some authority appointed to correct the misbehavior of your inferiors? No. If you came away with that impression then you may have misread my intent.

Are you some authority appointed to correct the misbehavior of your inferiors? No. If you came away with that impression then you may have misread my intent. My stance is that mean people deserve to live an unhappy life. No more. Nice people, as noted in the comment you responded to, receive no such treatment from me. Mean people get a fictionalized account of a person leading a much better life than themselves, delivered by a person who in actual fact is not likely leading a much more interesting life at all. As a mean person, the theory goes, one can continue being mean and thus unhappy. Or they can start being nice and be treated nicely. Notice how class does not enter into it at all.

jaysonelliot 13y ago
Do you think for a moment about what that person had to put up with for the hours before you arrived that day, or will continue to deal with after you leave? Is it not enough that you've managed to retire as a young man and lounge on the beaches of Thailand, do you also need to be treated with smiles and deference by people who still have to go to work every day? They have a job to do, and your abuse isn't going to help anything. At best, it'll just make the experience that much worse for the person in line behind you. Empathy is not something that can be forced on a person, and a comment on a web page isn't going to make you change your attitude or think about anyone else's life, but then again, being a dick to customs agents isn't going to help, either, so I guess we're both wasting our breath.
- cpncrunch 13y ago
  "I'm rude because I've had a shitty day" isn't a good excuse. I think Jason made the mistake of not clarifying in his comment that he only does this to agents who are rude to him first. Now his comment has turned into a new story by itself with a lot of angry comments. I feel sorry for Jason because he seems like a nice guy who just didn't properly proofread his comment before posting and he's now getting a huge ass kicking as a result.
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aneth5 13y ago
Perhaps you should learn to kill meanness with love, not more meanness. In this case, YOU are the mean person, and by your own logic, deserve an unhappy life. But I don't think you do deserve that any more than I think you have the right or justification to be mean to a border agent based on some superficial judgement and prejudice against authority figures. Not only is it likely to result in a negative outcome for yourself, but it misses the opportunity to brighten what may very well be an overworked person with a troubled home life and a sick parent. Are you serving humanity better by being mean to them and making them feel miserable, or by smiling and treating them kindly so they may treat the next person better? You judge people as mean, and then are mean to them. If you can't see how incredibly myopic, narcissistic, and unevolved that makes you sound, I suggest spending less time traveling and more time getting to know your fellow humans.
kiwifalling 13y ago
Maybe they're mean because they're forced to deal with unbelievably douchey assholes like yourself every day.

jaysonelliot 13y ago

Do you think for a moment about what that person had to put up with for the hours before you arrived that day, or will continue to deal with after you leave? Is it not enough that you've managed to retire as a young man and lounge on the beaches of Thailand, do you also need to be treated with smiles and deference by people who still have to go to work every day? They have a job to do, and your abuse isn't going to help anything. At best, it'll just make the experience that much worse for the person in line behind you. Empathy is not something that can be forced on a person, and a comment on a web page isn't going to make you change your attitude or think about anyone else's life, but then again, being a dick to customs agents isn't going to help, either, so I guess we're both wasting our breath.

cpncrunch 13y ago
"I'm rude because I've had a shitty day" isn't a good excuse. I think Jason made the mistake of not clarifying in his comment that he only does this to agents who are rude to him first. Now his comment has turned into a new story by itself with a lot of angry comments. I feel sorry for Jason because he seems like a nice guy who just didn't properly proofread his comment before posting and he's now getting a huge ass kicking as a result.

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aneth5 13y ago

Perhaps you should learn to kill meanness with love, not more meanness. In this case, YOU are the mean person, and by your own logic, deserve an unhappy life. But I don't think you do deserve that any more than I think you have the right or justification to be mean to a border agent based on some superficial judgement and prejudice against authority figures. Not only is it likely to result in a negative outcome for yourself, but it misses the opportunity to brighten what may very well be an overworked person with a troubled home life and a sick parent. Are you serving humanity better by being mean to them and making them feel miserable, or by smiling and treating them kindly so they may treat the next person better? You judge people as mean, and then are mean to them. If you can't see how incredibly myopic, narcissistic, and unevolved that makes you sound, I suggest spending less time traveling and more time getting to know your fellow humans.

kiwifalling 13y ago

Maybe they're mean because they're forced to deal with unbelievably douchey assholes like yourself every day.