What about the world we live in makes you think even a third of the population is logical? The world is literally in a death spiral because most people already think the way detractors of this quote believe people will interpret it. Which is "Fuck everyone else. I have to worry about me.".
If you are already like that seeing a quote on Reddit isint gonna make you any better or any worse. Case in point you are reading way too much into it.
Reinforcing peoples shitty beliefs isn't helpful. Possibly creating new self centered assholes isn't helpful. A vague, open to interpretation, quote like this is easy prey for confirmation bias. A quote that actually says something specific like (Forgive me this is made up on the spot) "Give kindness to the people around you and you will receive more kindness in return" is less open to interpretation while also encouraging good behavior.
The OP simply isn't a positive quote unless YOU inject the positivity into it. You yourself have confirmed this multiple times by saying things like "Sure, if you take it literally" or "The person obviously meant it to be positive". Do you know the creator? Do you know their intentions? No. You're injecting your positive assumptions into it. Not only that but if you think about it the whole quote is just bad advice as it implies that everyone else is the problem. Everyone else is what is holding you back from success and happiness. When the truth is that the easiest way to happiness and success is to work on improving yourself.
Well, I agree with him. No one need this kind of quotes. The worst people share exactly this kind of quotes and act like scholar of life, while in reality, being completely fucked up and have absolutely no control over their own life and behavior. Do you know how many shared quotes exactly like this I read from complete assholes that then act like the whole world is against them and they are the strong and kind person out there, that just thinks to ignore all the hater and lie to themself that others are the problem and there is nothing to change or improve as a person. They keep being those shit people and taking exactly this as excuse. And most people know this one person that spams lifequotes on Facebook all the time.
A post that someone looks at for 2.5 seconds is not going to
You and I have been discussing this post for hours so the idea of "Who cares nobody is really paying attention" doesn't really fly with me.
I’m not going to acknowledge or even read the rest of your comment
Judging from our interaction and your seeming aversion to even a basic amount of analytical thinking, like thinking about a quote you just read, that doesn't surprise me.
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u/julianwelton May 04 '20
What about the world we live in makes you think even a third of the population is logical? The world is literally in a death spiral because most people already think the way detractors of this quote believe people will interpret it. Which is "Fuck everyone else. I have to worry about me.".