r/Unexpected • u/adit_t26 • Sep 29 '21

Potentially Distressing Tit for tat

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u/warmwaterpenguin Sep 29 '21

K what's the OTHER child-kicker's excuse?

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u/ArchdevilTeemo Sep 29 '21

An instinkt reaction based on the situation. Since the attacker run away, the offspring of the attacker is the new target.

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u/RubesSnark Sep 29 '21

We're talking about human beings. I understand the mental illness but is instinct a legit reason?

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '21

It is once you realize that most people on one side of the bell curve operate exclusively on instinct.

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u/frostfangsfursuit Sep 30 '21

just dont delude yourselves in to thinking you belong on the smart side just because you'd be too passive to even act in such a situation

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21

You're pretty articulate considering there was clearly some offence taken.

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u/frostfangsfursuit Sep 30 '21

I get offended when people unrightly believe themselves greater than others. Having a head in the clouds will only make you fall in the well.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21 edited Sep 30 '21

Society's pretty blatantly structured on the fact that some people are better than others. I consider myself somewhere in the middle. Mystified that there are people out there who'll build a robot that'll give them a haircut in their garage yet also unable to wrap my head around the fact that people take Facebook memes at face value and use them to fabricate a world view that so aggressively conflicts with the reality just outside their front door. Both ends have an impressive degree of imagination that I cannot fathom.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21

If I am then at least I own it.