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Re:Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dun... by powertrips123 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:20AM (#34626809)
My freshman year roommate at university (who was a random assignment) ended up dropping out of his science major our first year and decided he wanted to pursue being a cop. When I asked him why he said "I just want to be able to fuck with people", sort of jokingly, but also you could tell he meant it.

He was a nice guy if he knew you, but he was also brash and arrogant. If you put someone like that in an environment with other people that are also there for the power trips, these sorts of situations are the outcome you get.

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Re:Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dun... by dennis_jeeves1 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @11:56AM (#34629384)
>He was a nice guy if he knew you, but he was also brash and arrogant.

This is how most humans are. My tribe:friends, Everybody else: enemies, let kill them.

It's Jekyll/Hyde.

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Re:Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dun... by IYasha on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:21AM (#34664701)
Luckily, not in my case. Most people I meet are more friendly than even neutral.

But, that's probably true in mid eastern and western countries.

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Re:Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dun... by dennis_jeeves1 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:41AM (#34664801)
>Most people I meet are more friendly than even neutral.

It's generally true when there is no competition or pressure of some sort, when there is competition it's start to bring out the latent evil in most people. That is how authoritarian groups evolve.

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