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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (18 children)

Look man, you can occasionally be selfish or lazy without immediately being an absolute drain on society. Is not putting the cart back ultimately a dick move? Yeah, but its also an incredibly minor dick move, and maybe I've already used up all of my fucks for the day.

Edit: Ok, yall have convinced me. I'm going to start wheeling shopping carts into the most inconvenient places in the parking lot on purpose now. It's really funny how much it ruins all of your days, thank you for giving me a mew source of joy. I wouldnt be surprised if I tipped and treated service staff a hell of a lot better than most of you considering how much you're all itching to feel superior to others over extremely minor things

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (12 children)

Well in order to be able to self-govern, you need to be able to give enough fucks every day.

Life doesn't stop because you have a bad day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Lmao at thinking any human being can be perfect at all times. Lemmy never ceases to amaze me with how delusional it is

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Lmao at thinking putting a cart back makes you perfect. It just means you aren't a selfish cunt, which is a really, really, really, really low baseline expectation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The fact that all of you are this bent out of shape over shopping carts is both really funny and really sad.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Dude the context of the current post IS shopping carts, you can use the argument for most minor inconveniences. It's okay to be a dick and don't do said thing, honestly and non sarcastically, but don't be a hypocrite.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Note I started this convo by saying that not putting the cart back is a dick move. So I'm not really sure how I'm being a hypocrite here? My whole point was that just because someone chooses to occasionally be selfish, does not mean they are incapable of self governing, people have different priorities, and there are FAR more impactful things I can spend my limited energy on than whether or not I put a cart back (Which I usually do btw, like I agreed at the start, its a dick move not to). That being said, arguing with people on lemmy isnt really a high impact use of my energy either xD

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And all I meant is that it is okay to not being able to govern your self. Not everyone is capable of that.

As is clear from your edit in the original comment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Lmao, go ahead and tell yourself whatever you need to to feel better about yourself buddy, doesnt really impact me any

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The fact that you think anything negative is a big deal is both really funny and really sad. I think you're a loser, but it doesn't actually affect me at all 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Oh no, some idiot who needs to feel superior to others in order to feel better about himself called me a loser, my day is ruined!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is this an issue of executive dysfunction? Putting the cart back is such a trivial task that I have a hard time attributing it to laziness. It doesn't sound like you're doing it on purpose to be a dick either. Do you find that you sometimes can't do other things that should also be trivially simple? Like getting up off the couch to grab something two feet away, or deciding that lunch is too complicated because you need to put it in the microwave? My partner and I have both gone through this for most of our lives and it really sucks, but it doesn't have to be that way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

So you should really stop calling it laziness. It's doing a disservice to yourself and anyone else suffering from the same issue. An inability to complete simple tasks when your brain is actively working against you is not a character flaw.

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