• magnetosphere@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    I need to see stuff like this occasionally. Too often, and it would be sickening, but in the right amount it’s a good reminder that people aren’t always terrible.

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      8 months ago

      It’s really a fun joke, but since I usually just assume most people are terrible, if I saw this sticker, I’d immediately conclude it was placed by some entitled parent that felt like this public pole belonged to them. And if someone made this sticker of my son’s bike, I’d be afraid it would attract a troll who would purposefully lock their bike on top of it or otherwise fuck with the bike simply because of the picture.

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      8 months ago

      I find people are generally good and honest at heart. We just rarely take the time to find this out about one another.

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        8 months ago

        True. Individuals often are. Organizations and movements can take advantage of that, turning good people into jerks, and that’s what frustrates me.

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        It’s my opinion that people are good and honest when they aren’t cynical about something. Like here’s it’s just a kid’s bike, but the person in me who has seen far too much of the internet know this probably would have gone a different way if it was just some commuter’s street bike instead.