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I don't think it's wise to ever trust another person 100%. You should be aware that anyone could turn on you in the correct situation with the correct pressures.
this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2025
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Damn fren.
It's just logical.
the sort of logic that's fundamentally irrational.
How? Anyone you know could betray you at any moment for various reasons. Simply because it's unlikely doesn't mean it's impossible.
and your heart could fail at any moment randomly. doesnt make it rational to design your whole life around it. Yes people can betray your trust, but again and again and again it's been shown that people dont betray eachother far far more often than they do. Also, if you're big on Logicβ’οΈ, lying only works if the vast majority of communication is truthful.
I mean you are making sense. I still don't see the issue with keeping a little bit in reserve for those potentialities.
sure, im not saying blindly trust people in all situations. but distrust should be exceptional, not normal.
I have a base amount of trust/distrust I assign to everyone. Some people go up in trust and some people go down, but nobody is completely trustworthy. Even my parents have lied to me and hurt me in the past. I love them and trust them more than most people but I still know they are absolutely capable of betraying me.
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Zero, but I've heard rumors they exist.
That is very hard to asses. I prefer to look it like this, what chances is that you will find a partner (like for marry to) out of 100 or so. I do believe, if given equal chance of interaction, you could find a marrying-material partner every 7 or 8 people. Now, in a world of plenty of choices, biases etc, we shuffle through hundreds of people before settling with one... and, even then, still unhappy with the choice for the people we haven gone through yet in our search. Now, that is for me... Chances is you would choose a different person out of these very same 7 to 8 people. Both chosen persons have the same chance of being equally good persons, as the non chosen ones.
There are no good or bad people.
Can you tell me why you believe serial killers are neither good or bad
They do bad things. If a rabid dog attacks a child, killing it, is the dog bad? If a priest gives comfort to a dying man then molests a child is he good then bad? No he's neither. The actions are good or bad; the individual is neither.
You do understand dogs that attack people unprovoked are put down everyday right? And to compare a dog's critical thinking to a human's is asinine.
A priest is allowed to molest kids as long as he does good things to balance it? If you truly believe that then you are out of your mind.
You've got an interesting sense of logic
Look, you can interpret what I said anyway you like, but regardless I'm correct. If a serial killer believes himself to be "good" and you believe him to be "bad" which one of you is correct? How about a man that wants so badly to murder everyone he meets but doesn't ever do it? Is he a good man as long as he doesn't act?
Those are completely different situations? So you believe serial killers are good and someone who doesn't actually kill is the same as a serial killer. Good lord man, you need to either stop the drugs or start taking some.
Don't bother me with your insanity anymore
Reading comprehension is truly a lost art...
Ah yes, John Wayne Gacy, what a terrible loss for society! /s
The fuck out of here, you dumbass.
I didn't say people didn't do bad things and make bad choices. I'm sorry you're not able to understand that.