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Not sure what I feel like rambling about today… A lot has happened in the last few weeks. Staring at a receipt from 5/1 was the last meal I had with my buddy before he unexpectedly passed away. That guy always liked to post or say things out of spite to get a reaction from people. But I guess that’s a talking point…. how sensitive people are nowadays to someone else’s opinion.
In looking completely from a third person perspective, it feels like society in general has become more entitled. That sense of entitlement has led to people rejecting another’s opinion before even trying to logically comprehend the other’s point of view before evaluating if there should be (or if there is) a counter argument. Debates are no quickly met with a simple NO with the belief that only your own opinion and facts are correct.
Not sure how we got this way to be honest… I know I always jokingly bash how social media has caused humanity to devolve but I wonder if just having a platform to voice an opinion has given people too much confidence. It appears as if people seek validation through likes/dislikes so the more likes someone gets, the bigger the ego gets to the point you cannot even have an old school debate where we lay out facts before coming to conclusions.
Circling back to the point of how sensitive people are to simple things, my friend got defriended on Facebook by people just because he would post political articles on his feed. He didn’t really comment on them, he just posted a link to an article and watch people get so upset even though he didn’t give his opinion. I think we all need to learn to just take that deep breath before jumping to conclusions and maybe listen to each other. What you believe and what someone else believes might actually have a common ground and a better idea can come to fruition if we just hear each other out before passing judgment.