~okori

Sometimes, I have these moments when I wonder why people are such assholes to strangers they don't even know. In the workplace, in the market, walking down the street.

Then I realize and it's all done out of pure selfishness, and by taking a stance that lets one view the big picture, anyone can see that it's absolutely hilarious.

Here's an example particular to me:

Some guy goes to a fast food restaurant and receives his fries a little on the cool side because there were seven people in front of him and his food has been bagged for a minute more than usual. He rages at the cashier.

Stop and think. Does that man consider that the cashier he just spat in the face of just had a miscarriage, or perhaps just lost her boyfriend, or mother, had her car stolen? Do you think he cares if the person who bagged his fries just got called a nigger by someone in drivethrough and is upset by it? Maybe the entire staff just got a paycut, or lost a staff member they cared about.

No.

That guy only cares that his personal dining experience wasn't perfectly satisfactory. He cared so much and so violently, that he had to impact someone else's life in a negative way.

When they said way back that the sun revolved around the earth, they were already well on their way to this state of existence. Who is our Galileo now?

Sorry, was just framing a metaphor for someone in particular. You know who you are.