Super emotional behavior in general.

A lot of people are seemingly completely unable or unwilling to take a step back from their own position and look at a situation at least slightly more rationally. Everything is only seen and interpreted as how it affects them.

The cashier is not super friendly? Must be, that he’s an asshole, can’t be that he just had a bad day.

There’s a minor inconvenience to me because of some public good? Well, fuck the public, I want mine.

An argument with a friend, and I’m already angry? Better get even more angry and start screaming, that’ll show him!

I make lot of decisions on emotions too. The joy of helping people. The pain of seeing others suffer. Admiration of what people create. Fear for someones safety. Anger of hearing about unfairness.

What I don’t get is why so many of these “emotional” people dont seem to have any emotions like that. How is it to live like that? Only living with emotions like fear for oneself and oneself only? This isn’t a fight between logic on one side and emotion on the other. Not science versus beliefs either. It is empathy versus greed. The only emotion these assholes has is a fear of losing whats “theirs”, I’m pretty sure. And if scientific reasoning says its smart to share, of course they disregard it.

We evolved in a climate where that reasoning worked well for our species’ expansion. The amount of time we’ve had written language is only a blink of an eye compared to our species history, so of course we are maladapted to the modern world.

People who don’t use emotional thinking are the exception rather than the rule.

Reality is a team sport, to some people. They only accept or reject claims based on interpersonal trust. They don’t think there’s anything else. Science is just trusting smart guys. Being real smart grants them the power to decide what’s true, this week.

Its because there are some that believe that their freedom does not encroach on the freedoms of other, and need a polite reminder that their actions have consequences, and that we’re all part of a larger whole, no matter how much we pretend otherwise.

Like when people keep asking “is so and so gay” (usually a celebrity). I mean, unless you’re trying to date that person, what difference does it make. Whatever they do behind closed doors - you’re probably not getting an engraved invitation to join in, so give it a rest!!

It’s just tribalism

The primary goal is to show off how much of a team member they are, by picking on some “other”. It strengthens their ties to their group, by having an enemy to unite against.

Hurt people, hurt people.