Are people becoming nicer?

by **The WA raptors** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:02 pm

Torisakia wrote:
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No. I've dealt with too many assholes the past few years to ever believe that people can actually be nice.

Trust no one.

I approve.

by **Othelos** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:19 pm

No, I think that people are just starting to care less about stuff that isn't effecting them directly.

It's much easier to be polite and respectful when you can tolerate others' lifestyle choices or existence.

by **Nazi Flower Power** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:38 pm

I think people are becoming less violent because there are more resources to go around, so it's easier to get what you need without fighting. We've gotten much better at producing enough food for everyone.

by **Scomagia** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:07 pm

I reckon people are just as nice and nasty as ever.

by **Farnhamia** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:18 pm

Scomagia wrote:I reckon people are just as nice and nasty as ever.

Pretty much. Better looking, some of them, though.

by **Scomagia** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:19 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Scomagia wrote:I reckon people are just as nice and nasty as ever.

Pretty much. Better looking, some of them, though.

Longer lived, too. Which is good, if they aren't complete tools.

by **The Orson Empire** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:24 pm

The Sotoan Union wrote:
The Orson Empire wrote:What is considered "atrocious" is subjective, but I would not say they have gotten less atrocious. They just occur on a smaller frequency than in the past.

Since it's now illegal for soldiers to just take women as trophies and haul them back to their country, I'm inclined to believe that war has gotten more civil.

Might I also add that the percentage of the human population that has actually died in conflict has increasingly lowered.

You can't make a war civil. The two are mutually exclusive. Wars are never civil- they are always violent.

by **The Sotoan Union** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:33 pm

The Orson Empire wrote:
The Sotoan Union wrote:Since it's now illegal for soldiers to just take women as trophies and haul them back to their country, I'm inclined to believe that war has gotten more civil.

Might I also add that the percentage of the human population that has actually died in conflict has increasingly lowered.

You can't make a war civil. The two are mutually exclusive. Wars are never civil- they are always violent.

Dude, it's like you're not even reading. Let me put it this way, more civil.

by **Regenburg** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:33 pm

no exact opposite

by **Farnhamia** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:43 pm

Regenburg wrote:no exact opposite

Do elaborate, I would love to learn.

by **The Blaatschapen** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 12:30 am

Farnhamia wrote:
Scomagia wrote:I reckon people are just as nice and nasty as ever.

Pretty much. Better looking, some of them, though.

Thank you

by **Farnhamia** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 12:35 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:Pretty much. Better looking, some of them, though.

Thank you

You do clean up better now, since motorized shears were invented.

by **Great Kleomentia** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:26 am

Too many people are bitching about the way people are behaving today. Do you realize how much nicer everyone is than they were at most points of history? Sure, in some places(like in Serbia) standards have fallen somewhat and people tend to act like assholes. But overall the world is doing just fine.

by **Immoren** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 3:42 am

The Orson Empire wrote:
The Sotoan Union wrote:Since it's now illegal for soldiers to just take women as trophies and haul them back to their country, I'm inclined to believe that war has gotten more civil.

Might I also add that the percentage of the human population that has actually died in conflict has increasingly lowered.

You can't make a war civil. The two are mutually exclusive. Wars are never civil- they are always violent.

What about civil wars?

by **Exxosia** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 3:46 am

On a personal note, I would say people are becoming meaner. I have faced more abuse from random strangers in the last few years than in the decades before.

On a world note, I think that what seems to be humanity getting nicer is actually more that power is being consolidated into fewer and fewer hands, so national cruelty is going down and local cruelty is being jacked up to keep people broken down.

by **L Ron Cupboard** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 3:53 am

Given that most people here are young whippersnappers, how the hell would you know?

by **The Glass Hills** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 3:53 am

Immoren wrote:
The Orson Empire wrote:You can't make a war civil. The two are mutually exclusive. Wars are never civil- they are always violent.

What about civil wars?

They're usually less civil that the non-civil wars.

by **The Blaatschapen** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:05 am

The Glass Hills wrote:
Immoren wrote:
What about civil wars?

They're usually less civil that the non-civil wars.

What's so civil about war anyway?

by **Pope Joan** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:25 am

SCOTUS is dismantling civil rights.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/10/us/robert ... ights-law/

Police are armed with military weapons, and use them indiscriminately.

America has more people in jail than any other country.

http://billmoyers.com/2013/12/16/land-o ... prisoners/

I cannot think of any group of leaders in any category who are respected.

No, we are not nice.

by **Merent** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:40 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
The Glass Hills wrote:They're usually less civil that the non-civil wars.

What's so civil about war anyway?

Pardon me brethren, but I shall stab you in thy guts with mine bayonet. <-- That's a civil war.

by **Zottistan** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 6:05 am

There has been a shift in values in the western world towards a sort of "civil rights culture" due to the increased education of the general public. There's also been a shift away from militarism in response to the World Wars and the development of weapons of mass destruction. I don't know if you could say individuals are getting nicer, but our broader culture is certainly getting more humanistic.

Arkolon wrote:
United Marxist Nations wrote:The reason there's less war is mainly because there's less reason to, you know, go to war. I mean, things have kind of settled from the world-wide power vacuum left by the Napoleonic Wars.

The whole globalised, inter-connected capitalist economy helped quite a bit, too.

As well as the development of superpowers to the degree they're at, the reaction of the western world to the World Wars and the development of WMDs.

Valentir wrote:No, most people aren't nice, and that is a good thing. Nice guys finish last.

The world would be a worse place if people were nicer.

I don't think most people realize that "nice guys finish last" is an innuendo.

by **The Blaatschapen** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 6:19 am

Merent wrote:
The Blaatschapen wrote:
What's so civil about war anyway?
Pardon me brethren, but I shall stab you in thy guts with mine bayonet. <-- That's a civil war.

I think you missed my reference.

by **Merent** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 6:24 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Merent wrote: Pardon me brethren, but I shall stab you in thy guts with mine bayonet. <-- That's a civil war.

I think you missed my reference.

That's true

by **GraySoap** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 6:38 am

Same as always, though language is more crude than ever.

by **The Rich Port** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 1:23 pm

I always feel I am becoming nicer and social, and people around me seem to be becoming shut-ins.

Every time I'm at the bus station just thinking about stuff, I look around and everyone's on their goddamn phones.

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