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A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2024
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Is he secretly an American? Because that sounds far more like something I'd hear here. Atrocious.
Why are people incapable of understanding the US isn't the source of all evil? Shitty people exist everywhere. It's really not that complex of an idea to understand.
I'm in the US and did a double take when I saw that it was NZ; it's the Americentrism that was ingrained in me since childhood that led me to automatically assume, based on the headline, that it was a story from here.
It could easily be one of dozens of similar stories here. People here can get rabidly protective of their firearms. Threats/offensive comments like the one the employee in this situation made are common enough that I think this would only be considered a fluff piece in the states, if it made the news at all.
You can (and should) fix that. Assuming everywhere else is better just because you haven't seen it (or buy the hype) does a disservice to the victims. Power tripping assholes exist everywhere there's power to be had.
I've unlearned much of it, but it remains an ongoing process; it's similar to how recovery from addiction is a lifelong process. Unfortunately, many of my (I'm guessing our, but don't want to assume) compatriots don't feel the need to unlearn it or don't see it as an issue to begin with.
Nowhere did I say that I assumed everywhere else was better. I can see how you inferred that, but that wasn't my implication; I suppose my sarcasm didn't come through well enough. Rather, I am just so used to that type of gun rhetoric here and not used to that from what I hear about NZ that it was a surprise.
Fully agreed with you.
I think, it's more the US love of capitalism that makes people think so. It just sounds on brand that someone who worships their company that much would be in the US.
I was more under the impression it was because in developed nations, cops don't go around killing civilians for frivolous reasons. But in the US, it happens regularly.
As someone who has been to South Korea, US capitalism looks downright reasonable in comparison.
And some European airports are great examples of runaway capitalism. Good luck finding your gate when you're walking through what looks like a shopping mall on steroids. No, I don't want a Burberry Armani Hermes scarf, I want a damn sandwich.
Lol, your brain is so wired on "Capitalism Bad" and "'Murica Bad", it's the first thing you think of when anyone does anything wrong, even on the other side of the planet.
Get some air, bud. You've had enough propaganda for a lifetime.
The guy acted on behalf of the company, that he works for, at a degree that no one asked him to, nor he'll be rewarded for. And companies get put in charge in capitalism.
That's all the thought chain it took for me to get to capitalism. Literally the point of my comment was that it's not about it being bad/evil/wrong.
Sir, this is Lemmy.
Yeah I thought it was US based on context too. I should've been suspicious when the employee didn't open fire on the family...
whispers: your moral narcissism is showing
That's a really weird compliment
Yeah, the world needs more smug assholes, that’ll make it better.
I agree with what I think you're trying to say, which is that moral narcissism is good, but I don't think moral n*rcissists are smug assholes. I think they're people with a pathological need to improve and treat others with kindness.
So by making some snarky comment about how a guy working at a movie theater would probably just shoot the whole family if they were all in America, you think the original comment is by someone who seeks to improve and treat others with kindness? Are you even reading the same thread?
Impossible to improve if there is no reflecting on the current reality before changing. I'm just reflecting on mine: I braced myself for another murder story and was pleasantly surprised, even if this story was still a bad one.
No. I said it was a weird compliment and I meant it. It's weird to call this movie theatre guy a moral n*rcissist. He doesn't act like one at all!