Remember when people used to be nice to each other?

I belive im nice to everybody. I cant remember if people were nicer or not..

 

Nice people?
Doesn't ring a bell.

 

Humans have always been horrible to each other. Particularly to those who stand out, or are significantly different from themselves. It's definitely not a new thing for humans to be nasty to each other. It has been happening pretty much for as long as humans have been on the earth.

 

:afro: Nope, we grew up in shady area where it was constant violence with any ages/gender. Even inside the house, all us sisters where constantly back yard wrestling............... city life :2thumbsup:

 

The polite manners I witnessed in the past may have been only superficial, but it was still nice.

About the more important things, I have witnessed very little tolerance, at any time in my life.

 

I have never experienced polite manners at all, except from my care workers and a psychologist. But then, they're paid to be nice to me, so that doesn't count. Then again, I live in a bad area, and am different to the "norm", so it's probably no surprise that I've witnessed far more of the black side of human nature than the other side.

Tolerance? I can't say that's something I've experienced either, aside from a small minority online.

 

there have been ads running on toronto radio stations for the last 2 months reminding people to be nice to each other, kind of sad that we're at that point.

 

where do you live?

 

Canadians are supposedly legendary for their politeness, but in my limited time up there, I haven't seen it yet. I found Montreal to be much more rude than New York City.

All we really have in life is time, so how much of yours do you want to spend on unpleasant, meaningless encounters with random people? This is one area where Karma really works. If we routinely treat people like shit, they're going to give it right back to us. You can count on it.

Not even from your friends? Have you thought about moving?

 

Montreal is a bit different, the language divide can cause tension. some of the francophones are pretty rude to anglophones (I'm sure it goes both ways).

if you head to the east coast of Canada you'll find some genuinely nice people. I love Halifax, the people are so friendly and it's such a beautiful city.

 

Friends? I only have one, and that's my cat. lol And yep, I have. Im right now in the process of trying to move. It's not easy with no money though...

@Migardsun: Scotland.

 

I just don't go out of my way to be a dick to anyone but if someone's shitty to me, I have no problem bringing it back to them. I'm generally nice but definitely not "weak." I try to give everyone a fair chance.

In my life, nothing's really changed. Even early in grade school, kids were building up huge superiority complexes that seemed like a reflection of modern day society.

Sounds like a bad part of town, as you said, because I can't imagine someone being treated this badly in other places. Good luck with the move.

 

It is a bad part of town, but I'm used to being alone so it's par for the course really. If I was in a better part of town, things definitely wouldn't be so bad, but I'd still find it very hard to interact with other people.

And thank you.

 

Most people are pissed off today about HOW CRAPPY THE WORLD HAS GOTTON!!!!!

Good stuff being replaced with garbage... (THESE ARE THE PPL WHO THANKFULLY HAVENT BEEN REPROGRAMMED AND REMEMBER WHEN THE WORLD WAS A GOOD PLACE!)

 

You just gotta get a change of scenery.

Go out in the countryside.. Or out in the bush, And you'll see that the old ways havent changed.

 

As a child of the 70's I remember when people were MUCH nicer than they are now. I just can't stand to be around many people anymore, it's the way they are now, the attitude, the ego's and the childish snottiness . It's sad. I agree with the OP. I'm thankful for my pets and my hobbies as they keep the lonliness at bay most of the time.

 

^So True

I consider myself very nice. I like to help when I know I can be helpful.

The only thing I can be sorta not-nice about is avoiding talking to people I don't know. I can get kinda judgy when it comes to conversing with total strangers. My defenses are up and I'm trying to decide if this person is safe and not just trying to get something.

 

Though everyone around me says people are snobs or mean A'Holes, I seem to get a lot of attention and happiness around me, I'm normally a friendly and kind spirit even though I'd rather ignore everyone and get on with my business, I was taught to compliment someone back, and to respect them whether I have prejudgemental views on them, or completely naive to their perspectives on life, as you can't judge a book by it's cover. But most people are amazing to me, even in the dispensaries I've known the guard, the woman in the front, and the guys in the back, who all want to be my cashier and give me higher amounts than most other people, but that's just me. But Cali can be a hard place for others though, a lot of my friends don't experience the same kindness and smiling service I get, so I feel bad for them.. But it can be tough in L.A., San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego and Big Sur (plus other cali places) if you don't match a look, an attitude, or age possibly? but I'm 21 and fit in most places, even drank and smoked with some gangsta 'homies' in L.A. alleys and backyards (while donning abercrombie & fitch) also been welcome on West LA and Bevery hills stores without any weird looks when just wearing any other 'normal' jeans and shirt, so I don't know why but I feel the world still has a lot of kindness, just have to find it =]

 

I remember when people used to APPEAR to be nice to each other, but it was mostly fake.

 

People that are marginalized by society are often the nicest, while people that think they deserve the most respect are usually the shittiest people.

Case in point: I came to this conclusion yesterday when my battery died at a gas station. This happened in a smallish (although increasingly wealthy and yuppiefied) southern town, so I figured that anyone I asked would be more than willing to help me out.

I asked a guy driving a really nice car to give me a jump. He probably owned a big house, had a nice job, commanded a lot of respect. He started shaking his head as soon as I started approaching his car. The word "no jumper cables" were out of his mouth before I completed my question. I told him I had jumper cables and he mumbled some shit about not wanting to mess up his car and slammed his door in my face.

This may be par for course in a large city, but I like living in a small town because I enjoy the small town mentality. I like that people wave at me randomly and ask how I'm doing when they have no idea who I am.

I don't like asshole yuppie pricks moving to town and ruining the good vibes.

What really got to me is that I'm sure this guy looks down on a lot of people.....people like the redneck driving the beat up pick up truck who once stopped when I was putting oil in my car just to help. Or the mexican that once stopped to help me change a tire.

Fucking yuppie pricks. I'll take a poor redneck over a yuppie any day.

I work with a pretty large sample size of the general population at my work, and the nicest ones are always the people that society generally looks down upon.