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He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, his quest is nearly over

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169 points wallflower | 1 comments | 07 Dec 25 16:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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compounding_it ◴[12 Dec 25 06:21 UTC] No.46241382[source]▶
>The world is a much kinder, nicer place than it often seems.

I realize that a lot these days. People are not inherently so bad but greed is a nasty drug that has the potential to ruin the best.

When you have nothing to offer but kindness and compassion, it is very simple to see the humanity side of things in this world and it can feel really amazing.

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Panzer04 ◴[12 Dec 25 07:12 UTC] No.46241637[source]▶
Idk, people are usually nice in my experience. News, forum opinions and youtube videos are not remotely representative of how things work in real life.
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1. energy123 ◴[12 Dec 25 12:32 UTC] No.46243517[source]▶
They're nice to you if the culture is such that they get social capital/status for being nice to you and negative reward for being mean.

If the social permissions change like Rwanda in 1994 then your nice neighbors would sooner chop you to pieces.