Just Say No
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Their definition of "decent fucking human being" is off and to almost all of it I say no. I generally treat random people cordially, meaning if they've done nothing to shift me either way, I'll be polite. Do I want them to get run over by a train? Yeah probably not. Am I really going to care when they do? No. Caring and respect is earned, not a default value. People that know me and are in that group know I'll go a long way to help out with things. Those that aren't in that group, sorry, not my problem. Especially for those that don't want to help themselves first.
Another way of looking at this is dunbar’s number. I don’t choose not to care about everyone equally. I can’t care about everyone equally - and neither can anyone else. The people that do purport to care about everyone equally are necessarily mislabeling a different behavior. For some it is pathological altruism, for others it is a twisted form of nihilism or narcissism. But it isn’t genuine love or investment - not on a universal level - because people are not mentally capable of such a thing.