I am doing a rewatch of Supernatural. Which looking back, I didn't notice how anti-Christian it was. I used to really enjoy the show but watching it now the anti-Christian shit is really overt and bugs me. Sorry that wasn't the reason I was writing, just a tangent.
There's a scene in season 8 with Sam hitting a dog with a carand he takes it to the vet. The vet who treats the dog is a woman. After paying for the surgery and waiting to see if the dog is okay, the vet asks him to take the dog. Sam says he can't and was just trying to do the right thing getting the dog help. And this bitch says, "If you were interested in doing the right thing you wouldn't have hit him with your car." Sam says he is sorry but he did the right thing taking care of the dog. And this broad responds by looking at the receptionist and saying, "Give this man his medal for doing the right thing."
I'm sorry but it's galling that a guy does the right thing, and bitchy poo is giving him shit.
It's really telling how taking responsibility is attacked at every turn. You made a mistake and are actively trying to fix it? "How dare you make a mistake in the first place!?" You putting aside your own self interest to do the right thing? "Oh, so now you want a medal for basic human decency!?"
Our society takes itself for granted. People have completely forgotten that our default state is to be a selfish animal. We have to learn to be civilized, and if it's not reinforced and appreciated, people will stop bothering altogether. Delayed gratification is hard. Immediate pleasure activates monke neurons.