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https://xkcd.com/2932

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This PSA brought to you by several would-be assassins who tried to wave me in front of speeding cars in the last month and who will have to try harder next time.

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[-] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago

It reveals how they weren't actually being polite. They were doing it for themselves, not you, and you denied them their "good deed" dopamine.

[-] Subverb@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

You're right of course, but in a broader sense there is literally no action that anyone takes that is altruistic. We only do things that benefit us or, rarely, our group as a whole.

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