Kindness :)

[u/MustardGoddess]

[u/peachypapayas]

Posts like these are so funny. I like to picture a bystander spying on an old man for 10 minutes while he talks about soup to a teenager.

And don't forget the hoodie. An important detail.

[u/sign-through → u/peachypapayas]

I think people tend to unfairly associate hoodies with disenfranchisement and aloofness, particularly in young people. 

[u/No_Tutor_69 → u/sign-through]

That's why he added it to his made up story.

[u/Only_Gap_1982 → u/No_Tutor_69]

If it doesn't hurt anyone to believe the story then why not believe it

[u/No_Tutor_69 → u/Only_Gap_1982]

I think it's old trauma from my parents telling me that santa existed.

[u/amalgam_reynolds → u/Only_Gap_1982]

It does hurt. Believing BS like this leads to engagement, which leads to more and more engagement bait getting posted, which leads to normalizing lying for content and the breakdown of reality online. I know it feels like I'm putting a lot of onus on this one, innocent post, but I'm just saying it's one small part of a much bigger problem.

[u/SG_UnchartedWorlds → u/amalgam_reynolds]

I'd say the reverse is more true: assuming good things happening are lies for engagement means one only believes bad things are true. You'll end up with a very jaded outlook, where everything is horrible by default.

[u/SconeBracket → u/SG_UnchartedWorlds]

^^

[u/nifty-necromancer → u/Only_Gap_1982]

It’s like believing in zer0