Are There More BASTARDS In This World Than Nice People....?

[Evil Dwarf]

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[Barfridge]

It was explained to me as red car syndrome. If somebody says to you that Perth has twice the normal number of red cars, you will instantly start looking for them, and of course find them. Even if there are no more than any other place, your brain is fantastic at pattern recognition, so will see lots of red cars, and the prophecy is self-fulfilling.

So if you start looking for bastards everywhere, you will see them. If you just shrug them off and focus on the good things, ditto.

[filbert]

It was explained to me as red car syndrome. If somebody says to you that Perth has twice the normal number of red cars, you will instantly start looking for them, and of course find them. Even if there are no more than any other place, your brain is fantastic at pattern recognition, so will see lots of red cars, and the prophecy is self-fulfilling.

So if you start looking for bastards everywhere, you will see them. If you just shrug them off and focus on the good things, ditto.

same goes for your attitude, if you're feeling a bit down and that everyone is out to get you then that is how you will react, what would normally attract only a passing thought instead consumes your thoughts and reminds you of all who came before him.

[shan]

Thus the term lead by example rings so true

[Ice]

Nah, bugger what they said...
They're everywhere!

[mekon]

Not a stranger, bit hard to pin anything down on a stranger. 2 people recently offered me jobs at their places of employment. Unsolicited, but they went out of their way to find and make the opportunity. I like it, very nice deed.

Actually I often get the dude run up in a carpark to pass on the remaining half hour on their tickets etc. I like that and do the same.

[darkfibre]

I have met over 10 strangers with zero bastards. Probably a self fulfilling prophecy.

[Chaos-incarnate]

You live in Melbourne.
Its full of Victorians.
They can't drive.
Their city is shit.
We live in W.A.
According to thread posts we are happier.
Solution: move to W.A.

[fractoid]

Chaos - Perth drivers are better than Victorians? *haed asplode*

Anyway, why hate on bastards, my parents weren't married when I was born and I'm fuckin' awesome. (Plus I let people in in traffic, even when I'm on the bike!)

[BB6]

I think you just don't notice the average people because they don't stand out where if someone is a right bastid you might not forget them for the rest of the day.

An example - just think about if someone does something full retard on the road like block you from splitting, how many people did you just pass that didn't try to do anything on purpose to kill you?

Then again, maybe you DO attract them, you never know.

[tonka128]

Prove me wrong...
Tell me about a good deed done for you by a stranger...

Pay it forward

6208 posts in a thread of members giving other ppl stuff for nothing....

[PolishBiker]

on my recent cycling tour from perth to sydney i met lots of great people, plenty of them offered me dinners, accommodation and chat when i needed it, that was actually one of the highlights -knowing that good people exist

[chew]

A bloke came up to us in Marysville in October who had overheard us asking directions to get through Melbourne on our way to Torquay in peak hour traffic. He said that the route the bloke gave us would have been crap. Instead he took us with him for a ride through the hills north of Melbourne and pointed us to the ring road. A true gentleman in spite of riding a Suzuki.

[Chaos-incarnate]

Chaos - Perth drivers are better than Victorians? *haed asplode*

Yeah- on the whole they're slower and less aggressive, giving you more response time lol

[Commander Keen]

Nah my parents were married

[The Saint]

my parents were married

Sorry to hear about the break-up brah

[Commander Keen]

Thanks for your support Bro-trimonial

[sopheecat]

A lovely motorist flashed me warning of the popo ahead on Sunday. Quite possibly saved me from a large pineapple. Top chap!

Also we stopped to help someone with a flat tyre on saturday. At the same time some other guy pulled up behind to help. Nice people are everywhere

[Ice]

Actually I often get the dude run up in a carpark to pass on the remaining half hour on their tickets etc. I like that and do the same.

I went home sick after being at work an hour, so I offered a guy the rest of my parking. He tried to pay me for it. Was shocked as hell when I refused the money. Who charges people for their parking ticket? Silly man!

...werds...

Only a WA driver would think Victorians can't drive.
But I can see how negotiating traffic at speed, merging, indicating correctly and being courteous to other drivers would be incomprehensible to a WA driver.

[Chaos-incarnate]

Only a WA driver would think Victorians can't drive.
But I can see how negotiating traffic at speed, merging, indicating correctly and being courteous to other drivers would be incomprehensible to a WA driver.

Haha- I am a South Australian.
Over here I notice that- every traffic light has an arrow on it? We dont have many of those- we can gauge traffic. And that W.A. drivers all sit side by side in the left and right lanes doing 80km in a 100 zone. They also stampede into lane merges like spooked cattle.

In Vic (I lived near the border for 7 years and my Mum lived over there for a while) they cant negotiate roundabouts and are generally erratic- hard to predict what they're going to do next. Faster though. My first accident was a Vic- he drove straight into the roundabout in front of me like a bloody lemming.

In S.A. everyone speeds and drags from the lights- there's nothing else to do there lol. They tend to drive a fair bit faster around corners etc. Its like rally racing except if you crash they will just drive over you. More dog eat dog.

However- I have found Perth drivers to be much more willing to let you in on the whole, and more inclined to stop and help. They seem to care more.

Anyway, I thought this thread was about negative judgements?!