I have had at least 3 concussions in my "wild and crazy" yoodtuth, which may have affected my adult and elderly behavior negatively. The long-term downside of concussions is probably leading to so many parents NOT wanting their children to participate in football. It could also be the reason that women outlive men on average. Maybe if society was SUPER smart they would convince people under 21 or so to constantly wear a lightweight helmet? Of course, that is NOT going to happen, I just "threw" that out as conjecture.

One idea I entertained 'when I was younger was, we "own" a BUNCH of islands. We have this HUGE Navy with not much to do between wars. Let's combine the two. Give people 3 strikes and your gone option. Be convicted of 3 felonies and you are dropped on an island and left there to fend for yourself with all the other felons. The Navy would patrol the area to make sure no one tried to leave on a raft or whatever. The idea was basically, if you don't want to live here and obey the rules (laws) then we will kick you out. I moderated it to allow a 3 month period in jail for you to appeal to some country to allow you to be deported there. If you couldn't find any, then off to the island you go.

I have since decided it is not practical, and probably not moral or ethical.

Oh, I seriously doubt it; grew up in the Midwest and we’re pretty much docile and laid back until confronted by a person from the Northeast trying to bully their way into everything.

Re: being rude
 

In my opinion we as a society have become very self centered and narcissistic to the point that rudeness and bad behavior is acceptable. It began when individuals felt it was OK to make nasty remarks as anonymous on social media. Now due to woke behavior there is no reason to “hide” behind saying or doing something anonymously. Geez, crime is taking place in broad daylight with no regard to consequences. Rioting, looting/shop lifting, violence is becoming the norm.

I was brought up to say nothing if I couldn’t be pleasant. My children were brought up the same. I respect authority unless it becomes autocratic, and then I try to be solution oriented. Compromise and respecting opinions different from mine has become unpopular.

From what the poster provider the first thought that came to mind was that the woman had no regard to the young man doing his job, all that was important is what she wanted or needed to do. Before anyone states I have no empathy for the “woman”, if there had been an emergency that required her presence, a simple explanation to the young man may have changed everything. (Of course that may have occurred but isn’t known). Nothing was stated but my impression is that the young man didn’t resort to yelling back - good for him.

Ok I’ll get off my soapbox and for the record this is the wife of the TOV account holder…some days I just need to vent…:):) and don’t get me started on the topic of golf and the lack of course management that we players have in keeping ball marks and divots repaired. :pray:

Arrogance and Ignorance Appear To Go Together
 

My husband runs into people all the time that just can't understand why they are being held back from entering a particular street. When you see flashing lights or big trucks that appear to be in the way of using that street, there's obviously something going on that is blocking it. It could be maintenance, repair or worse... how difficult is it to just accept the fact that you just need to turn around and come in from the back side of it if you really need to get onto that street further down the road. The phrase, "Don't shoot the messenger" is really apropos here. Try to imagine the people not letting you through might be all that stands between you and something not so good. Ever heard of giving someone the benefit of the doubt????

I agree that things will get worse here as the chaos and tribalism grow nationwide.

Well, personally the first thing that comes to my mind when I see that is the had nothing better to do and just wanted to annoy people, so they blocked the road - sigh...

(sarcasm)

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IMO the whole country got overcrowded after about 175 Million people.

Do you have kids of your own?

Last week you said 225 million????

An over-simplification and an example of one tribe blaming the "OTHER" tribe for problems that could have been solved 75 years ago.

Tough times call for tough solutions.........that is just 1/2 serious.......just to be thought-provoking.

Most people are not aware of this, it kind of looks like the exponential growth of a virus. Maybe Agent Smith was right!

boston?

Then some may remember my main reason why.........A.I. and Robotics will create excess unemployment. I could be satisfied with even 250 Million. But, what really needs to be done is a sophisticated computer calculation of what the IDEAL population would be in the US - taking into consideration space and natural resources. Anyone can read articles today about Scientific doubt as to whether the US can feed itself in the future? MY guess is that it would fall between 175 and 250 Million people. That way there would be fewer rude people due to less crowding pressure and other pressures that we have been talking about.

I expect that in our kid's lifetime (assuming no major reset happens) there will be no more "jobs". All work will be done by "robots".

How we deal with an economy with no scarcity is yet to be understood. ALL our current economic models are based on the assumption of continuous growth.

I expect at least part of the transition will be to implement an "automation" tax, to pay for a Universal Basic Income, for people displaced by automation.

I agree. In 1956 the US population hit 175 million. Those were great years: Elvis appears on Ed Sullivan, NY Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series, tail fins on cars.

Lots of studies have shown overcrowding breeds aggression.

Because… we try to help each other. OP is welcome to express her opinion, as are you.

According to Wikipedia, as of 2018 there are 19,495 incorporated cities, towns and villages in the United States. 14,768 of these have populations below 5,000. Only ten have populations above 1 million and none are above 10 million. 310 cities are considered at least medium cities with populations of 100,000 or more.
I'll bet every one of them has at least two rude people. Some of them have more.

Lol...lol..wow this post went wild with many snarky detours. I laugh because it's so ironic that the root of the post was about an upset old lady loosing her cheerios at a street worker.
Go back, reread it....I think you will all see the humor....honestly

Yep! The funniest thing to me is someone trying to justify rudeness, by being rude themselves.

Tos

One can only hope... :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: