I feel ya. Sometimes, we get to see things that restore our faith in humanity, if only for a little while.
One of the most telling indicators of humanity is we treat other animals. There is unspeakable cruelty, but then, in the face of seediness and corruption, you see a spark of humanity.
Yesterday there was a big horse race on tv. The distance was longer than most will ever race again, and the horses themselves would be considered babies still in any other setting than this. The business of racing is one of most shady there is, the Thoroughbred breed itself almost irreparably damaged as a result.
There was a clear favorite for the race, he was a bit walking wounded but not outright lame. His trainer is known as an unrepentant doper, the conglomerate who owns the horse full of owners found guilty of insider trading charges. So you get the idea, not a lot of people surround the horse who give a flip about him. The grooms probably do, as do the exercise rider, and the jockey. That's about it.
During the race, the jockey asked the horse to let loose. The horse didn't respond the way he normally does. Now jockeys in this situation usually go heavily to the whip, but someone, for once, actually gave a damn about this horse and pulled him up.
In a race with millions on the line and millions left to loose, he thought of the horse first. Someone actually showed humanity to a noble animal in a sport known for being less than humane.
That show of humanity warmed my heart, gave me hope.
So this woman that the thread is about wants to damage herself, and she probably isn't the brightest candle. But how does she treat others?
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*Blush*
What makes you think I don't worry about "better" things. You don't know me and I lost my faith long before I ever saw this breast-thing.
It's not like humanity learned its lessons from the past, we still kill eachother over nothing.
Money and power still have great influence on the behaviour of people and not for the better most of the time.
Turn on the tv; it's not like the programms have gotten more depth. It has become just more, faster, bigger, extremer and more superficial. The pimp-your-whatever has become an overruling subject on tv that's partially leading to young girls getting done certain bodymodifications which they shouldn't even be thinking about.
Our socalled "progress" is what eventually will lead humanity to its end -whatever that may be - imo.
Nothing to do with being pessimistic or whatsoever; just open up your eyes and take a good look around.
Don't get me wrong beautiful things excist also though. Nothing better then smiling at someone and getting a smile back, really. I can enjoy a lot of things intensely. Beauty lies in the smallest of things but it seems as if people only tend to look at the big things.
Sorry for the bit of topic, just to clearify.
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