• hitmyspot@aussie.zone
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    11 hours ago

    I’ve got 2 kids in primary school. We teach them to be kind and caring, that cheaters never win. That bullies are bullies because they are not happy.

    However a study came out that compared bullies and non bullies. Bullies kids are more likely to be successful financially and socially based on studies. I was sad for humanity when o found out.

    It makes sense, in the same way that it makes sense that CEO’s are more likely to be sociopaths. Human brains are made for small societies. When it’s a larger society, negative traits can be helpful to get ahead. It’s likely part of the reason we experience wars and famine and billionaires.

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      59 minutes ago

      I’d also want to see the same methodology when assessing being happy, have many close friends you can trust etc.

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      successful financially and socially

      Going around with a machete makes you more successful predator. Being successful financially doesn’t mean shit and neither does having followers on social media.

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        Believe it or not, social interaction isn’t limited to social media. Or so I’ve been told…

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          Mostly because people aspire to be billionaires. Society would be much better off if people aspired to be hurricanes.

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      That is unless the bully messes with the wrong person and gets the shit beaten out of them.

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        And then they become adults and find different ways to mess with people, hire bodyguards, expensive lawyers, group up with other corrupt people who find joy in people suffering, shit in their diapers under their suit, etc.