Ultimately, people care much more about what affects their own life than what affects others’. A murderer might be doing objectively worse things, but to someone not affected by those killings, someone who is annoying them will occupy a greater space in their brain, and get a bigger reaction.
Ariselas@piefed.ca 5 weeks ago
on TV, in a fictional show … yes
NONE_dc@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Nah, in reality too. I’ve seen horrible yet charismatic people being praise while quite annoying but overall harmless folks are hated and mistreated.
Signtist@bookwyr.me 5 weeks ago
Ultimately, people care much more about what affects their own life than what affects others’. A murderer might be doing objectively worse things, but to someone not affected by those killings, someone who is annoying them will occupy a greater space in their brain, and get a bigger reaction.
NONE_dc@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yep, exactly that.