Nah. The ones I know would probably have a beer with you and tell you to drive safe.
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can@sh.itjust.works 5 months agoIdeally sure, but I don’t think the kinda guy that does that is big on learnin’
PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
xantoxis@lemmy.world 5 months ago
On the contrary: guys like that are big on fear. That’s at the root of conservatism and toxic masculinity: fear of losing one’s life, one’s property, one’s place in the social hierarchy.
When he saw another gun come out, he felt fear. Nothing teaches you better than that.
can@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I don’t think that’s true and I don’t think I want it to be.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
it is just true, fear is one of the primal human responses, it’s what kept us from being eaten by fucking lions or some shit.
can@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
One of, yes. But in modern society those primarily motivated by fear are not helping.