• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    8 days ago

    The very optimistic would suggest that maybe giving a cookie would inspire them to think deeper about the imbalance and how they could do better as a human being to others.

    But realistically, they’re going to take your cookie and then try to sell you that their cookies are better and you should buy them.

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      The way I see it in such a scenario there’s no chance of it making them worse and at least its a tiny moment of human connection which can only be a good thing no matter how incalculably small.