is everyone generally gone selfish??

janlu

lately ive noticed "people in general" has gone selfish an dont seem to care about others, like community days were have they gone too

Twilightning

I find Ireland doesn't have a sense of community overall in general anymore, unless you're talking about places in the backarse of nowhere.

Doyler92

Wouldn't call it selfish. In the current climate I would regard it more as safekeeping.

janlu

there no sense of care for others or safety anymore.
its like everyone is out for there own

candy-gal1

Isnt that the way it has always been in most areas?

fakearms123

janlu wrote: »

lately ive noticed "people in general" has gone selfish an dont seem to care about others, like community days were have they gone too

if you feel passionately about it why don't you go out and organise things in your area instead of ranting on the internet, seems pointless

bazmaiden

5 star thread

would fap again

janlu

With the current climate were in ud think people would be out to help each other an there community it would also give them something to do

mikom

janlu wrote: »

lately ive noticed "people in general" has gone selfish

Cockles and mussels, alive, alive-O

flyton5

done last week....and probably the week before that....

thread FAIL

Dravokivich

mikom wrote: »

Cockles and mussels, alive, alive-O

Not sell fish...

:pac:

biko

I don't think the cities ever had much of a "community" feel.
That's for villages and some estates.

alwaysadub

Never heard of a community day.

Mint Sauce

Yes, we're about to face a double dip recession, a depression, and possibly bank rupracy when the government has to commit to their promise of guaranteeing everyones savings

It’s ever man woman child and their dog for them self.

AnonoBoy

I've always been selfish so it's business as usual at Casa De AnonoBoy.

Jim

Human beings are selfish in general. Our whole society structure rewards selfishness and relies on it.

The more potential to make money there is, or the more used to having it people are the more selfish they become. This probably explains our lack of community now vs the olden days. I was born in 85 so can't really compare properly.

starbelgrade

I'm so selfish I'm not even going to share my thoughts on this matter.

MrSir

janlu wrote: »

lately ive noticed "people in general" has gone selfish an dont seem to care about others, like community days were have they gone too

With so many simple grammar and spelling mistakes in such a short sentence I wouldn't want to join a community with you.

starbelgrade

MrSir wrote: »

With so many simple grammar and spelling mistakes in such a short sentence I wouldn't want to join a community with you.

You would probably prefer the community of the 3rd Reich, where all the grammar Nazis hang out.

Giselle

janlu wrote: »

lately ive noticed "people in general" has gone selfish an dont seem to care about others, like community days were have they gone too

In Ye Olden Days in Ireland, families were much larger and resourses were shared between many more people. This had the effect of forcing siblings to consider one another for the greater good, a habit that would have extended into the wider community.

Communities were more in touch with one another as a by product of greater adherence to social convention, like the attending of weekly Mass which I think was probably more to do with a greater awareness of the 'norm', and greater consequences to appearing outside that norm than religious faith..

These days there are much smaller families that share much larger homes by comparison to previous generations. Resourses are concentrated on fewer people and kids generally have more stuff. The delay in gratification that older people experienced is greatly reduced and it fosters a sense of entitlement, personal priority, and that amounts to selfishness.

In the community in a wider sense there are much fewer consequences to being different, the disapproval of the Church is of far lesser importance, the opinion of neighbours you don't know doesn't matter, and while this gives us all much greater personal freedom, it doesn't foster a community feeling.

We've gained more than lost, overall imo.

Glenster

I dont understand. What are people being selfish about? Have you been asking people for money or something