Things That Give you Hope for the Human Race

Zipp101 · 24-04-2010 06:49PM #1

For me it's generally the little things:

Children saying please and thank you.
Seeing people give money to charity.
People giving directions...(as best they can).
Respect for the elderly.
People using bins/respecting property etc.
Friendly chit-chat with strangers.

Witnessing random acts of kindness in general (often make my day)

Unfortunately the list would be much longer for the negative.

But I know people will think of plenty more good stuff.

biko · 24-04-2010 06:51PM

If you/someone drops something and someone else bothers to bend down and pick it up.

--LOS-- · 24-04-2010 06:54PM

When people less vertically challenged reach items on the higher shelves for old folk.

24-04-2010 06:55PM

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Mrmoe · 24-04-2010 06:56PM

Not beeping at someone when they stall at traffic lights/junction.
An actual interest in the career/education/work someone has chosen and not just doing it to pass the time.
People cleaning up dog poop after their dog.
People/drivers letting me out at a junction or crossing the road.
People putting their rubbish in the bin.
People obeying the speed limit.

tony1kenobi · 24-04-2010 06:57PM

John Connor.

mikom · 24-04-2010 07:03PM

biko wrote: »

If you/someone drops something and someone else bothers to bend down and pick it up.

Especially if she has a nice, big old behind.
I'd like to put some barbecue sauce on that butt.... and just bite, bite, bite, bite, munch, munch, munch!

OxfordComma · 24-04-2010 07:03PM

Politeness, in all its forms.
People offering their seats to someone else on the bus/whatever.
Teachers/doctors/nurses giving a damn about their students'/patients' welfare, or people in general doing a job because they care and because it's what they really enjoy, rather than just being in it for the money.
People giving money to charity.

I'm sure I'll be back with more soon...

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 24-04-2010 07:06PM

Cheeseburgers.

InkSlinger67 · 24-04-2010 07:07PM

Don't mean to be a negative Nigel but we're doomed regardless of how well we treat each other!

*Chops down a tree to light a cigarette*

davyjose · 24-04-2010 07:09PM

On the rare occasion when people take a stand for their beliefs/the aid of other's etc. It's rare nowadays - most people are sheep who just do what they're told, by society regardless of their beliefs.

/he says from the interwebs

CrazyRabbit · 24-04-2010 07:20PM

Comments on Youtube.

Oh wait...wrong thread.

dceire · 24-04-2010 07:29PM

The human race, eh!

My money is on this guy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By1JQFxfLMM

Michael B · 24-04-2010 07:31PM

Probably when you see someone who doesn't look like a decent human being doing something good. Like a rough looking hoodie wearing teenager helping an old person etc.

There's lots of good in this world, people just prefer to look at the negative things.

AskMyChocolate · 24-04-2010 07:35PM

The fact that kids still want John Wayne or Obi Wan Kenobi to win.

bonzodog2 · 24-04-2010 08:11PM

InkSlinger67 wrote: »

Don't mean to be a negative Nigel but we're doomed regardless of how well we treat each other!

*Chops down a tree to light a cigarette*

Thanks, cheer us all up while you're at it huh ?

The Aussie · 24-04-2010 08:39PM

The Jeremy Kyle Show...
Now get off my stage

Seloth · 24-04-2010 08:47PM

Bit of a cliche but My Mother

InkSlinger67 · 24-04-2010 08:48PM

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Thanks, cheer us all up while you're at it huh ?

*Blows smoke in face*

Erica<3 · 24-04-2010 09:03PM

Common courtesy. Strangers being kind to strangers, service with a smile kind of thing. It just really annoys me particularly when pregnant women get on a bus and not one person gets up to give her their seat, more often than not, they just bury their noses further into their Metro-Herald, come on people, its not that ****ing interesting.

opinion guy · 24-04-2010 09:10PM

rarnes1 wrote: »

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Hahahhahaah. Nice try. I almost thanked that....almost.....:D

Novella · 24-04-2010 09:12PM

Today, I got stuck in an elevator. I was going to the car park under my apartment block and the door jammed so I couldn't get out. I was stuck in there for about two hours and while I was waiting for someone to come who could open the door, a guy, a complete stranger, sat on the floor on the other side and talked to me.

Michaelrsh · 24-04-2010 09:49PM

Things That Give you Hope for the Human Race

em ... bananas, among other things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4yBvvGi_2A

galwayrush · 24-04-2010 09:52PM

The green Party...............:p

:D:D:D

:pac::pac::rolleyes::pac::pac::rolleyes::pac::pac:

Mmcd · 24-04-2010 09:59PM

CERN

Michaelrsh · 24-04-2010 10:09PM

Mmcd wrote: »

CERN

O finding out what cause everything to have mass is soooo important to humanity that we'll spend billions of tax payers money to find it.

Mmcd · 24-04-2010 10:16PM

Michaelrsh wrote: »

O finding out what cause everything to have mass is soooo important to humanity that we'll spend billions of tax payers money to find it.

Well the results could be of more benefit than the moon landing and there isnt too many complaining about that.

yoshytoshy · 24-04-2010 10:18PM

It's a contradictry thing to say in itself ,but space exploration is hope enough for me.

Michaelrsh · 24-04-2010 10:23PM

Mmcd wrote: »

Well the results could be of more benefit than the moon landing and there isnt too many complaining about that.

Well actually they found large quantities of helium-3 on the moon that could help fuel nuclear fusion (when its invented) in the future which could in turn help solve humanity's energy shortages. There isn't much of this particular chemical on Earth though and people would have to mine on the moon in order to effectively sustain nuclear fusion.

I fail to see, however, how finding dark matter or finding the Higg's particle would benefit humanity at all. It's only pure knowledge and comparable to stamp collecting in my opinion.

Mmcd · 24-04-2010 10:29PM

Michaelrsh wrote: »

Well actually they found large quantities of helium-3 on the moon that could help fuel nuclear fusion (when its invented) in the future which could in turn help solve humanity's energy shortages. There isn't much of this particular chemical on Earth though and people would have to mine on the moon in order to effectively sustain nuclear fusion.

I fail to see, however, how finding dark matter or finding the Higg's particle would benefit humanity at all. It's only pure knowledge and comparable to stamp collecting in my opinion.

You can't use something to your benefit before being knowledgable about it!

Michaelrsh · 24-04-2010 10:35PM

Mmcd wrote: »

You can't use something to your benefit before being knowledgable about it!

Well, I still don't see how finding the higgs particle could benefit humanity. It might be interesting to read about it in a newspaper when they find it but then apart from that the discovery can't really be useful.