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[–] frazw@lemmy.world 52 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

If it is only about feeling safe as opposed to actually being safe then I think this would not change things much.

Psychopaths are very good at getting people to trust them which would imply feeling safe also. Common things they end up doing are becoming CEO's, or serial killers largely as a result of that trait. Of course there are exceptions.

[–] mgnome@piefed.social 17 points 4 days ago

Yep, most profilic serial killers were quite good at gaining trust of their victims and subsequently doing that same thing with police. So for their victims it quite often was meeting the loviest person up until one last shocking realization of their lives.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

I would be pretty bad at protecting someone from anyone who wanted to harm them but I do make people feel comfortable. They are therefore unlikely to be much safer with me than they are alone. They do feel safer and more comfortable around me though.

The way you meant it I think I agree though.

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Unattractive people: never not getting screwed over.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 9 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I don't know a single unattractive person.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 7 points 4 days ago

what about larry

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

Horny fucker

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

Good for short kings though

Yeah this is kind of the way things already are

[–] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Same problem as in:

Everything works. Why do we even need IT? Nothing works. Why do we even need IT?

If the goal is just to feel safe, just turn of the news (feed).

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Sure, if you’re being deliberately obtuse. A LOT of people feel safe around me. It’s because I’ve spent a long time building trust and proving them right in dozens of small ways.

They also said that it was a measure of personal success to have other people feel safe around you. Turning off the news does would only make you feel safe, which does not satisfy the rules.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A dogshit measure: men of color and other minorities would very rarely be successfu- oh...

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

In Western and East Asian countries only

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It is absolutely not a good measure

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 14 points 4 days ago

For real. It just takes one 24/7 news channel to sing your praises as you sit there melting like Jabba the Hut for people to throw their kids at you

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 12 points 4 days ago

In the past, there were many places where your success is measured by how much you can give to others.

[–] hanke@feddit.nu 7 points 4 days ago

This setup would still encourage hoarding and making other people seem less safe in order to make you seem like a better and safer alternative than them.

The problem is measuring succes from the perspective of a single person instead of the success of the whole community.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

I do kind. At least i find a sense of contentment when friends, family, and animals seem happy and safe around me

[–] ideonek@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

Aragorn would still be a king.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

But I 'm an introvert. I don't feel safe in anyones presence.