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I've realized for years that most people in general are inherently just bad, negative beings, to the point I am becoming downright misanthropic. Please, please, please CMV

I hate feeling this way.  I truly do.  I want to think people are inherently good and positive, but I get proven time, time, and time again how dead fracking wrong I am to give that benefit of the doubt in the real world.

Here’s one major way I measure positive traits like goodness, honesty, and overall goodwill: How someone acts when put into an anonymous environment with little or no reward received for doing good things.  This could be traffic. This could be at a supermarket. This could be a sports event. This could be an online game.  This could be Reddit.  Any number of the countless situations we are in each day.  I like to think the way one acts in these situations, is their “default” behavior since they don’t put on a mask or an act to save face.  And that default behavior usually is quite sad.

**Take Reddit.**  Ever notice how people are so damn quick to downvote someone to hell compared to how quick they are to upvote someone for meaningful content?  Also the whole “I downvote you because I disagree with you or don’t like your tone!” thought process is absurd, but apparently the norm.  It is my conclusion that the majority of Reddit users are incredibly quicker to downvote or not vote at all, than they are to upvote.  Anecdotal perhaps, but I doubt I am wrong.

**Traffic:** Just because you don’t know that guy in the Toyota over there, shouldn’t be seen as a license to be a dick to him if it suits your fancy.  You know that guy you cut off with your car this morning?  Or the one you blared your horn at just because he wasn’t going as fast as you thought he should?   Would you have done that if it were your SO or best friend driving that car?  Of course not. But since you don’t know “that jerk” it’s fair game right?  He can go to hell for all you care. Right right?  This is what I’m talking about.

**Customer service:** Okay, so company xyz overcharged you for something and you feel screwed over.  Fair enough.  Stuff happens.  But why do you feel that means you get to treat that customer service associate like he is pure garbage?  What did he do to you?  This behavior is all incredibly too common.  And waiting tables: I’ve never waited tables, but I’ve seen customers treat their server like they ran over their dog or something, all because the kitchen put onions on your burger.  Really?  Isn’t life too short to be so hung up on unimportant things?

People seem to only be nice when they feel like they either have something to gain from it, or to avoid looking bad in front of people they know.  The moment you let them be their default-selves, or even the most minor inconvenience happens, they are horrible human beings.  And to this day, I have very very little reason to believe it is going to ever get better.  Please for the love of God, change my view.

**TL;DR: The title sums it up pretty well**

Edit: Sorry for the wall of text. Also I got better replies so far that I expected.  Going home for now but will check in later!
gpt
You noticed the asshole who cut another guy off.  Did you notice the other hundreds of cars you passed during your commute whose drivers did not do anything objectionable?

You notice the asshole who berates the customer service rep or the cashier.  You naturally notice the loudmouthed douche who thinks the waitress is their personal servant.  But do you notice the other fifty people who are polite and simply go about their business?  Are you even able to notice the person who quietly tips 30%+ without announcing the deed?  The rare soul who sends in a letter to corporate praising the service they received? 

Some people are assholes, but it's easier to notice assholes than nice or even average people.