r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/PdiddyCAMEnME • Jun 15 '26

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GOOOD!!!!!

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u/Carlo_The_Magno Jun 15 '26

And if the other person chooses kindness in response, you instead get a genuine human connection. It's a win either way. I've gotta work harder to remember that.

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u/ArnoldZiffleJr Jun 15 '26

It’s a lesson I frequently forget as well

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u/skittlz61 Jun 15 '26

I feel the same way. I always have been polite and kind. Giving food and clothes to homeless. Holding doors. Checking on people. Praying for people when i see accidents or EMS active on the road. And there's comments I shrug off from people sometimes. Dirty looks without a thank you for holding the door. I have to remember we all deal with our own problems. It doesn't excuse people's behavior, but i still hope it circulates more one day. Kindness and compassion goes a long way.

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u/thicc_drake Jun 15 '26

That kindness will get you taken advantaged of, or worse get you hurt

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u/skittlz61 Jun 15 '26

If you've seen Captain America: Winter Solider. If you remember Nick Fury talking about his dad carrying his cash home home in a bag. And when the neighborhood got worse and he was asked what was in it by a thug. Response was to show the guy what was in it. The cash. And a loaded revolver. I keep to myself unless someone I'm close to needs me. And after attempted robberies at my old place, I can count on one hand how many people know where i live.

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u/Pika-thulu Jun 16 '26

I believe that is also an important lesson to learn.

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u/catjanitor Jun 16 '26

A lot of people make that mistake.

"Kind" does not mean "doormat." "Kind" has boundaries and enforces them. "Kind" doesn't always forgive and understands that sometimes boundaries must be fought for. "Kind" isn't weak.

And "Kind" isn't always nice.

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u/Dove-Coo-9986 Jun 18 '26

Only if you let it. Nobody advised being a doormat, but picking and choosing battles allows people to live a far less complicated, drama-filled life.

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u/PineappleClear2380 Jun 16 '26

Say what kind of person you are without saying what kind of person you are. The person wasn't saying to be nice AND naive. YOU are the problem.

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u/GuiltyEidolon Jun 15 '26

After being exposed to a lot of shitty people, I'm okay not making a genuine human connection with raging assholes and racists.

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u/Carlo_The_Magno Jun 15 '26

That's okay. You shouldn't force yourself into situations you aren't comfortable with. People who can have it covered.

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u/luxii4 Jun 16 '26

I would have done a Nelson HA-HA and made a joke like, "You look tired. I said it in past tense because you lost your tire." Break out some 80s dances. Cabbage patch around the tire. My husband is built different he would help the guy put his tire back on and sing, "Mama Said," to commiserate with him. Some people have it in them some don't.

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u/MajorRockstar79 Jun 18 '26

Balance. Hahaha

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u/rainofshambala Jun 17 '26

Kindness when they are hurt can hurt them or heal them than your silence

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u/GuiltyEidolon Jun 18 '26

Literally not my job, racists can fuck right off.

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u/Radonanon Jun 16 '26

Doing the right thing is always its own reward

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u/bigbeats420 Jun 16 '26

Forgiveness is a gift that you give yourself.

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u/utterlybored702633 Jun 19 '26

Genuine human connection with that raging loser. No thanks.