For some reason there have been more requests for confrontational surveys.?ÿ
Landowners that don't get along with their neighbor.?ÿ
Going to do one today that's essentially a redo of the neighbor's recent survey.?ÿ
I was chatting with my son and he's noticed similar behavior and he has a theory.?ÿ
His theory is that it's caused by 2-1/2 years of lockdowns.?ÿ
Kinda makes sense, although the lockdowns weren't a big deal here, there were some effects and there are many people who escaped by coming here.?ÿ
My business model is to avoid these surveys as much as possible.?ÿ
Yet, some are unavoidable.?ÿ
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Unreasonable people have been around my entire life.?ÿ The lockdowns may have either excacerbated it or made it more obvious.?ÿ When I did private practice I learned this the hard way, no dispute surveys, not worth the wear and tear on my life force.
When the National culture is "dog-eat-dog" and "Bleep-you me first" you are going to see behavior like this.
Which reminds me, my Grandson was talking one day and saying "Something something BLEEP blah blah BLEEP BLEEP blah blah."?ÿ Took me a minute to figure it out LOL.
Unreasonable people have been around my entire life.?ÿ The lockdowns may have either excacerbated it or made it more obvious.?ÿ When I did private practice I learned this the hard way, no dispute surveys, not worth the wear and tear on my life force.
When the National culture is "dog-eat-dog" and "Bleep-you me first" you are going to see behavior like this.
Which reminds me, my Grandson was talking one day and saying "Something something BLEEP blah blah BLEEP BLEEP blah blah."?ÿ Took me a minute to figure it out LOL.
I wonder where he got that from. ?????ÿ
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Around here, everyone seems more on edge, more confrontational, quicker to take offense, and less likely to compromise, lend a hand or even interact with other folks.
The lockdowns definitely contributed, but I'd say that socioeconomic conditions are a bigger driver.
Housing crunch (especially where the most jobs/money are), job market ("work remote from a less expensive area! wait, get back to the office or be fired!"), no movement on comprehensive medical reform, food shortages and spiking inflation/prices...then more crime on top of (also because of) all of the above, and it's no wonder there's less goodwill to go around.
When people have trouble getting their basic needs met, they're not going to be inclined to look out for others and are more likely to fight tooth and nail for what's theirs, and more likely to get into fights over practically nothing, like a few square feet of land.
When the National culture is "dog-eat-dog" and "Bleep-you me first" you are going to see behavior like this.
Yeah, that's another big contributor. Treating everything in life as zero-sum, someone-has-to-lose-for-me-to-win, really puts a crimp in things.
My wife is a teacher and often gets super depressed because a lot of parents are passing that screw-you, I-got-mine attitude down to their kids while she is trying to impress upon them the importance of looking out for others in the community.
I live in an average subdivision that has several lots containing an acre or more. Like many other developments we have a very active Homeowners Association with the usual restrictions; All?ÿ cars in garage, keep your yard up to community standards, no boats or R/V??s visible from street, pick up poop after your pet eats a Taco Bell burrito, etc. No washing machines on front porch or rebuilding engines allowed.
Like almost everywhere else all pets must be on a leash so as to prevent any unwanted pregnancies or Chihuahua's being eaten by a larger species. My next door neighbor doesn??t seem to take the leash law seriously and his dog ??Cocoa? makes regular deposits in my back yard. I don??t care about it but it makes me wonder why these people think laws do not apply to them. Cocoa??s owner is an orthopedic surgeon so he has to be somewhat intelligent.
Our development also has abundant wildlife which like everything dies. A relatively small opossum lost a fight with a coyote and the bloody mess ended up in my yard. I didn??t know anything was dead but Cocoa did and for the last three days when let out headed straight to the carcass to chew it and roll on it. After the last rolling episode I went to retrieve what was left and good god did it stink! I can only imagine what Cocoa stunk like and that he had more ??baths? in a week than in his entire life. Karma is real. ?????ÿ
The real problem is personal responsibility and accountability does not exist anymore. Just look at any leadership, role models, or government within the last 20 years.?ÿChaos abounds, and it's not an accident.
Three Dog Night had the answer 50 years ago.?ÿ Released in 1973.?ÿ Just make sure it's in someone else's corner of heaven.
Or feel the need to get away-ay-ay
I find a quiet place, far from the human race
Out in the country
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the night-time
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
Or need a bit of room to move
When life becomes too fast, I find relief at last
Out in the country
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the night-time
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the night-time
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the night-time
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the night-time
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The world needs one big block party.?ÿ?ÿ
.........My next door neighbor doesn??t seem to take the leash law seriously and his dog ??Cocoa? makes regular deposits in my back yard. I don??t care about it but it makes me wonder why these people think laws do not apply to them. Cocoa??s owner is an orthopedic surgeon so he has to be somewhat intelligent......
Pour bacon grease over Cocoa's poop.?ÿ Next time he's out, he'll eat it for you....
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.........My next door neighbor doesn??t seem to take the leash law seriously and his dog ??Cocoa? makes regular deposits in my back yard. I don??t care about it but it makes me wonder why these people think laws do not apply to them. Cocoa??s owner is an orthopedic surgeon so he has to be somewhat intelligent......
Pour bacon grease over Cocoa's poop.?ÿ Next time he's out, he'll eat it for you....
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I've kind of boiled it down to the golden rule doesn't really exist anymore.?ÿ People drive slow in the fast lane and don't care.?ÿ Let their dog deuce in your yard and don't care.?ÿ Blast music late and night and don't care.?ÿ The list goes on, and it's all stuff they wouldn't want done to themselves.?ÿ And then with the inflation maybe are feeling wealthier than usual and I've been saying for years booze and money are 2 things that make people more of what they already are.
It's a mix of issues converging.?ÿ We all remember bad things more than good so it's likely not quite as bad as we think.?ÿ Virtue is difficult to cultivate without spirituality, and fewer people seem to seek wisdom through spirituality or even introspection.?ÿ We punish ourselves for what we assume is our failure to achieve perfect equity without considering how novel our American experiment is and how much more difficult we have it than people living in culturally homogenous societies.?ÿ We are in the midst of a massive reorganization of the power structure brought forth by the internet and an inundation of information.?ÿ Is it reasonable to expect that having the internet and social media thrust onto us would not upset the applecart?
It also seems as though all empires that reach a high level of affluence experience a pronounced decline in the character or virtue of their citizens.?ÿ This can be described as walking up the ladder of empire on wooden shoes and coming down on silk slippers.?ÿ Testosterone levels have been dropping for decades.?ÿ The more I learn about the various empires, Assyrian, Persian, Roman, Mongol, Chinese, Ottoman, British, American, etc. the more I think it's a natural and nearly unstoppable phenomena.?ÿ The less we suffer the less we empathize.
We can at least take heart that we occupy the best real estate on planet Earth.?ÿ We're a net exporter of food and energy.?ÿ If we're in the beginnings of a decline, it's likely to be much much slower than most would predict.
booze and money are 2 things that make people more of what they already are.
So true
Please don't take this as political, it is a statement of how things were done for centuries.
Communities have both the strong and the weak living side by side.?ÿ From ancient times, the strong were sent off somewhere to do battle in the name of the weak left at home.?ÿ This left a calmer lifestyle to exist at home, while the weak became the primary breeders because the strong weren't around.?ÿ This was also a guarantee of a much slower population growth within the home community.
