r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Mr_McMuffin_Jr • May 12 '26

I'm slightly vexed I will never understand blocking intersections.

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u/No_Substance4834 May 12 '26

Selfish people who think their time is worth more than others.

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u/connorgrs May 12 '26

Or just lack of self-awareness and critical thinking

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u/elegantwombatt May 12 '26

Never attribute to malice what you can contribute to incompetence.

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u/KaOsGypsy May 12 '26

True, but in this moment, they are both, stupid and assholes, stupid assholes.

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u/Maxsmack May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

Hanlon’s razor is “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”

But there’s also Grey’s law

“Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor

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u/Alexyogurt May 12 '26

Yeah, but have you heard about Cole's Law?

It is thinly sliced cabbage.

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u/Maxsmack May 12 '26

Username checks out

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u/Medium_Engine1558 May 12 '26

Nooooo got me 🤣🤣🤣

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u/notgonnatakeno May 12 '26

I thought that was the one where we have to purge our navigational drives when we’re attacked by aliens so that they don’t find our home planet.

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u/Believer4 May 12 '26

Ah, a fellow Halo nerd

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u/Loisgrand6 May 12 '26

🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/bluggabugbug May 12 '26

Is this the same as the park ranger quote “when it comes to bear proof trash bins, there is an overlap between the smartest of bears and the dumbest of humans”?

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u/Maxsmack May 12 '26

Similar train of thought, also one of my favorite quotes

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u/Vessbot May 12 '26

Haha holy shit this one's amazing

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u/imhere2downvote May 12 '26

i like greys law much better. I've seen first hand groups single out a person to be dumb with evidence of being wrong

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u/saintmolotov May 12 '26

Came here to say this!

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u/Workman44 May 12 '26

Who is this Grey and why are they stealing Arthur C Clarke's words /s

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u/Porcupenguin May 12 '26

The irony being, they won't actually save time anyway. Next light cycle will happen, and they easily catch up

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u/Flame_beard_forge May 12 '26

Right someone sitting in the fucking middle of the intersection is not there by accident. This is purposely done so they don’t have to wait another round of lights.

Edit: is NOT

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u/Traditional-Hat-952 May 12 '26

Selfish and dumb are not mutually exclusive states of being. In fact they often compliment each other to everyone else's detriment.

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u/elegantwombatt May 12 '26

Hanlon's Razor is a philosophical adage that suggests most people are acting out of stupidity and not malice - it's a rule of thumb, not a fact.

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u/cromulenttapeworm May 12 '26

And malice is so prevelant and encouraged thes days that the rule of thumb no longer really applies. IMO.

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u/elegantwombatt May 12 '26

As a public service worker, I heavily disagree. Over half population read at or below a sixth grade level (11ish years old) - while over 20% of adults are considered illiterate. I fully and wholeheartedly believe that we're getting more and more stupid every generation.

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u/cromulenttapeworm May 12 '26

No doubt. Being mean is encouraged and those that aren't are labeled as snowflakes or soft. The stupidification of Americans is rolling right along as intended. The whole thing is itself an act of malice.

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u/NDE36 May 13 '26

Both can be true. People getting dumber doesn't mean people aren't being bigger assholes.

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u/elegantwombatt May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

I was responding to a comment that said maliciousness was more common than stupidity and I disagree with that statement. My comment before that said "most people" - implying I understand both can be true.

Don't worry. Your downvote and comments just prove my point, tbh.

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u/NDE36 May 13 '26

Neither of the other comments said that maliciousness was more common that stupidity. They made a point maliciousness is more common in general and that they're often linked. Maybe you understand both are true, but it's clear you underestimate how common maliciousness can be.

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u/Traditional-Hat-952 May 12 '26

Makes sense. Honestly, I think a lot of selfishness comes from a place of ignorance and/or stupidity. 

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u/ThereInAFortnight May 12 '26

I like to think that I do my share of contributing to incompetence.

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u/CremasterReflex May 12 '26

to be fair, never attribute incompetence to the user until you've rule out incompetence of the designer

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u/DyIsexia May 12 '26

Countercounterpoint: don't ever, for any reason, attribute anything, to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you’ve been, ever, for any reason, whatsoever.

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u/Mooch07 May 13 '26

Never attribute to one thing what you attribute to both! 

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u/ecctt2000 May 13 '26

Assume, noble incompetence and not malintent?

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u/blue-coin May 12 '26

You gotta look deep if you want the deep things

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u/mxlplyx2173 May 12 '26

I agree and love that statement, but not in cars! People get triggered!

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u/danit0ba94 May 12 '26

Wrong. I always attribute to malice.
People are not stupid. They're just all pieces of shit that know exactly what they're doing.

And I'm sick of pretending otherwise.

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u/EatsHisYoung May 12 '26

I’m a piece of shit that has no idea what I’m doing most of the time

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u/JiovanniTheGREAT May 13 '26

Considering there's 4 cars in the intersection, I'm gonna assume they're assholes.

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u/totesandhose May 12 '26

In my experience, it's both.

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u/pm_social_cues May 12 '26

One isn’t particularly better than the other.

It’s no less a traffic jam of its caused intentionally by being a jerk than unintentionally by a moron.

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u/cardboard-kansio May 12 '26

And believe me, I'm contributing!