No, I’m not naive for being a good samaritan. It’s called being a fucking normal social animal you broken fuck. Why do you think our society is falling apart?
I swear to god, capitalism has turned people into the most miserable, narcissistic fucks. No, I’m not trying to trick or manipulate you. No I’m not stupid. I just don’t want to live in a world where everything is transactional and we can’t just help each other. A world where everyone is a selfish asshole is depressing and stressful. It’s fucking insulting when people assume I’m not genuine.
Lots of folks are skeptical of outwardly selfless people because of prior abuse from those who pretended to be good people. Searching for “the angle” is a defense mechanism for them.
Sure, there’s plenty more who thinks everyone has an angle in a cynical, ill-natured way, but I don’t think it’s good to lump the former in with the latter
I have also experienced this which is why it’s even more annoying to me when people who are genuinely trying to be selfless are brushed off as being bad people.
Ohh damn, and if an entire society experienced this type of abuse…