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society self segregation?

posted 4 months ago by 123Guy (7259)
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THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS.
IF YOU CAN'T SEE THAT, PLEASE MOVE ON.

Driving through my average middle class neighborhood to my job in an upper middle area, I realized that these various aresa attract the same levels of people, mostly based on income, so these people types tend to hang out with the same people types.

In the less well off places, they hang out with less well off peoples, the middles go to local bar and grill and bowling alley, and the upper segment literally have a polo field half a block away.

I think, to be more progressive, I will encourage people to step out of their ZONE, and hang out with other peoples, so we can all get along better. Grow better understanding of each other, I'm sure we'll all get along just fine right?

In the less well off area, there is a liquor store that seems to attract the most people illing about, I will go hang out there and make some new friends. Maybe I can take in some of the polo matches and and make some new friends there.

Anyone ever done this before? MOST of my friends are very middling, just like me. But I don't see any reason for that to have to be that way.

Surely the elites down the road won't mind if I roll up, and start making conversation, nor would the lesser off mind me and my expensive car coming to hang out. What could possbily go wrong?

[–] blue1981 (7735) 4 months ago

People segregated by shared experiences. Weather that's by race, gender, or income class it's not a bad thing.

[–] 123Guy (7259) 4 months ago

yep, agreed.

but for everything to finally become EQUAL, we need to mix everything up more. right?
we have to correct the natural world, in unatural ways, for everything to be fair for everyone. :)

[–] Keelai (34856) 4 months ago

I agree. You can meet plenty of interesting people from different backgrounds by doing activities or joining groups outside of your neighborhood. Practically every friend I have since high school I met outside of my neighborhood.

Although diverse, our personalities are similar. Basically quiet lives and clean cut. I've expanded outward more by talking online to people from other countries. It's interesting to learn an entirely different worldview.

[–] BKB (9880) 4 months ago

[–] Keelai (33413) 2 days ago
I agree. You can meet plenty of interesting people from different backgrounds by doing activities or joining groups outside of your neighborhood. Practically every friend I have since high school I met outside of my neighborhood.

Although diverse, our personalities are similar. Basically quiet lives and clean cut. I've expanded outward more by talking online to people from other countries. It's interesting to learn an entirely different worldview."

I'm curious by nature, but I wonder if the people you talk with online from other Countries put you on ignore as much as the people here in the U.S on MC?? 🤔

[–] Keelai (34856) 4 months ago

Insecure scared Snowflake incels and manbabies who hide in their self-imposed bubble can't deal with truth nor reality which is the reason they live in a world of fantasy, denial, homogeneity and censorship.

Trolls bragging about placing dozen plus left-wing MCers on ignore are only broadcasting their inferiority complex.

[–] BKB (9880) 4 months ago

And THIS is exactly why so many posters on here have you on ignore and now I understand why and I will join them in putting you on ignore you old bag, so once again, you know the drill:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiKXcHyGMM8

[–] Keelai (34856) 4 months ago

Yet another snowflake hides in its self-imposed bubble. Good riddance!

Now I can address your cult's dopey conspiracy theories and racist/misogynistic/anti-LGBTQ/Islamophobic rants without the repeated back-and-forth and your trolling.

I get the last word which is fine with me.

[–] SemiAnimus (2353) 4 months ago

"Practically every friend I have since high school I met outside of my neighborhood."

I bet, like the people on this forum, the people in your neighborhood quickly realized what a fuckwad you are. You had no choice but to look elsewhere.

[–] Keelai (34856) 4 months ago

Stop trolling.

[–] JoWilli (19957) 4 months ago

I, Robot talked about this, which I find interesting. like animals and humans have always congregated together. why? I dont know.

if you see pictures of the Serengeti, every animal hangs out their own group and its the same for humans. we have white areas of town and black and asian and mexican. the asian part of town was coopted by mexicans. I am not sure where all the asians went.

my neighborhood was prob 80% white and 20% asian/black. now the mexicans are moving in and I would say its over 50% mexican now. I imagine in 10 years the entire neighborhood will be mexicans which means all the whites/blacks/asians will have to move somewhere else to be with their like kind.

many people dont know that until the 60's, Compton and Watts, CA was predominantly white. then the blacks started moving in and all the whites left. now the areas are shitholes.

[–] 123Guy (7259) 4 months ago

to be frank an honest, I'm okay with groups sticking with their groups. it's sort of a natural thing and I suspect will never change... it's like a bunch of people that love baseball and don't love golf: they will gather and love baseball all together.... but they would almost never move over to golf and suddenly love it. groups will group up with like minded people.

it's also cool to step out and learn from outside the group whenever possible.

[–] nyctc7 (43591) 4 months ago

While I don't 100% agree with Jimmie Walker here, I think he is an astute observer and commentator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usk-ma7wSaw&t=1471s

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77368) 4 months ago

Smart guy, I agree with a lot of what he has to say, he is indeed an astute observer of human behavior.

Where I live the demographics are roughly 68% white, 13% Hispanic and 10% Black and then ‘other.’
We all seem to get along just fine and there is no KKK/AB club active in the area (that I’m aware of.)
I think the races get on just fine when everyone is working hard and has a stake in the community.

Good clip👍

[–] 123Guy (7259) 4 months ago

yeah great clip. MAYBE this life as not how some people would WISH it was, but it is what it is and it's not actually wrong.

it just is the way it is.

[–] ColumboKate (5678) 4 months ago

To be honest, the thought of hanging about with rich people horrifies me as much as I would them.

I'm financially comfortable now, but in the past I've lived off potatoes for months on end and slept on park benches.

I couldn't hang out with people who don't understand what it's like to have nothing, and that folk just need to work harder.

Obviously not all rich people are like that but in general, I think they see us as commoner riff-raff.

[–] Kowalski (75523) 4 months ago

I'M POOR...WANNA HANG OUT?🙂

[–] ColumboKate (5678) 4 months ago

🤗

[–] nyctc7 (43591) 4 months ago

I thought I saw you around the club
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPvV5QiFYqU

[–] ColumboKate (5678) 4 months ago

Yeah, those guys lol. Very funny film though 😄.

[–] 123Guy (7259) 4 months ago

the hidden point of my post to be gleaned is that, REALISTICALLY, this sort of blending will never really happen or work.

and that is okay. except some think everything and everyone should all be equal, get along, and be the same. NEEEVA GONNA HAPPEN. Because real life has this variety and "segragation" - INEQUALITY, if you will - so, why people ever THINK it could ever all be equal and the same is beyond me.

like how golfers may not care about football, and vice versa. it's normal, and ok.

It's not commoner riff raff, it's vastly different life preceptions. Like throwing out a $300 lunch because you don't want it, or srambling for a half eaten can of tuna out of the garbage. Everyone sees their level okay, but different levels look insane. No reason to mix them or change.

[–] ColumboKate (5678) 4 months ago

That's very insightful. I think you're right about how people settle at their own level.

I think it's about being respectful of each other rather than equality then.

I remember shopping at Aldi and a woman was hurriedly packing her shopping into her car in M&S and Waitrose bags (these are "up market" supermarkets in the UK).

She kept looking around with a panicked look on her face. It made me chuckle to myself how she couldn't let her neighbours see her with Aldi shopping bags.

She could have just been responsibly reusing shopping bags and in a rush, but that's not the impression I got 🤭.