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Comment by protomyth

Really, that's what this article says to you?

Sometime folks look at others who are not doing so well and decide to pick up the tab, or just feel like doing it for a complete stranger. Some of its religion, some of it is just spreading the wealth. Sometime its just looking at others in bad situations. Sometimes its just to make themselves feel better.

I've done it a couple of times. I payed for a young lady at a McDonalds because their credit card machine was out and she didn't have cash and had a kid with her. No big deal for me, but I would imagine it helped her day. I've bought one of the pink coffee mugs (breast cancer awareness) and told the clerk to give it to the next lady who comes in. I got to see the reaction, but she never knew who bought it.

Spread a little joy, the world's a circle and it comes back to you.

"If you think this is paranoid, you don't know how our world works."

No, I just find it sad that you believe the dark corners of the world define the whole.

parent protomyth 13 years ago

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