Hey Pandas, Describe An Experience That Made You Lose Hope In Humanity (Closed)

The entire experience of being American since Trump entered politics. No hope for the future of this country and all the blowhard idiots.

When they overturned "Roe vs. Wade"

When the police used anti-riot tactics on my then 10yr old son and his dad while doing a peaceful march for "Black Lives Matter"

Watching the endless stream of decent human beings who just happen to be in a fixed income lose their housing and become homeless due to the skyrocketing housing market

Watching the country devolve around the lunatic ranting of an orange pumpkin.

The endless violence in our communities where people think it's perfectly okay to kill kids and school shootings...

And the list goes on... It grows longer each day.

Working in a public school. Parents lie through their teeth to teachers and administrators, blame everyone but themselves/their children for their kids' bad behavior, claim their children are being bullied when we know their child is, in fact, the bully, do their kids' homework/projects (it's glaringly obvious your 7 year old did not make that perfectly executed __________), demand their child receive special treatment from teachers/coaches, complain when their child is making poor grades after you've been asked multiple times to meet with their teacher to help fix the issue, sending kids to school sick (fevers, vomiting, diarrhea) because you think they're "fine" (then half their class gets sick as well as staff members), and watching parents bully their own kids because the parent refuses to take responsibility for their own mistakes.

The way anti-choice "sidewalk counselors" treat people going into or coming out of clinics where abortions are performed. Such as the she-demon who yelled at a couple "Congratulations - you just killed your daughter!" Or the ones shoving pictures of chopped up babies in the faces of people who are already traumatized by a tough decision. Or who aren't even getting abortions, but seeking health screenings they can't get anywhere else.

These vermin have the chutzpah to call themselves Christians!

"Alternative facts"

October 17, 2022. I woke up and turned on the news. The lead story that would dominate the headlines for weeks was the ambush killing of two Bristol Ct police officers, both of whom I had known personally. They had been lured into a trap by the killer when they responded to a fake emergency call. The third officer who responded was wounded but managed to kill the shooter with a single shot. The outpouring and sympathy for their families and love and support from the community was incredible. But the horrible fact remains that this person chose to take the lives of two people whose job it was to protect and serve their community. And there are still those-some right here on Bored Panda-who do not support the police. I agree that not every cop is honest or trustworthy, but it is not right to condemn them all for the actions of a few. Blue lives matter. They place those lives on the line every day to protect us all.

Waves arms around pointing at everything*

When a pig like Trump got elected...and the aftermath. He mobilized a most horrific attacks on minorities and democracy. The ignorance in this country is unconscionable.
He has brought America back to it's horrific roots.

When AI began making "art." The number of people who want this to happen so they don't have to pay a living person the actual value of their work and time is staggering.

If you're an artist look up Nightshade and Glaze.

a white kid 4th grader walked up to my black friend the other day and said the n-word.

also, i looked in the mirror :(

Teaching at a private school makes me lose and regain hope in humanity on a daily basis. Lying and bullying, amazing talent and curiosity, indifference and apathy, sensitivity and humanity in one big, amazing, all flavored package. Don't give up hope yet...

I spent 20 years as a crime/investigative reporter, saw it all, smelled it all, that's the job. Everyday, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day, you question humanity. You wonder if there is even such a thing as kindness. I'm hesitant to write this but I do so as someone who has seen the worst of us up close, but please know there are more good people out there, than bad. People who help strangers, people who run toward what others run from. Yeah it is messed up, brutal, but I still believe we've got a chance. I did walk away spent the last 20 years covering sports, but from seeing the caring of many of these responses, good to know, we still have a chance, don't give up on humanity, we need ya.

Wars over the stupidest f*****g things that cost people millions of lives. Rasicm, people hating the LGBTQ+ for no reason, people I hear in VR saying slavery should be legal. People hating all Cops for the small amount of cops that make the news. The last one is religion because even when I was in about 2nd or 3rd grade I had classmates saying I will go to hell because I don't believe in God. People making wars over the tiniest differences in their religion. This one is huge to me since I love animals, but when people kill or hurt animals just because they can, I just want to strangle those people for cause animals pain for no reason.

Not really one experience, but collective things I encounter or witness on the daily.

Instead of waiting for people to be able to move aside or waiting a turn to go, there's more pushy, impatient behaviour with no manners. Instead of an "excuse me, please.", people are barking "MOVE."

There are people who have mentioned they expect the government to not care nor fund social services, and that disadvantaged people should rely only on privately funded organizations and donations. Unfortunately, donations and charitable contributions are at an all time low. Society is becoming more on focusing on just ourselves and saying "you're on your own." to people in need. Less and less people are willing to help others and help to create teamwork in our communities.
Just recently in a FB group for people in my city, someone was offering services to shovel snow for people. He got just a couple genuine, interested inquiries and a lot of comments slamming him for charging $40 an hour, and saying they can do it themselves for free, or know someone else who could do the work for less. Sure, no one has to take up on his offer. But it's the principle. He's offering a service many could use, as shovelling snow in Canada, with the windrows of ice chunks the city plows leave in front of boulevards and driveways, and how much snow we got dumped on us, I would gladly pay $40 to have someone else do the shovelling. But I don't live in a house.

A women (I've noticed particularly, and others have, too.) just can't say anything positive with others leaving it positive. On that same group mentioned above (people in my city), I posted that it was so nice to hear the coyotes howling somewhere in the outskirts of the perimeter. Some jackass actually took that post as a tone of lament, and told me "Calm down. Stop complaining about coyotes." ...What??? It's not the first time someone told me to "calm down". I swear people are programmed to automatically assume any time a woman has something to say it's negative and nagging. Just something I've noticed. Maybe it's not anything new. I just thought society was moving forward better. Not backwards.

History DOES repeat itself, but in different contexts and situations. People really like organization and pitting people in neat, exclusive groups. However it may be done. We're doing this with divisive politics, generations, and still with race. It's never going to end.

There are more people in the world than ever in history. That means more sadists and manipulators than ever before. Human trafficking, slavery, killers and the like. It's happening in our towns, close to our homes.

Human meat, I learned recently is a thing somewhere. I'm not certain if it's something in North America to be concerned about.

Got bullied in 7th grade by someone I thought was my friend. Went on for a lot of the year before a teacher finally came to talk with us. She lied about everything and my teacher eventually just said “Just stay away from each other”. That was it. Little b***h got away scot-free.

Bored Panda posting the daily sewer line of celebrity gossip and TikTok garbage from Andréa Oldereide.

You expect only ONE answer??

Reading this article. We all need to stop focusing so much on the negative and look at the good that's going on around us.

Certain individuals are relentlessly trying to deprive those who don't conform to their beliefs, like transgender individuals, of their basic human rights. It's truly astounding that even in modern times, prejudice remains widespread. From xenophobia, transphobia, and homophobia to racism, ableism, and beyond, bigotry persists. Although it's acknowledged that complete eradication may be impossible, the pervasive discrimination is still alarming. The events such as January 6th, 2021, and The actions of certain political groups, like the MAGAs, evoke a visceral reaction, despite my disinterest in politics. The doomsday clock nearing midnight, the closest it's been since 1947, which starkly reflects on the state of humanity. Furthermore, within families, some parents exhibit abhorrent behavior towards their own children, motivated by a craving for dominance, or twisted satisfaction. I have seen multiple times from my fellow BP friends on here, that they're in vile families, and its disheartening to hear such a thing. The catalogue of injustices appears endless.

Until 2016 I thought humanity was okay. I believed the Dalai Lama when he said that the majority of people are peaceful, want to live-and-let-live, do not want to harm anyone. It was a minority who managed to always get in the news, that wanted otherwise. I thought the problems of the past were mostly due to lack of education, access to a wide variety of information and lack of personal safety. That if those things were removed people could not be inspired by someone who wants to create threats. Most of the world was happy to live in liberal democracy.

Then it became 2016 and I was shocked to discover how much of the world does not want to get along, doesn't appreciate the variety of experience and opinions that a liberal democracy allows, and only wants everyone to think and act exactly like them. I never realized how deeply fear was ingrained that even a decent education, access to information, freedom of thought and having consistent food in their bellies could not dispel.

That so many people could not spot such a charlatan, liar, conman, so full of hate and a threat to everything that was safe and secure. That they could be so convinced of threats that did not exist.

The ignorance, superstition and emotional immaturity of the Middle Ages were not an anomaly that humanity had to live through and learn from in order to become better persons. They were very likely the default. Humanity might struggle to get out of that and the mindset that started the Second World War, but it always going to revert to that.