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My wife would text me saying there was baby formula at which ever store and could I try there on the way home. The number of times some [jerk] would be in there with a shopping cart full, wiping out the entire inventory, enraged me.
If they hadn’t already checked out yet I would grab two out of their cart. They always yelled about it and threatened but none of them actually physically tried to stop me. But that’s pretty much only an option for me because I’m a big dude. I can’t imagine many women being co for table doing that to a random guy in the store.
I think people who do that with PS5s, etc are [jerks] who I don’t respect at all.
But people who do that with things like baby formula are horrendous monsters.
There is an important distinction that you need to keep in mind when you think about behavior that goes against moral, ethical, and social norms. Immoral and amoral behavior are not the same.
The former, immoral behavior, means that the person who breaks rules and laws knows that they are doing something wrong. The latter, amoral behavior, means that someone or something has no sense of morality or simply does not care about things like right or wrong.
So, for example, corrupt politicians, robbers, con artists, and that friend of yours from college who pretended to have cancer so they could trick people into donating massive amounts of money to them are all immoral.
However, natural disasters, predators in the wild, malicious computer programs, and small children who don’t (yet) have an understanding of ethics are amoral.
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My husband, who had known and helped care for my sister since she was 9, had to go to therapy to process what my Mom accused him of after we were audited and interviewed and our entire relationship was autopsied. My sister had to go to therapy to process my Mom in general. They (my husband and sister) had to go to therapy together to repair the damage the accusations had caused to their relationship.
My husband is a loving, caring and safe person. My sister has been my baby since I was 9 - my Mom made overnight feedings my responsibility because she had to work, and my sister just became my job from there. I got custodial guardianship when I was 14 so I could register her for school, because my Mom wouldn't because she was drunk and depressed. I moved out at 16 and tried to take my sister-child with me, but that meant my Mom would have lost the child support. So, she fought me for years (while abusing my sister financially, mentally, emotionally and occasionally physically) to keep her.
I fought from 16 to age 21 to get her back. Eventually, the government sided with me.
My Mom spiraled hard. She tried quite a few increasingly crazy things that just cemented the decision. So, going after my husband was the only way she knew how to get back at me, because my record was clean otherwise because I'm not a crazy narcissist.
I'm in my 30s now. My sister finished growing up with us, graduated from highschool with full scholarships and is now living her own life with her own apartment and her own cat. We are very proud of her. She comes home a few times a month and basically empties our pantry for her own, like any other kid. She comes home for Yule, expects us to address her cat as our grandcat and calls me whenever she needs her Mom. I get flowers and an apology that I beg her to stop giving every Mother's Day.
I don't know what my mother is doing these days, but whatever it is, it's far from us and we're all better for it.
You could argue that truly evil individuals are those who are immoral (they know they are behaving wrongly) and intentionally aim to harm others, instead of ‘just’ gunning for personal gain. They enjoy causing chaos and destruction.
On the flip side, something like a wolf stalking and cornering a helpless sheep, while hurtful, cannot be considered evil. The wolf is acting according to its nature, hunting to eat.
And yet, despite the world having so many immoral individuals, you will also find plenty of altruistic people, behaving in kind ways without expecting anything in return. Sure, being kind can make you feel happy and improve your reputation in the community, but at the end of the day, it demands that you sacrifice more than you get.
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Now, as an adult, I am terrified that an adult human being can have so much hatred for a skin color that even the sight of a small child with the wrong skin color makes them feel rage and hatred. I will never forget the look in their eyes when they saw me. Changed my life forever, it was so traumatizing. It took me years to overcome the agoraphobia that came after. It’s hard to leave your house when you know people hate you that much simply by looking at you.
Some altruistic folks simply want to help others. Others feel the call of duty, loyalty, or their faith, which drives their altruism.
It is vital that you remind yourself that, due to negativity bias, humans focus more on negative than positive news. There are kind, altruistic people out there, not just evil, selfish villains who make you feel sick to your very soul.
At the end of the day, it falls to each of us to inspire others with our actions and call out those who violate the social contract with their unethical plans. The world changes incrementally, for better or for worse.
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It’s accepted as “smart business” but really it’s just gross wealth hoarding.
Which of these morally disgusting stories made you feel so icky that you think even your soul could use a shower? What, realistically, do you think could help these immoral individuals see the errors of their ways, make amends, and grow into genuinely good, kind, ethical members of society?
What are the most immoral, horrible things that you’ve ever witnessed someone do? What happened to those people? If you feel like sharing some of the worst parts of humanity that you’ve personally seen, you can do so in the comments.
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My mother spent every last penny she had paying to defend him in court.
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We had a new director of operations show up and she starts showboating during a meeting about how we’re “leaving money on the table.” “They’re getting paid, why shouldn’t we?!”
I fired back, “So you want to work for a company where some abused child can’t get justice because you want $20? How are you going to explain that to our customers when that lawyer tells them that we’re holding up the case?”
I had already been looking for a new job, but my search ramped up after that.
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