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OP, you sound insane.

Reminded me of some creepy pm's I read a few days ago:

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Don't become like this, OP.
 
OP is in Japan where he could be learning about a different culture and relishing the perspective and THIS is his fucking headspace?


Yikes.
 
Chumley said:
I don't recall ever complaining about anything, I just said I think turning down a simple act of kindness could kind of make someone an asshole depending on the context. Pretty straightforward.
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Fine, lemme pull out the ole dictionary here....

C... Camp... Clerk... Communicate...Compare... Contrast... shit too far... Ah! Complain: verb, french, Express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something.

Guess what, calling someone rude is expressing dissatisfaction or annoyance about something. You are expressing dissatisfaction that someone is not doing you a favor, ie You are complaining.

And you called that woman, who was polite, an asshole. That's amazing.
 
Why do you ask her if you cannot accept a rejection? Better shove it on her face and force her to do it, goddammit!

Also OP, have you heard of scams? A lot of scammers will use distractions like yours to steal or harass someone. Maybe this lady has her own reasons and whatever they are, she doesn't have to explain them to you.

Buy a selfie stick for your friend, it will help with this kind of stuff.
 
I can see why the OP was surprised as 99% of the time people will take the pic for you but like others said the lady isn't obliged to, so no big deal really.
 
Of course it's normal! Sure not many people will say no, but it doesn't mean they're rude, and they don't have to explain why! She said sorry, that's more than enough

in fact i would have said no too, i would have say "sorry don't have time" and be on my way, they don't need me for that, there's plenty of other people, i don't want to bother (if you were asking for directions, it would be different)
 
What is your problem dude? She said no...and? What else?

Did she mock you? Did she flick you off?

Jesus, thank god I haven't run into someone as high and mighty as you, mr good manners.
 
Wow, surprised by how many people are aggressively against the idea of helping others when they ask for minor acts of assistance being something expected of them.

Just because you have the right to refuse to help without explanation doesn't make you the better person, infact it doesn't even make you an equal, because you've chosen to dismiss someone and judged them not worthy of being given the basic dignity of communication in explaining why you won't help with such a simple task, and that is undeniably rude.

It might not be necessary, and yes, she gave the bare minimum of a 'sorry' (although being British, sorry just sounds like a reflex to me that can have the contextual real meaning of 'fuck off'), but we should all be expecting any stranger to have the basic level of selfless kindness to want to unthinkingly help a stranger with a minor request, or at least respect them enough to properly communicate with them instead of brush them off dismissively.

Honestly, it's like people are proud of the idea that everyone is more and more becoming self centred, isolated, entitled arseholes with no sense of social responsibility or respect for either other people or there role in building a better, kinder, friendlier world.
 
Stilton Disco said:
Wow, surprised by how many people are aggressively against the idea of helping others when they ask for minor acts of assistance being something expected of them.

Just because you have the right to refuse to help without explanation doesn't make you the better person, infact it doesn't even make you an equal, because you've chosen to dismiss someone and judged them not worthy of being given the basic dignity of communication in explaining why you won't help with such a simple task, and that is undeniably rude.

It might not be necessary, and yes, she gave the bare minimum of a 'sorry' (although being British, sorry just sounds like a reflex to me that can have the contextual real meaning of 'fuck off'), but we should all be expecting any stranger to have the basic level of selfless kindness to want to unthinkingly help a stranger with a minor request, or at least respect them enough to properly communicate with them instead of brush them off dismissively.

Honestly, it's like people are proud of the idea that everyone is more and more becoming self centred, isolated, entitled arseholes with no sense of social responsibility or respect for either other people or there role in building a better, kinder, friendlier world.
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Please Respond.
 
Tenck said:
Biggest wtf is the post above yours.

I was just about to sleep too but now I'm laughing at how insane some of the people on here are.
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I am not sure if that post is a joke or not... I want to think he is making that post to point out how insane OP may be for making a thread about this "issue". I am not sure though.
 
I wish people that have no idea what a decent photo looks like did that. I don't ask people to take photos for me. If I need myself in the photo I take a selfie, if I need something else, I just take it. Once a guy took a photo of me in front of a tall cathedral and he accomplished 50% of the photo being the GROUND, then myself up to the eyes only and on the background there was the sidewalk, a bus passing by and literally a quarter if the entrance door (half covered by the bus and half of the half not in the pic. Amazing.

Not to say the people that think that you want a photo exactly where you ask them, meaning that they wont rotate their bodies 90 degrees. You are in front of a landmark but ofc you dont want a photo with that background, you want a photo with that not famous, old and dirty bakery that is across the street on the background...

And then come those that have no idea of when to use landscape and portrait. Oh boy.

Funny fact: A guy once asked me to take photos of him and his gf, except that he said he was going to propose her there. He was for sure more nervous for asking a random stranger to shot that moment than the proposal itself. He even had a fancy camera, manual focus and all, perfect equipment for a big failure lol. Luckly I was the chosen one and the photos were fine (I wont say amazing haha but they were definetely good). I can imagine if hr asked my gf or her friend that was with us, both of them have all the problems I described up.
 
Holy shit, so many people in this thread have such warped views on interacting with other people that it makes me feel like a social butterfly.

Well, I guess this is a gaming forum, after all.
 
EBE said:
7 pages? What the fuck?


Edit. Lol. Are you guys being serious now? What is even happening
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You'd think after page one he would have figured it out he's in the wrong.

Here's a contrasting experience I've had. Recently on vacation at Disney World I had a family ask me to take their picture. I took their photo and when I handed their camera back requested a photo in return. They declined and walked away. Were they assholes and should I be upset?
Who cares. I laughed and moved on with my life.
 
Stilton Disco said:
Wow, surprised by how many people are aggressively against the idea of helping others when they ask for minor acts of assistance being something expected of them.

Just because you have the right to refuse to help without explanation doesn't make you the better person, infact it doesn't even make you an equal, because you've chosen to dismiss someone and judged them not worthy of being given the basic dignity of communication in explaining why you won't help with such a simple task, and that is undeniably rude.

It might not be necessary, and yes, she gave the bare minimum of a 'sorry' (although being British, sorry just sounds like a reflex to me that can have the contextual real meaning of 'fuck off'), but we should all be expecting any stranger to have the basic level of selfless kindness to want to unthinkingly help a stranger with a minor request, or at least respect them enough to properly communicate with them instead of brush them off dismissively.

Honestly, it's like people are proud of the idea that everyone is more and more becoming self centred, isolated, entitled arseholes with no sense of social responsibility or respect for either other people or there role in building a better, kinder, friendlier world.
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LOL.

If anything the OP is much more self-centered, whining to GAF simply because someone refused to take a picture for him (might be because she's busy, or she's in the middle of doing something, or whatever), acting really entitled.
 
Stilton Disco said:
Wow, surprised by how many people are aggressively against the idea of helping others when they ask for minor acts of assistance being something expected of them.

Just because you have the right to refuse to help without explanation doesn't make you the better person, infact it doesn't even make you an equal, because you've chosen to dismiss someone and judged them not worthy of being given the basic dignity of communication in explaining why you won't help with such a simple task, and that is undeniably rude.

It might not be necessary, and yes, she gave the bare minimum of a 'sorry' (although being British, sorry just sounds like a reflex to me that can have the contextual real meaning of 'fuck off'), but we should all be expecting any stranger to have the basic level of selfless kindness to want to unthinkingly help a stranger with a minor request, or at least respect them enough to properly communicate with them instead of brush them off dismissively.

Honestly, it's like people are proud of the idea that everyone is more and more becoming self centred, isolated, entitled arseholes with no sense of social responsibility or respect for either other people or there role in building a better, kinder, friendlier world.
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For the record, before this devolves into the (rightful) backlash you're going to receive for this honestly insane post, no one was saying that the woman is the better person for having refused. I haven't read a single post that said that. What we DID say is that OP is a whiny manchild for not recognizing the right for her to say no and not bend to his every whim

Shitposting may continue

lmao at interpreting "sorry" as "fuck off" how do you even interact on like a basic level with other people
 
Stilton Disco said:
Wow, surprised by how many people are aggressively against the idea of helping others when they ask for minor acts of assistance being something expected of them.

Just because you have the right to refuse to help without explanation doesn't make you the better person, infact it doesn't even make you an equal, because you've chosen to dismiss someone and judged them not worthy of being given the basic dignity of communication in explaining why you won't help with such a simple task, and that is undeniably rude.

It might not be necessary, and yes, she gave the bare minimum of a 'sorry' (although being British, sorry just sounds like a reflex to me that can have the contextual real meaning of 'fuck off'), but we should all be expecting any stranger to have the basic level of selfless kindness to want to unthinkingly help a stranger with a minor request, or at least respect them enough to properly communicate with them instead of brush them off dismissively.

Honestly, it's like people are proud of the idea that everyone is more and more becoming self centred, isolated, entitled arseholes with no sense of social responsibility or respect for either other people or there role in building a better, kinder, friendlier world.
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What the fuck is this sentiment? It's bizarre. If you ask someone for a favor, even for something little, but it's somehow "rude" to turn it down then you're a douche. Don't burden people with expectations that you're either entitled to them granting your requests or that they provide a story or personal information regarding why they didn't. She could be busy. Maybe she's wearing uncomfortable shoes or has a degenerative joint disease that makes it painful to move. Maybe someone close to her died and she really doesn't want to interact with people at the time. Maybe she has social anxiety, or a phobia of touching other people's things due to germs. You really expect someone to divulge information like that to a stranger?

"Can you do this thing for me?"
"No, sorry."
"That's all right, sorry to bother you."
And then you ask someone else if possible. The world keeps spinning. Why do you think OP would be owed more than that?

Edit: This thread just reminded of a time in school when I was snacking on some candy and someone in my class that I barely spoke to asked for some out of the blue. I said no, and everyone in the room went "OOOOOOO" like I just insulted their mother. It was weird then and it's weird now.
 
I find it crazy that you are actually thinking about it at all lol. If i asked someone to take a picture and they refused i just would ask someone else and never think about it again.
 
BernardoOne said:
I find it crazy that you are actually thinking about it at all lol. If i asked someone to take a picture and they refused i just would ask someone else and never think about it again.
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OP actually did get someone else to successfully take the picture

And then still proceeded to make this thread
 
Stilton Disco said:
Wow, surprised by how many people are aggressively against the idea of helping others when they ask for minor acts of assistance being something expected of them.

Just because you have the right to refuse to help without explanation doesn't make you the better person, infact it doesn't even make you an equal, because you've chosen to dismiss someone and judged them not worthy of being given the basic dignity of communication in explaining why you won't help with such a simple task, and that is undeniably rude.

It might not be necessary, and yes, she gave the bare minimum of a 'sorry' (although being British, sorry just sounds like a reflex to me that can have the contextual real meaning of 'fuck off'), but we should all be expecting any stranger to have the basic level of selfless kindness to want to unthinkingly help a stranger with a minor request, or at least respect them enough to properly communicate with them instead of brush them off dismissively.

Honestly, it's like people are proud of the idea that everyone is more and more becoming self centred, isolated, entitled arseholes with no sense of social responsibility or respect for either other people or there role in building a better, kinder, friendlier world.
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The backfire on the OP was already amazing but this takes the thread to new levels.

I can just hear the Curb music playing in the background.
 
BernardoOne said:
I find it crazy that you are actually thinking about it at all lol. If i asked someone to take a picture and they refused i just would ask someone else and never think about it again.
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She said no, politely, that's gotta burn his soul.

I know I would be fuming, I'd probably call her out selfish behaviour right there and demand she take the picture or else.
 
Zeyphersan said:
OP actually did get someone else to successfully take the picture

And then still proceeded to make this thread
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What i find crazy is that he considers a polite refusal "rude", but he's complaining about a stranger's perfectly ok behaviour on a internet forum in hopes of having other people condemning that behaviour as well ... It seems far far more rude lol.
 
Miles Quaritch said:
She said no, politely, that's gotta burn his soul.

I know I would be fuming, I'd probably call her out selfish behaviour right there and demand she take the picture or else.
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And when you turn around and she's gone? Fuuuuck...

You carry that shit with you all morning, like a stone in your chest. You gotta let that out somewhere.

Like Neogaf. They'll understand.
 
Stilton Disco said:
Wow, surprised by how many people are aggressively against the idea of helping others when they ask for minor acts of assistance being something expected of them.

Just because you have the right to refuse to help without explanation doesn't make you the better person, infact it doesn't even make you an equal, because you've chosen to dismiss someone and judged them not worthy of being given the basic dignity of communication in explaining why you won't help with such a simple task, and that is undeniably rude.

It might not be necessary, and yes, she gave the bare minimum of a 'sorry' (although being British, sorry just sounds like a reflex to me that can have the contextual real meaning of 'fuck off'), but we should all be expecting any stranger to have the basic level of selfless kindness to want to unthinkingly help a stranger with a minor request, or at least respect them enough to properly communicate with them instead of brush them off dismissively.

Honestly, it's like people are proud of the idea that everyone is more and more becoming self centred, isolated, entitled arseholes with no sense of social responsibility or respect for either other people or there role in building a better, kinder, friendlier world.
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Stilton Disco said:
Wow, surprised by how many people are aggressively against the idea of helping others when they ask for minor acts of assistance being something expected of them.

Just because you have the right to refuse to help without explanation doesn't make you the better person, infact it doesn't even make you an equal, because you've chosen to dismiss someone and judged them not worthy of being given the basic dignity of communication in explaining why you won't help with such a simple task, and that is undeniably rude.

It might not be necessary, and yes, she gave the bare minimum of a 'sorry' (although being British, sorry just sounds like a reflex to me that can have the contextual real meaning of 'fuck off'), but we should all be expecting any stranger to have the basic level of selfless kindness to want to unthinkingly help a stranger with a minor request, or at least respect them enough to properly communicate with them instead of brush them off dismissively.

Honestly, it's like people are proud of the idea that everyone is more and more becoming self centred, isolated, entitled arseholes with no sense of social responsibility or respect for either other people or there role in building a better, kinder, friendlier world.
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This post is missing a /s surely?

No one is aggressively against the idea of helping anyone, most in here are rightly ridiculing the OP for their sense of entitlement.
 
Lace said:
You'd think after page one he would have figured it out he's in the wrong.

Here's a contrasting experience I've had. Recently on vacation at Disney World I had a family ask me to take their picture. I took their photo and when I handed their camera back requested a photo in return. They declined and walked away. Were they assholes and should I be upset?
Who cares. I laughed and moved on with my life.
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That's actually pretty wild. I'd be pretty flabbergasted that they wouldn't return the favour but wouldn't pay it any mind after the fact lol
 
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