socialization, capitalism, kindness

"i was in line at aldi and this girl with two toddlers in front of me had her card declined and she looked so fucking sad and said "let me call my husband real quick" and it was only 18 dollars, so i just paid for it, and she was very sweet and then as she walked off, the lady behind me said "you know that was probably a scam, right?" and like, even if it was, like what a sad fucking scam, right? 18 dollars at the aldi.

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do good recklessly
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i dont care if it was a scam or not. just do nice things for people sometimes

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another time, my dad gave 50 bucks to a guy who said he needed to buy medicine for his kids. i told my dad he was probably going to spend the money on alcohol or something, but my dad said that "whether he was lying or not says something about HIS character, but hearing someone in need and choosing not to help when i have the meanst to says something about mine" "