Oh, right, losing power. Personally. They're afraid of losing their own power. It's power that defines their self-image, and without that, they are nothing. They're "just like everyone else". Just like the poors. Nothing special. And, they so need to be special little boys and girls.
Home "security" cameras cause far, far more angst and grief than they do benefit.
"Hey, mister policeman, here's a video of a guy stealing my truck."
"Yep, that's a guy stealing your truck, alright."
"..."
"Should'a put it in your garage."
"My garage is full of crap I bought on Amazon. Some of it, I haven't even opened. Also, the truck didn't fit in the garage after I had it lifted."
"The report is filed, I'll let you know if we find anything."
"You're not going to find anything, are you?"
"We're not even going to look."
One-third of Nextdoor is lost pets. One-third is people selling crap they bought at Goodwill. And, the last third is people asking about the "suspicious" (non-white) man who walked down the sidewalk past their house at 5AM.
Where did the idea that life should have meaning even come from? Do elephants worry about this? Because, if elephants don't, then I won't bother either.
Businesses: "Build where land is cheaper, because there are no people there."
"But, we need people to work here, how do they get here?"
"They'll drive in cars, on roads, built by taxes levied against them. You don't think I'm paying for the roads, do you? Not a chance. They should be grateful I let them work with me."
No surprise at all. But, they'll claim no conflict every time. Not that I expect a scientist to be any more self-aware than anyone else, but it would be nice.
I don't ask for help out of stubbornness. I guess I never grew out of "I can do it myself!" But, now, I have no one to ask, so there's that.
I haven't had an actual friend in over 30 years. I had a roommate for four years who was the next-closest thing to a friend I had--mostly a friend, more than just a roommate, at least. Then I got married, and she seemed like a friend until she cheated on me. Other than that, I've had work acquaintances, some of whom I would occasionally hang out with outside of work, but once I quit and left, that ended, too. I've had many girlfriends over the years, but that's not really the same thing. It was never "friend with benefit", it was always benefit with friend. Once the benefit stopped, so did the friendship. So, yeah, not great at relationships.
I don't feel I've ever been outright abandoned. Apart from the divorce, the parting of ways was to some degree mutually agreed to. And, by the time the divorce was finalized, I was on board, too. You might think, "But, she cheated on you...", well, yes, but things aren't always so black and white and simple to parse.
It's true. Some people are born assholes, grow up to be assholes, and remain assholes their whole life. The nature half of "nurture, nature" can produce assholes, too.
My cat is chill about pretty much everything. I've never before had a cat so content and compliant. When I was the one feeding him in the morning, he never woke me up, he'd just sleep on the bed waiting for me. Once I was awake, though, he was a bit of a pest until I got up. But, even then, if I didn't immediately get up, he'd calm down and just wait. Coolest cat ever, I'll miss him when he's gone, he probably only has a couple of years left.
Cowards, yes, but what are they afraid of?
Oh, right, losing power. Personally. They're afraid of losing their own power. It's power that defines their self-image, and without that, they are nothing. They're "just like everyone else". Just like the poors. Nothing special. And, they so need to be special little boys and girls.