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In that suitcase was the remains of that guys wife and child. Little did the suited gentleman know that he was aiding a fugitive of the state on the run after a violent killing spree that lead him to murder those he loved only to sell their flesh as hot dogs to local street vendors.

(Someone write the next scenario)

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The sad thing is that anger works the same damn way...

Always gets me in the feels. Every.single.time. *promote

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So despite many of these encounters seeming like they could have been better resolved without the interference of random strangers, this illustrates surprisingly well what ought to be a universal practice.

Feels are all well and good, but you don't have to descend into the pig sty of emotions and sentimentality to recognise the utilitarian principle that whenever you can pay a small cost to give someone a substantially larger gain then humanity makes a net profit. You're enriching the entire world; and you live in the world, so that's usually a good idea.

Kindness? Pah. Karma? Pah. Game theory and rational cooperation? Yes.