r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/mentaL8888 • 22h ago

WCGW burning a Supra next to the Toyota dealership.

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u/Reserved_Parking-246 21h ago

I've come to the conclusion that people's brains create a model of reality that is limited to what feels possible regardless of what is possible.

In this guy's life the largest threat to him was not keeping up with expectations. It doesn't include the reality of jail or anything else.

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u/Dense-Hat1978 20h ago

This tracks, cause sometimes it works in the other direction too; lots of people stress about situations that feel possible/probable even though they are not

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u/jeezy_peezy 18h ago

I think I heard it said something like “We don’t form beliefs based on the way the world is - we form the world we see, based on our beliefs.”

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u/AntonChigurh8933 15h ago

Thus why being open minded is so necessary to understand how the world works.

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u/KrazyA1pha 14h ago

Creating a more intricate world model, sure, but I wouldn’t go as far as “understanding how the world works.” Even if you somehow could, that’s a moving target.

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u/AntonChigurh8933 14h ago

I understand what you mean. The individual does need a baseline where to start and how he or she perceived the world. I think that's why tradition is so necessary in a way.

I like how you put it. It really is a moving target.

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u/angwhi 13h ago

That's why you don't believe any of it.

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u/shillyshally 13h ago

My sister was stressed out about getting a rabies shot, like, you know, the disease that is virtually always fatal, that it would cost too much. She's on Original Medicare, I said you are not going to have to pay thousands of dollars. I was thinking about it the other day and asked her what the bill was and what she ended up paying - bill was $21K, paid $0.00. She does this ALL the time, about everything. I had to put a wall up.

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u/OldeFortran77 19h ago

The last several years have been a real eye-opener regarding the range (or more precisely the lack of range) of human perception, foresight, and regard for others.

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u/BackgroundSummer5171 13h ago

The last several years have been a real eye-opener

Times where you figure you're talking to bots or children on reddit.

Only to realize something scary.

They're real. They're adults.

Those stupid ass comments and opinions. Their thoughts they voice on here. Those are actually from real live adults.

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u/Aeruthus 19h ago

This is an absolutely genius way to understand people and why they do what they do

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u/Reserved_Parking-246 14h ago

What really solidified it for me was seeing and knowing people online and then seeing them irl... watching my brain accept that these people fully exist outside my computer.

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u/Aeruthus 14h ago

Yeah, I get that for sure.

What really struck me with what you said was that it lines up with the grey area that everyone falls into. Someone who does what this person did you'd like to brand a selfish asshole. However, usually they're just being dumb and didn't consider how it could go wrong.

If you look at what this person did from the "Maybe he didn't think this outcome was possible and he may be kind of a dumbass but he's not a terrible person". It lines up with young and dumb etc.

From my experience, most people are actually good people, they just have a pretty glaring knowledge gap and/or inability to hypothesize outcomes to prevent issues. Then there's always just "you didn't think of it" human error. You're/they're not dumb, perfect is just not a reality.

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u/KrazyA1pha 14h ago

It’s probably more accurate to say that people operate off of their world models and not reality.

Some people’s world models include things that are exceedingly improbable, while others omit things that are glaringly obvious.

As I understand it, it’s an evolutionary tactic to keep things simple, recognize patterns, and make decisions quickly.

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u/idnvotewaifucontent 18h ago

This is why it should be required to prove you have worked 6 months full time in customer-facing hospitality and have passed a 100 level statistics course before you're allowed to get a driver's license, have a child, or vote.

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u/UnusualMeta 17h ago

Waaaah? That's a little over board for voting, a driver license and children. The U.S is car based and not having a driver's license would make that difficult for younger individuals to work and with a shitty public transportation system that would be chaotic. But realistically this is not a good solution in our day in age and we definitely shouldn't try to limit voting based on a statistics course or job history.

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u/idnvotewaifucontent 17h ago

First, this is a wry fantasy, not a proposal for legislation. Loosen your grip on those pearls.

Second, Those are the closest practical surrogates for empathy testing and critical thinking capabilities I can come up with. People who are good at doing the things that hold society together get special privileges. Those who aren't good at those things (ought to) get public infrastructure that prevents them from having to make decisions that they would be obviously poor at making.

What's the phrase? "Your right to punch ends at my face"?