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toasterlovin · 2020-01-19 16:33:15

I’d personally rather have less death and mayhem than be able to blame someone for it...

thalev | karma 31 | avg karma 6.2 · | 2016-05-22 06:18:14

fair enough, but I'd rather not be one that is responsible for that

slededit | karma 4343 | avg karma 2.43 · | 2018-11-22 08:21:50+00:00

I find people need someone to blame for things. It makes the world seem more manageable. It’s not really a rational reaction to the situation.

mavhc | karma 3259 | avg karma 1.49 · | 2020-12-14 15:24:13+00:00

They'd rather avoid the blame hitting them

amelius | karma 42902 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2018-12-05 18:02:05+00:00

Less culpable.

spanxx | karma 67 | avg karma 1.03 · | 2018-12-12 02:24:35

It's always easier to blame others than accept own's responsibility.

ballenf | karma 8489 | avg karma 4.16 · | 2017-04-03 18:27:50

Very astute observation. Allowing for bad acts or bad outcomes without a scapegoat (because accident) makes us feel less in control of our world.

newsclues | karma 2416 | avg karma 1.16 · | 2024-05-22 19:18:04

Blame is less important than who is responsible for the solution!

RyJones | karma 2680 | avg karma 2.67 · | 2019-07-05 21:58:21

I would rather blame my failings on others; sure. As long as it keeps introspection at bay, I’m for it.

evunveot | karma 382 | avg karma 3.41 · | 2018-02-15 14:34:55+00:00

More responsibility, i.e. it's easier to monumentally screw up and get rightfully blamed for it.

082349872349872 | karma 9379 | avg karma 1.15 · | 2020-11-01 06:55:37

Maybe distally, but more proximally I'd first put the blame on the people who have been running over or shooting other people.

wjy | karma 143 | avg karma 2.31 · | 2010-06-10 08:29:37

Maybe for some people, the point is to clean up the mess. To them, assignment of blame is less important than aversion of disaster. I'm not sure if I subscribe to that view myself, but I can certainly sympathize with it.

nerdponx | karma 22397 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2021-12-12 12:19:15

It's easier to blame a nebulous 3rd party than to take responsibility.

b9a2cab5 | karma 1080 | avg karma 3.59 · | 2021-10-23 22:47:17

It's easy to blame the system instead of making people take personal responsibility for their actions.

wdewind | karma 5454 | avg karma 3.45 · | 2017-06-03 12:20:14

Not to be pedantic, but the fact that you are literally assigning percentage blames to entities means you do not, in fact, violently agree with me. Read the article I posted and you'll see why it is so important not to assign blame at all.

fighterpilot | karma 2346 | avg karma 2.24 · | 2021-06-03 17:59:43+00:00

No, that's merely the nature of collective blame, which should be avoided.

ojbyrne | karma 17267 | avg karma 3.87 · | 2014-01-29 15:08:33+00:00

I'm not a big fan of arguments based on "its the fault of other people's ineptitude."

mdgrech23 | karma 657 | avg karma 1.95 · | 2024-05-29 12:45:49

Personally would put the blame higher up than that.

kordless | karma 4030 | avg karma 1.55 · | 2015-04-07 11:34:43

People would rather blame someone else for something they rationalize the someone else has done than blame themselves for the things they just did. We're broken in that regard, and it's time to fix it.

SG- | karma 1332 | avg karma 3.46 · | 2014-10-04 03:30:53

It doesn't really happen that way and blame isn't just a wild guess and who's responsible.