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Beezlegrunk t1_j3wnsbx wrote

If you mean the libertarian sense of entitlement — that people can do whatever they want, and nobody else should say anything about it, then yes — and the comments on this sub regularly express / defend that perspective. It’s particularly intense in Providence, but hardly limited to the city …

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Loveroffinerthings OP t1_j3wsf4w wrote

It’s not really about people doing what they want, it’s thinking that what I’m doing as a nicety, should be expected from me. That’s why I use the holding the door example, because I could be a self absorbed dick and let the door close in their face, but I don’t, then to be ignored for holding up my day, even if for 5 seconds, is the entitlement. I’m all for people doing what they want as long as it’s civil and doesn’t harm others.

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Beezlegrunk t1_j3wspsk wrote

You're entitled to your view of entitlement, and I'm entitled to mine ...

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_CaesarAugustus_ t1_j424pnn wrote

The blind entitlement OP is showing by telling people that they owe them something because they did the barest minimum is wild. I’ll take kind people over this type of “nice” person that expects something from those they’ve deigned to be nice to.

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