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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You're never the craziest person in the room is a generally good rule of thumb

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

It is more than just being crazy. In the US at least, I would say people are desperate and under so much pressure that lots of people are near the edge. You can very easily push them over that edge with a random interaction and you don’t want to find out what happens when you do. They aren’t necessarily crazy people though they could be.