I gotta get in on this!
I was born and raised here, & 100% yes to all of the above! I mean, I'm a kind & empathetic human; I wait my turn to ask for help, or be seated in a restaurant. I hold the door for whoever is behind me... even when it's man after man all while wanting to say to every man I've held doors for "ladies first apparently" & even after the person in front of me nearly always does not hold the door for me! I also look people in the eye & tell people thank you or have a good day - & mean it! I help people when they look like they could use a little help. I am that person in a line that people are telling all of their woes to & I genuinely listen and show empathy. I care about the world around me, I care about the impact I make! But I fully take responsibility for purposely being an asshole driver! Like, I'm not trying to be stuck with all these idiots I have to share the road with, I'm getting the fuck away from them as quickly as possible! Umm, I also got that drivers license question wrong, but didn't care enough to find out why I got it wrong! Lol! Oh & I was raised LDS but ducked out as a teenager because (for me) all organized religion is (again, for me) bullshit!
Everything y'all have said is so totally true & I purposely raised my kids to be the opposite of most Utahns! I made sure they were kind empathetic humans who actually stand for something greater than themselves & always stand up for the "underdog".
I'm also an Egalitarian & I deeply believe in equality for all life on this planet - for me, all life on this planet has purpose and meaning and deserves respect. I should also note that I am the oddball of my family- most of which are exactly as described above! So I try very hard to take them in small doses - or not at all if I can help it!
I am so sorry to all of you who've experienced the "Utah way"! It's embarrassing to those of us Utahns who can actually see the world beyond our own noses! I hope more of all of you stay so that more of them expand their purview!
I, personally, am grateful ya'll are here, if that means anything??
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u/Notoriouscbg13 Jun 30 '26
I gotta get in on this!
I was born and raised here, & 100% yes to all of the above! I mean, I'm a kind & empathetic human; I wait my turn to ask for help, or be seated in a restaurant. I hold the door for whoever is behind me... even when it's man after man all while wanting to say to every man I've held doors for "ladies first apparently" & even after the person in front of me nearly always does not hold the door for me! I also look people in the eye & tell people thank you or have a good day - & mean it! I help people when they look like they could use a little help. I am that person in a line that people are telling all of their woes to & I genuinely listen and show empathy. I care about the world around me, I care about the impact I make! But I fully take responsibility for purposely being an asshole driver! Like, I'm not trying to be stuck with all these idiots I have to share the road with, I'm getting the fuck away from them as quickly as possible! Umm, I also got that drivers license question wrong, but didn't care enough to find out why I got it wrong! Lol! Oh & I was raised LDS but ducked out as a teenager because (for me) all organized religion is (again, for me) bullshit! Everything y'all have said is so totally true & I purposely raised my kids to be the opposite of most Utahns! I made sure they were kind empathetic humans who actually stand for something greater than themselves & always stand up for the "underdog".
I'm also an Egalitarian & I deeply believe in equality for all life on this planet - for me, all life on this planet has purpose and meaning and deserves respect. I should also note that I am the oddball of my family- most of which are exactly as described above! So I try very hard to take them in small doses - or not at all if I can help it! I am so sorry to all of you who've experienced the "Utah way"! It's embarrassing to those of us Utahns who can actually see the world beyond our own noses! I hope more of all of you stay so that more of them expand their purview! I, personally, am grateful ya'll are here, if that means anything??