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Let's set the stage here:
Since having moved back in with my parents while finding a new place of my own, I've had the chore of mowing the lawn impressed upon me, which I have no issue with whatsoever

We have more recently (within the last 1 1/2-2 years) had a new drain field put in our back yard, which included a sizeable dirt mound that has created a "hill" that needs to be mowed.

Here's where the issue lies:
My father has requested of me to not mow the hill/mound with the riding mower, and instead mow it with the small push mower that we are borrowing from a family member.

I feel that this request is a bit arbitrary, due to the fact that I've used the riding mower on the mound before with no issue multiple times.

My father is in the mindset that using the riding mower on the hill will cause the transmission to slip on the riding mower, to which my thoughts are: why would they make a riding mower that wouldn't be able to go up and down hills?"

So the question remains, is his request a bit arbitrary or am I being an asshole by telling him that using the riding mower on the hill is not gonna cause any problems?

P. S. if for some crazy instance where the transmission were to go up, I would be willing to pay for the replacement. (Even though I highly doubt that it'll happen)

We are not sympathetic. We care only for ourselves. When a family runs out of money their homes and cars are taken and sold for cheap, where the rest of us make a profit.

It’s a zero sum game of “I win, you lose”. There’s really no equal. A “non-zero sum game” means both sides are happy. But that’s rare.

Even helping homeless comes with a risk of being had. I bought a sandwich for a guy who said he was homeless, and saw him later at a grocery store with a basket full of food.

There are just people with less shame, less pride, who can psychologically take advantage of people, openly.

Yet we all - ALL - take advantage of people. Just not openly. People die of famine “over there” so we can live how we want here.

This ain’t really a call for action. Just stop acting so fcking righteous.

When you sit in church and feel holy, fck you. When you vote for the ideologue you believe will make things great again- fck you.

This lack of self awareness is our BIGGEST problem. If we could accept the fact that we are not sympathetic, and we’re actually GREEDY that’s a good first step. And we can try help people from a better position.