Nathan Newby set to receive George Medal for stopping a potential atrocity with an act of kindness

A hospital patient who managed to talk a man out of detonating a bomb in a maternity wing said the would-be attacker “asked for a cuddle” before standing down.

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It’s fucking real. People, and not just men, but people in general, need more attention. It doesn’t have to be physical, not everyone wants that, but just a simple, genuine, “Hi, how ya’ doin’?”

    • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      I appreciate the sentiment, but from my learning it seems more likely we just need to start teaching men how to live a life of solitude, no one really wants us around.