Chveya Wrote:Please explain how it is envious to expect fairness?
Because expecting complete fairness CAN lead to envy.
I'll make an example. A family has six children. While all of the children are living at home, the money are a bit tight. Now, of course the children grow older. when the 3 oldest has moved away from home and starts taking care of themselves, the parents of course have more money in their hands than they did when all 6 was living at home. They still help the 3 oldest out now and then, but all in all, they don't spend nearly as much on them, as they did when they were living at home.
Now, if it was to be totally fair, the parents would not spend any more money on the 3 remaining kids, than they did on the 3 oldest when they were still living at home. It's fair, right? Why should the 3 youngest get anything more than the 3 oldest?
But in my eyes, it would be extremely petty of the 3 oldest to expect that, and it WOULD be envy. If the oldest demanded that the parents didn't spend more on teir younger siblings, they wouldn't be doing anything good for themselves, they would only be taking away from their siblings, which, as I said, is rather petty.
Now, I know that this example can't completely translate to this situation, since we actually payed for the CE. While I'd have liked the goggles too, I'm in no way upset that the people in Australia got it. It's most likely a mistake, and not SE going "Haha, we're giving THIS to people in Australia, but not to YOU!", so I'm just happy for the people there, who get both. If me and a friend were getting money from an ATM, and my friend by mistake got 20 dollars extra, and I didn't, I wouldn't be upset at the ATM. A bit envious at my friend for getting more money, sure, but in a good hearted way, I'd mainly be happy for him.
And I should probably just shut up with all my examples now
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