Why are there so many awful people?

I'm not talking about your violent, hateful, ghastly offenders. (That's another rant)

I'm talking about your everyday, go-about-their-business, snooty, self-absorbed, vitriolic, nitpicky, smarmy types.
I know there are a lot of people on the planet, but does that give one person the right to shoot venom at every person they deem "invaluable"? Aren't we all mortal, singular souls who are at the very least supposed to be getting along if not unifying on some level?

No, this isn't one person or one incident I'm referring to. It's worse. It's thousands of tiny incidents I see every day.

I'm not claiming to be without reproof. I am far from perfect.

But at what point can we all claim our humanity and treat each other with kindness? Our "social norms" are separating us more and more.

love

Happy Birthday, Mom. I miss you.

Learning a new word today

I had not heard this before (or if I did, I didn't know what it referred to):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender

Cisgender From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cisgender and cissexual describe related types of gender identity where an individual's self-perception of their gender matches the sex they were assigned at birth.[1] Kristen Schilt and Laurel Westbrook define cisgender as a label for "individuals who have a match between the gender they were assigned at birth, their bodies, and their personal identity," complementing transgender.[

MeLuna!

Yay! Why has it taken me this long to purchase a menstrual cup? I'm excited. More to come on this topic.