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[Shaki12345]

ALL deeds in life are selfish. So by that account you should be too.

 

[Shaki12345]

I went to Malta recently for a 4 day trip with my partner. There were so many acts of kindess we encountered.

*We were viewing the sunset on these cliffs and a photographer decided we made a great photo and so without us knowing took some stunning photos of us. Then after he came up to us, asked for my number and sent me them. Didn't ask for anything in return.

*We walked into a restaurant after hiking for 2 hours to just get a coffee and some water and they gave us free food.

*We went into a very popular restaurant and the owner/manager gave us and a few tables surrounding us all free desserts

*We were taking a ferry and our taxi took us to the wrong terminal and drove away. So we thought we wouldn't be able to make it. Then the guy working at the wrong terminal came over and booked us a taxi using his app so we could get a discount and got us to the correct terminal and on to the ferry with a few minutes to spare.

There are a lot of decent people ot there who will do things for you and want nothing in return.

They do get something back in return, and that's a "good feeling" for helping you. ALL deeds are selfish.

 

[Northeastmonk]

ALL deeds in life are selfish. So by that account you should be too.

We lust after a lot of things. I do it. Life can be depressing if you’re constantly thinking about the end of the road. When you’re limited or if you’re told what to enjoy, achieve, and obtain. You start lusting after things, so it makes you do whatever it takes to obtain that thing you’ve lusted after.

 

[jonnyp]

Where the fuck do some of you miserable gits live?

 

[HRK69]

Where the fuck do some of you miserable gits live?

Reality

 

[jonnyp]

Reality

Well, my condolences on wherever that is.

 

[Magister]

The only solution is to become a nihilist misanthrope.

 

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[Trilobit]

True, but that was not what I was getting at.

What makes a good human being in my opinion are not his actions but his thoughts. People can do goods for many reasons but your own mind cannot be tricked. If you envy others or wish them ill, you are not a good person.

Often times I find it not even hard to learn who just pretends as often spontaneous situations will reveals ones true character. For example the things some people think is funny.

I'm jumping in in the middle of your conversation and just wanted to add a parenthesis to it. I agree that it's not enough to do good, because a person can do good things for the wrong reasons. For example, provide a friend with food only to later use it against him and demand something in return. Whenever I do something kind to someone I always do it without expecting anything in return. On the other hand, a person who has good and kind thoughts, but never acts on them isn't really a good person. It'd be like claiming to be a generous person, but you never actually offer any of it to anyone.

Just my two cents, that you might already have talked about, but I'm a special little bee so I wanted to buzz in. *flies away*

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I notice most of the people in this thread who hate humanity and think all humans are bad fit into this category of person

Maybe change your philosophy on life and don't make some political propaganda your world view and you'll start to see the good in the world and the good people in it

 

[JimmyRustler]

I'm jumping in in the middle of your conversation and just wanted to add a parenthesis to it. I agree that it's not enough to do good, because a person can do good things for the wrong reasons. For example, provide a friend with food only to later use it against him and demand something in return. Whenever I do something kind to someone I always do it without expecting anything in return. On the other hand, a person who has good and kind thoughts, but never acts on them isn't really a good person. It'd be like claiming to be a generous person, but you never actually offer any of it to anyone.

Just my two cents, that you might already have talked about, but I'm a special little bee so I wanted to buzz in. *flies away*

I don’t think that’s really possible. There is this saying that echos through philosophy: You become what you think about. Meaning, if you mean well but don’t act good when a situation presents itself you’re thinking is probably not as good as you see it.

I know how strange this may sound but I do think this has a lot to do with self-evaluation and self-reflection. Only you yourself know if you are good. Other people can only perceive you as good.

 

[kikkis]

I think most people are intelligent to realize that collaboration nets best results and too weak to really get away with "evil" behavior. That said I think most democrats would happily murder trump, if they could get away with and they didn't have to do it directly themselves.