#00Buck Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I'm a selfish person. Are you a selfish person? Do the poll. It's a bass thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikazuki Marazhu Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I heard millenials are selfish :V 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proper noun Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I'm kinda disappointed there isn't a shellfish option. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewalk Surfboard Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 According to many people I am, so I guess I am. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#00Buck Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 30 minutes ago, Proper noun said: I'm kinda disappointed there isn't a shellfish option. Well, they tend to clam up when it comes to polls. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuujou Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 According to excessively pessimistic faux intellectuals, everything people do is done in an act of selfishness. So I guess the answer is yes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless/Nameless Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I truly believe not a single "good" or "bad" act was done by a human being without selfish motive. So yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I want a lot of things. I think that makes me selfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyboundTerror Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I once bought Taco Bell with spare change but I didn't have any left to donate to kids' education. That makes me selfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGravitas Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 An individual's selfishness can only meaningfully gauged relative to a standard metric, most commonly the average selfishness of an individual of ones society. This is no universal selfishness scale with precise, unitized divisions; it's all relative. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtrekkie Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 And I don't know that most people could be a impartial judge of themselves, anyway. Of actions, yes, but not people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastryOfApathy Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Everyone's selfish in some capacity. Even when doing things commonly thought to be "selfless", there's almost always some kind of selfish reasoning to do so (ie. donating to charity to make yourself feel good). Of course that should never be used an excuse to be a selfish asshole, and really this shit's all relative so who gives a fuck. People should be nice regardless of any stupid faux-philosophical bullshit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazerMaster5 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I offer before I take. I try not to be selfish. I dunno if you can ask such a question without the answers being full of bias to a certain extent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 ain't we all if i find money on the ground, i take it. if someone offers me something free, i take it--and by free, i mean without any expectation of repayment, because as much as i appreciate them, i don't repay favors. i don't just give unless it's a friend and/or an emergency and i happen to have enough to spare at the time. but when i do choose to give money/time/whatever, it's because i mean it, not just because it's the "right thing to do" or will make me look good. idgaf about looking good. but if i like you or care about you, then what's mine is yours and i'll do what i can without expecting anything in return. the only reason i give something to someone or help anyone other than myself is because i want them to be helped/to have whatever i'm giving them. i don't put others before myself, but i do put others (at least those i consider worthwhile) on the same level as myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revates Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 No, but I am secretly a shellfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless/Nameless Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 3 hours ago, Revates said: No, but I am secretly a shellfish A gay shellfish? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexxx-Returns Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Unfortunately yes, very much so. I try not to be. I'm always ready to help out anyone, but I just don't THINK to offer myself for help. It doesn't occur to me that when I have a bag of potato chips, the person I'm with is expecting me to offer them some (but to be fair this is my fucking bag of potato chips and I don't share my food, if you wanted some I'd have gladly bought you your own bag), so they see me as selfish. I never think that a favour needs to be returned in kind, or that when someone turns down my gas money for making that long ass trip for me, I'm expected to stuff it down their throat so they can't refuse it. God, social situations are difficult. I want to do more for people, but I don't realise that they're expecting me to offer myself up, and they don't realise that I'm waiting to be asked. I guess people don't want to come across as demanding, and I'm missing the non-verbal cues that this person is trying to get something from me. I hate being autistic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revates Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 52 minutes ago, Endless/Nameless said: A gay shellfish? A shellgay. The gayest shellgay around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Doggo Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I would say no. I know I'm not exactly Jesus but I'm not Lord Rothschild either. Honestly I think it's a bit of a loaded question and there's no straight binary answer to give, selfishness/selfishness is a bit of a spectrum. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirRob Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I'm not selfish at all, I'm perfect and a saint and I deserve respect and to be showered with gifts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I don't know. Maybe I am selfless, but only for a miniscule, negligible amount. I used to be a lot more selfless as a kid: my siblings would ask me money and I'd borrow them what I had. They're my siblings, surely I can trust them right? Wrong: when I'd ask back the cash they owed me, my brother would downright laugh in my face while my sister would ''forget'' she had any debts with me. How stupid and naive of me. Then in high school I would offer my classmates aid for them to get through with certain homework (english above all, a true walk in the park for me), only I would get literally nothing in return. They either ignored me altogether or talked behind my back since I was the ''weird guy'' of the class, secretely making fun of me. So now I am very careful about who I share what little selfless I have with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallium Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 We all are, in a sense. Its how you handle that selfishness to turn it to selflessness. For me, I have a weird concept oc why I care about people and help them. Its all because I can relate it back to me. How would I feel if that was done to me, good or bad? What would it be like if I were that person in that situation. Every terrible thing that has ever happened to me I would not wish on anyone else. Any good thing that happened to me...I want to return the favor because its right. The other day I thought I lost my headphones in the bathroom and Im just like "Shit, well I hope whoever found them enjoyed finding free headphones". Kind of like if you were the person that found the dollar on the ground...my loss, someone's gain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuujou Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 3 hours ago, SirRob said: I'm not selfish at all, I'm perfect and a saint and I deserve respect and to be showered with gifts What would you like for Christmas? Sit on my lap and tell ClausPachi. EDIT: Waitwaitwait. Why the fuck shouldn't you be selfish? Who on Earth is more important to look out for than yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallium Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 5 hours ago, Alexxx-Returns said: Unfortunately yes, very much so. I try not to be. I'm always ready to help out anyone, but I just don't THINK to offer myself for help. It doesn't occur to me that when I have a bag of potato chips, the person I'm with is expecting me to offer them some (but to be fair this is my fucking bag of potato chips and I don't share my food, if you wanted some I'd have gladly bought you your own bag), so they see me as selfish. You mustve had retarded companions, then. Im the same way with sharing food...I dont usually offer even if its a nice gesture, partially because it slips my mind and partially because anxiety and how theyd react, especially if I just ended up being turned down if they didnt like it rendering the situation moot. But if people are going to hold you selfish over a damn bag of chips, theyre the selfish ones. 9 times out of 10, unless Im busy or limited or cant, I help people if they ask me to. I've had a coworker whose really open about asking me for my food and this surprises me, but I always share. In return though I have coworkers giving me free stuff without me asking so that makes me an awful person all over again ;w; Back on topic, though, if people expect free help all the time and get angry when it doesnt come their way, especially if they dont ask, theyre a nut. (Since I work in retail Ive attempted to help people by paying for their stuff. The rule is though I cant always do that, because if customers start expecting you to be helpful, the other customers will come in low on money and make demands "Well, you helped THEM, why cant you help ME".Its called a RANDOM act of kindness, sadly everyone cant be helped, and people take advantage of common niceness, kind of stupid( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osrik Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I think I am certainly a selfish to some extent, but i find it hard to decide exactly what constitutes selfish behavior and what doesn't. For example, I used to do a lot of volunteer work, but have volunteered for literally nothing for the past 5 years. I rationalize this as being because I have been busier in those years and because I still (rarely) donate to charities, but really it is because i would much rather spend my time on myself or my friends. Now, I don't think anyone responding to this thread or in other discussions I have had about selfishness has brought up not volunteering as being selfish (probably more the act of volunteering showing greater selflessness than not volunteering counting against someone), but I am not sure if IO should consider myself selfish since I used to volunteer but don't anymore... maybe I am putting too much though into this. Anyway, more generally I think that I am much more willing to help out friends than strangers, though I still try to be at least courteous to people i don't know. I am kind of odd when it comes to being offered favors/help/things, as i will almost never accept anything from even my closest friends, as I really don't like "owing" a person something in return. I think I don't like the idea of someone holding even a tenuous power over me, able to call it in theoretically at any time. However, I am not generally one to hold it over someone's head that they owe me in return for something I've done, so I'll put that at a net neutral... Overall, I think i am overall selfish with my free time and excess money, as the overwhelming majority of both I allocate to myself or doing things I enjoy rather than helping others, but I find it hard to define my overall selfishness or place myself in comparison to others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirRob Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 2 hours ago, XoPachi said: What would you like for Christmas? Sit on my lap and tell ClausPachi. I want your dick in a box and some whipped cream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#00Buck Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 Look at the poll results. You are all so selfish! You should all be ashamed of yourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaende Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I'm selfish, but it works both ways. In situations where you're actually supposed to be selfish, I often feel too selfless and vice versa. What takes the cake, however, is being accused of selfishness when I'm just minding my own business and not hurting anyone. It's like sometimes need to deliberately behave in selfish ways to give the appearance of being selfless. What they may not realize is that I'm actually being mindful and considerate of others. Not all of us are the same or can be "on" all the time. I'm convinced that there is something inherently selfish about accusing others of selfishness. It strikes me as a self-aggrandizing move, calculated to back the accused into a corner. Disagreeing can be as self-incriminating as agreeing with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kleric Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 I feel as if I am being self-righteous if I put no... I can be sometimes, so I'll put yes. :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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