Does it pay to be a good person

[Sub-Zero]

This.
I think it may be a condition of First World countries to expect to be happy all your life.
I have met some cantankerous a-holes who contribute so much to society. Much more than someone who lives to be happy and feel good about themselves because they think they are a "good" person.
Sometimes "good" is making the hard choices, the unpopular choices that many people would say were not good at all.

why not just kill yourself then?

the happyness is a mental condition, and settling for anything less just makes you a fuckin moron.

sometimes there are lows, to the highs, but if your overall outlook is unhappy, u should prob killself

 

[shirlene29]

youre either a good person or you arnt

also many people have different feelings on what constitutes a good person.

you could be the best person and the world and your endeavors be unappreciated because you arnt the best person, in that other persons eyes, so they take advantage of you, or abuse you, or get sick of you

you just gotta find people whose opinions on good person fall in line with yours

anyways i know tons of good people, who do bad stuff, and some bad people who have really come through in certain situations. i know some people who are very selfless and kind and never ask anything in return. i dont know what they get out of it, but maybe they are just so happy they have enough energy/resources to dish some of that happyness out to others

it annoys me when some people forget to think of others, and therefore hurt them with their actions, but i fucking DESPISE people who purposefully abuse/use other people for personal gain even though they know they are going to fuck that person over. it pays to not be that, because as people find out you are, you get cut the fuck off and will be lonely and or beaten to death. i spot these people by how well they can keep "long term friends". if someone changes social circles every couple months, without maintaining a close relationship with even one for the long term, chances are they suck

mostly I think subz should just STFU...but this is a pretty good post and about sums up what I think on the subject too


also....in for karmic theory on it too

 

[SpyWizard]

It's a term called "acidic personalities"

just say no.. life is too short to dance with ugly people... apply that to all things and soon you will either be very alone, or the people you do share your life with will in turn (because the are much like you) will enrich your life..

 

[ceo]

If it does...how much does it pay? and are they hiring?

 

[BBR100]

What goes around comes around.

 

[jd_uk]

interesting how it always seems that it's the females believing in karma and the like..

One thing I've noticed is that people who become depressed tend to be good people. The sort of people who care. The bad people tend to not give a f*ck anyway and are usually so stupid that the stupidness of the rest of the world doesn't depress them.

 

[musclemom]

One thing I've noticed is that people who become depressed tend to be good people. The sort of people who care. The bad people tend to not give a f*ck anyway and are usually so stupid that the stupidness of the rest of the world doesn't depress them.

I have to say I agree with you.

When you are a truly "Good" person (and that whole phrase is very fuzzy), but when you truly care, and you do good because it comes from the heart, when you are trusting, are compassionate and empathetic, it gets to the point where shit eats you up. In all honesty, when you are "truly good" people take advantage of you a LOT (not just money, either, they'll hit you up for favors, they'll ask to crash on your couch, they'll eat your food and drink your booze and never bring any over, they'll hit you up for car rides and never pitch in for gas, they'll pawn off their kids or pets on you ... you get the point). However, you can't operate from your heart center on a part time basis.

So a lot of really kind people get to the point that they avoid other people entirely, saying no is very, very hard, but not trusting is impossible, assuming the worst in a person's nature feels ugly. You get to the point where all you want to do is crawl in bed and hide.

Being successful financially generally requires you to make some ruthless decisions so its rare that you find very, very successful people who are selfless and kind.

 

[Strongbow]

LOLZ @PhyshoBlahBlahBlah Bullshit

 

[musclemom]

LOLZ @PhyshoBlahBlahBlah Bullshit

Any possibility of rephrasing that in English?

I'm afraid I haven't figured out how to turn on the Delusionally Egocentric Idiot Translator feature on FireFox.

 

[SpyWizard]

I have to say I agree with you.

When you are a truly "Good" person (and that whole phrase is very fuzzy), but when you truly care, and you do good because it comes from the heart, when you are trusting, are compassionate and empathetic, it gets to the point where shit eats you up. In all honesty, when you are "truly good" people take advantage of you a LOT (not just money, either, they'll hit you up for favors, they'll ask to crash on your couch, they'll eat your food and drink your booze and never bring any over, they'll hit you up for car rides and never pitch in for gas, they'll pawn off their kids or pets on you ... you get the point). However, you can't operate from your heart center on a part time basis.

So a lot of really kind people get to the point that they avoid other people entirely, saying no is very, very hard, but not trusting is impossible, assuming the worst in a person's nature feels ugly. You get to the point where all you want to do is crawl in bed and hide.

Being successful financially generally requires you to make some ruthless decisions so its rare that you find very, very successful people who are selfless and kind.

And see I don't find that to be true at all... as a mater of note, there is only one person that I know personally that was financially successful and an asshole.. and he was an attorney, so i chock that up to his profession.

but again, i avoid people, or rather I don't let them get close..

when i say close, i seek their counsel, they eat supper with me, and we laugh together..