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Selfish people... Become acceptable?

I can't believe how selfish people have become in society. There are so many people today with the mentality when they do something for someone else, they ask themselves "Whats in it for Me?"
I'm not only talking about materialism but generally about helping out and giving up time for others.

Children taking parents for granted, growing older then abandorning them. With an attitude like "Oh I didn't ask to be born, I don't owe them anything"

Also when the hell did the whole "I can do anything as long as it doesn't damage anything or hurt anyone" - That statement just breeds the fact that people can do anything they want in life and I swear its causing an over indulgence in self needs and desires. People don't care about anybody else outside themselves anymore it seems.

If a parent, lover or friend argues with you... People are more willing to say "Screw You! I don't need you anymore." Rather than try fix problems cause its the easy way out.

"Its the 21st Centuary" as excuses for when something bad in society is overdone so much that its pretty much becomes accepted life.
Fair enough, it doesn't mean that you should go join the flock though.

Reply 1

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3

What kind of reply are you expecting?

Reply 2

Anonymous #1

OP

Heh heh You tell me. I dunno its just kinda driving me annoying that people are like this around me. Maybe I need to break away from certain groups of people but I think this pretty much applies to everyone nearly.

Reply 3

Anonymous #2

What annoys me more is selfishness of people you consider good friends. Like, when in a project you share almost every helpful tip you get and then when they get something they keep it to themselves to get an edge over you. It's truly a dog eat dog world. You can either join the dogs or ignore them.

Reply 4

Renal

17

why does this ranty rant need to be anon? :confused:

Reply 5

CyanideZombie

5

Anon is way too overused. Post telling us who you are. I might even rep you as I'm in a funny mood :rolleyes:

Reply 6

Lucy_88

10

er, what's this gotta do with health health and relationships?

Reply 7

Anonymous #1

OP

My mental health. :smile:

Reply 8

Bluefairy

11

Dog eat Dog world, im not sure but i think my friends think im a bit selfiish....in education...but thats because they expect me to tell them everything like i work hard on a home work problem and go in next day into skl...and see they havnt done it and trying at lunchtime/frees and expecting me to 'help' them more like just tell us exactly what to write...and sometimes i used to and it usually ends up me giving my friends the right answer and in my answers leaving some mistake...and its annoying how they will get all the credit when of my hard work. Still i would help as much as i could without giving them the answer and they would get annoyed with me because of that.

Reply 9

ImperceptibleNinja

13

The irony in it all is that by being selfish, although you increase your material gains, you actually limit your emotional/spiritual gains, whereas by being selfless, although you expose yourself more to being hurt, it brings a progression in spiritual/emotional gains. I personally don't see much use in a materialistic gain.

That got a bit mystic... whoops :p:

Reply 10

MagicNMedicine

20

I agree, there is too much of the whats-in-it-for-me mentality in society. The fact that some of teh replies here are so tetchy probably suggests they recognise some of it in themselves.

Reply 11

Mr.God

7

I find myself more wound up by whiny bitches who look for an excuse to complain.

*Hint hint*

Reply 12

matt@internet

12

I disagree with your statment OP. I think you're talking BS. I've never heard anyone using "it's the 21st century" as an excuse. And I know people who don't go around saying "screw you", if something goes wrong. I do agree with the "what's oin it for me bit?" but I think they're right. If I do something for someone, I want something out of it. Unless it's someone I care for deeply.

Reply 13

Zafda

8

Anonymous

I can't believe how selfish people have become in society. There are so many people today with the mentality when they do something for someone else, they ask themselves "Whats in it for Me?"
I'm not only talking about materialism but generally about helping out and giving up time for others.

Children taking parents for granted, growing older then abandorning them. With an attitude like "Oh I didn't ask to be born, I don't owe them anything"

Also when the hell did the whole "I can do anything as long as it doesn't damage anything or hurt anyone" - That statement just breeds the fact that people can do anything they want in life and I swear its causing an over indulgence in self needs and desires. People don't care about anybody else outside themselves anymore it seems.

If a parent, lover or friend argues with you... People are more willing to say "Screw You! I don't need you anymore." Rather than try fix problems cause its the easy way out.

"Its the 21st Centuary" as excuses for when something bad in society is overdone so much that its pretty much becomes accepted life.
Fair enough, it doesn't mean that you should go join the flock though.

i didn't understand half of what you said.

but yeah, a lot of selfish people try to become accepted just because it gives them an ego boost. a lot of people like that become really popular, but its the caring bla bla people that are truely accepted, its just not shown to them.

take for eg in our school, most of the ''accepted'' people are the ones that will smile at you and talk to you, and give a damn about you when crap happens. then again the selfish and rude people are well known, dunno if i'd say accepted, but people like to talk about them and what they do. its not always in a good way.

see idon't think i made sense there myself.

Reply 14

Daveinnorfolk

Big up the OP... if you wern't anon i would positive rep you. we need a lot more consideration for the thoughts and feelign of other people in soc. as a whole

Reply 15

Unity

2

To be honest , I doubt you can name anything you do thats not entirely selfless. It's our natural instinct to try and get an "edge" over competitors , based on survival of the fittest.

Reply 16

Anonymous #1

OP

Mr.God

I find myself more wound up by whiny bitches who look for an excuse to complain.

*Hint hint*

matt@internet

I disagree with your statment OP. I think you're talking BS. I've never heard anyone using "it's the 21st century" as an excuse. And I know people who don't go around saying "screw you", if something goes wrong. I do agree with the "what's oin it for me bit?" but I think they're right. If I do something for someone, I want something out of it. Unless it's someone I care for deeply.

Half the rant or observation probably didn't make sense, Excuse my terrible english.

People might not directly say those things but I'm sure other things they say and do Imply it. 21st Centuary... Oh thats normal behaviour around these times, get with the times and accept it. Stop living in the past.

The screw you thing, well I dunno but half the Health and relationship threads here usually suggest "Dump the other person, Ditch your mates he did a semi bad thing. Leave your parents and probably countless of other things similar to the quick escape method.

Reply 17

CyanideZombie

5

Unity

To be honest , I doubt you can name anything you do thats not entirely selfless.

Wasn't there a friends episode which proved this? :rolleyes:

Reply 18

matt@internet

12

Something to do with Phoebe.

Reply 19

notts

my gf is the opposite.

her bro keeps telling her its selfish that she is going to uni and leaving the family, she is starting to believe him!
now her grandad is ill and she feels bad that she is going back to uni instead of going and taking care of him and her grandma.

i guess its selfish of me that i dont want her to and want her to go back to uni and take care of me.

hmm.

Selfish people... Become acceptable?

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