Yes, but I am an asshole at the same time
I am very very good. At being an asshole.
Define “good”.
I’m not Fred Rogers good. I know that much.
Fred Rogers is the bar I try and constantly fall short on.
Don’t feel bad about it. He wouldn’t judge you for it, so why should anyone else? Especially yourself?
He still likes you just the way you are.
I’m not worthy.
Yeah, but Billy Joel loves you just the way you are
Now that sax is in my head.
Only you can define that which is why it is a tough question and why religion is bullshit.
Negative, I am a meat popsicle.
Chaotic good
Like must people I have kneejerk opinions and reactions, though I analyze them before I let them loose. I ask myself “what would a good person do?” and then I do that.
I would say that I’m a good enough person.
I do the things that good people do because it feels like the right thing to do, up until the point where I feel like I’m risking overextending myself and then I stop doing that.
I feel bad when I do not do a good thing.
At the same time I know I have done bad things. I have accepted my fault in those situations and apologized to the people that I have hurt in the past and I am still trying to become a better person. So I am good enough to pass for a good person, but I am not an objectively purely good person.
But then again, no one is.
No. And I’m highly suspicious of anyone claiming to be.
I am curious how you would define good person? As someone who feels like they are a good person I wonder what flaws I have that you see but I don’t.
A good person is someone who has (almost) no vices. There are obviously varying degrees, and not all vices are equal. But my bar for clearing “good person” is pretty damned high, and I personally don’t make it by a long shot.
If that is your definition then I definitely do not pass as a good person. I have many vices. I drink, I smoke weed, I play on the computer too much. I make a lot of money and I spend probably more on myself than I should and I should share more. I used to not eat meat but I have been again for a few years now and it’s a constant feeling of guilt there, too.
But I would never lie or steal or cheat and that’s kind of where I would set the bar.
The idea of “vices” there is really interesting to me. What about weed and video games is “bad,” other than that they’re pleasurable?
I have the kind of mental illness where I spent 20 years feeling genuinely bad for stealing a stamp in first grade, but I can’t really see me getting stoned as a “bad” thing.
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I relate pretty heavily - weed is the only thing I’ve found after years of therapy etc that turns my brain off and lets me enjoy things. It’s just so goddamned nice to have the option to enjoy food and music and just being.
I do edibles mostly - it helps with the cost and stink factors. It helped in ruining my marriage but it was doomed anyway.
God, no. But I’ve been much worse.
Leonard Cohen’s last song released days before he died was called “You Want It Darker.” One of the verses is:
“They’re lining up the prisoners and the guards are taking aim, I struggled with some demons, they were middle class and tame, I didn’t know I had permission to murder and to maim, You want it darker, we kill the flame.”
Anyway, that’s me, in the middle class. I could be better, but however bad I am, I’m still on the tame level.
Eh, I try. I think I succeed more often than not, but most bad people think they’re good, right? I try to calibrate against the broader society as a whole, but it often seems like society isn’t really aligned with goodness anyway. So here I am, trying to suss out the good parts of society and align with that, and trying to suss out the bad parts and follow my own moral compass there. But again, bad people probably generally think they’re good, so it’s a bit of a conundrum innit?
Minimize harm to others, and try to help as much as you can. Except sometimes harming bad people somewhat is good, and sometimes help is counterproductive.
I’m confident that I am a person. I try to emulate what good is like. Life is hard.
I can’t make that kind of judgement to myself. Some people would say that I’m, others would say not.
I know I am but I mess up sometimes. I always try to do the right thing. To a fault where my destruction is all self inflicted.
No. I’m a piece of shit.
On one hand I strive to live a fundamentally “good” life. I have a work ethic, I love and take good care of my cat, I do my level best to be a good dad for my kid, and I try to be a good neighbor. I take care of my physical and mental health. I keep a tidy house and my car in good working order.
On the other hand, well, let’s just say I have done things. Vile things. Criminal things. I have ruined lives and I have destroyed other peoples relationships. I have partaken in acts of debauchery that would make Caligula blush. And here’s the kicker: Not only do I not regret those deeds, but in some cases I revel in them. And I might not be done.
I guess it ultimately depends on how you define good
I think I’m a kind and virtuous person but, on the other hand, I’m ashamed that I’m not doing more to help people
