The OP asked a question, Slick. We're just being considerate by answering it.
The OP asked a question, Slick. We're just being considerate by answering it.
[quote]Sappy wrote:
At a four way stop, allow someone to go ahead of you.
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Drivers like you are so frustrating. You think you are being nice, but what about just following the rules of the road. Makes driving a lot safer for everyone and is the reason they have traffic laws in the first place.
Slick Samjamspam wrote:
If it was unselfish you wouldn't be bragging about it on here you twits.
Bingo!
The Thing Of It Is wrote:
The OP asked a question, Slick. We're just being considerate by answering it.
Nope--the unselfish part goes away when you publicize, now you are just drawing attention to what you did.
Wore a condom.
I'm a vegan. :)
Saw this young 20 yr old girl sitting out front of McDonald's who was hungry. Bought her a value meal. I of course also asked her for oral sex. So maybe that wasn't really unselfish.
Drivers ed wrote:
[quote]Sappy wrote:
At a four way stop, allow someone to go ahead of you.
quote]
Drivers like you are so frustrating. You think you are being nice, but what about just following the rules of the road. Makes driving a lot safer for everyone and is the reason they have traffic laws in the first place.
I have been preaching this for years. In New England where there are lots of small towns that refuse to put up signals at busy intersections, this is a big problem. Especially at night. I told my daughter don't ever advance on someone's "charitable waive", if they second guess you and there is an accident, the law and insurance company will go right back to rules of the road. Ironically, this is not a problem in NY where drivers are ultra agressive.
Masshole wrote:
Drivers ed wrote:[quote]Sappy wrote:
At a four way stop, allow someone to go ahead of you.
quote]
Drivers like you are so frustrating. You think you are being nice, but what about just following the rules of the road. Makes driving a lot safer for everyone and is the reason they have traffic laws in the first place.
I have been preaching this for years. In New England where there are lots of small towns that refuse to put up signals at busy intersections, this is a big problem. Especially at night. I told my daughter don't ever advance on someone's "charitable waive", if they second guess you and there is an accident, the law and insurance company will go right back to rules of the road. Ironically, this is not a problem in NY where drivers are ultra agressive.
Where's the irony?
Because the outcome, intended by the New England drivers (supposedly creating a better driving experience) is different: they are actually very annoying. And vice versa: the NY drivers, despite being prickly and agressive, create a better driving experience.
Masshole wrote:
Because the outcome, intended by the New England drivers (supposedly creating a better driving experience) is different: they are actually very annoying. And vice versa: the NY drivers, despite being prickly and agressive, create a better driving experience.
Ok that actually does make sense. I'm obviously not very sharp.
"Irony is wasted on the stupid"
-J Swift
Masshole wrote:
"Irony is wasted on the stupid"
-J Swift
It's true. For the life of me I can't identify irony, though I am good at punning.
Snert wrote:
The Thing Of It Is wrote:The OP asked a question, Slick. We're just being considerate by answering it.
Nope--the unselfish part goes away when you publicize, now you are just drawing attention to what you did.
No, people did these things without selfish intentions. They decided now to post it on letsrun at the OP's urgance. This does not mean they only performed these unselfish actions to gain praise on letsrun.
Slick Samjamspam wrote:
If it was unselfish you wouldn't be bragging about it on here you twits.
You do realize that nobody knows who the people "bragging" about their unselfish deeds are? If they did an unselfish deed and then bragged to people who know them, get it put on the local news, etc. then that would be a different story.
Legitimately unselfish acts do not exist. They are a product of reciprocal altruism.
GiddyUp wrote:
Change my workout to run with my wife when she has to run alone at night.
If this is a play off of the "Is running selfish?" thread, then ok. If thats truly the most unselfish thing you've ever done then I feel bad for you and your family.
aegad wrote:
Legitimately unselfish acts do not exist.
QFT. Every one of you got something from those acts of "unselfishness." You feel good about yourself and in many cases, a person now feels like they owe you something. This is a good position to be in whether or not you were cynical enough to think of it.
That said, mine would be setting up a relationship between two friends of mine even though I was in love with the girl at the time. Never told her. They are now three years into the relationship and still going strong.
I've heard that nonsense about how there is no such thing as a genuinely unselfish act. It is indeed nonsense. And my experience is that people who mouth that line do so to justify utter selfishness.
Probably when on my way to work one morning I ran up the stairway to the 3rd floor of a burning apartment building to warn the tenants on the 2nd and 3rd floors that the place was on fire. Everyone made it out okay, even the cat. Nothing that any good citizen with balls of steel wouldn't do for his community.