People are not basically good or bad
afterburnt
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My quote to my wife for years has been: “People are idiots.”Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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Stupid and basically good or bad. Stupidity doesn't discriminate.HT SYSTEM-
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And my quote is always: "There's nothing stranger in this world than people."
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I'm basically good.
and stupid.afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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I'm basically good.
and stupid.
"Charlie says. love my good and stupid" Don't know why I started liking black licorice, that stuff pissed me off when I got some when I was a kid. Bet they don't even make it anymore. -
Back in my prime, I was a good, baddass mo fo… HoooRaH!The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
I like to believe that most people are good in heart. Until their actions are proven otherwise. I guess that makes me stupid?
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I like to believe that most people are good in heart. Until their actions are proven otherwise. I guess that makes me stupid?
No brother, it just makes you human. Humanity as a whole, is stupid.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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I like to believe that most people are good in heart. Until their actions are proven otherwise. I guess that makes me stupid?
I like to believe that most people will eat my brains and kill my dog given the right circumstances, like running out of toilet paper. -
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I got news for y'all.
It you gotta TELL people that you are good and/or not stupid, you're neither.
You're actions, demeanor and character will clue people in without you even trying. Then everyone else will tell everyone else that you are good and smart for you. All you'll have to do is sit back and enjoy your beer.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
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Since the dawn of our species, we have always sought to be led. There was always a leader, a chief, usually one smarter and stronger than the rest. Does that make the tribe stupid for following ?
Stupid ? I don't think so considering we've survived this long especially through countless diseases and viruses and wars.
What we've lost in my opinion is the ability to critically think for ourselves..Sounds simple, but it's surprisingly absent in today's society. We depend far too much on someone else telling us what to do, when to do it, and how.
Some need that, they need to be led around by the nose. Less for them to worry about too. Others are natural born leaders, warriors, chiefs, CEO's, Presidents, world leaders, military men. They take charge, create paths forward, kick but t. They have an air of confidence around them that some lesser people would not.
We don't build that confidence into our young men and women anymore. Instead we fill them up with entitlement, victimhood, radicalization.
Stupid ? In some sense, yes. We just have a hard time learning from past mistakes and let history repeat itself.HT SYSTEM-
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Thinking for yourself is such a burden.
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I guess having to blame yourself is worse?
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I'm bad, I'm nationwide
Political Correctness'.........defined
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afterburnt wrote: »I guess having to blame yourself is worse?
Yep, it's called accountability, a rare trait these days.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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I got news for y'all.
It you gotta TELL people that you are good and/or not stupid, you're neither.
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quoted for truth; personal experience tells me that when people feel the need to tell you how good they are it usually means they're not.
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afterburnt wrote: »Thinking for yourself is such a burden.
People let social media decide for them. -
Since the dawn of our species, we have always sought to be led. There was always a leader, a chief, usually one smarter and stronger than the rest. Does that make the tribe stupid for following ?
Stupid ? I don't think so considering we've survived this long especially through countless diseases and viruses and wars.
What we've lost in my opinion is the ability to critically think for ourselves..Sounds simple, but it's surprisingly absent in today's society. We depend far too much on someone else telling us what to do, when to do it, and how.
Some need that, they need to be led around by the nose. Less for them to worry about too. Others are natural born leaders, warriors, chiefs, CEO's, Presidents, world leaders, military men. They take charge, create paths forward, kick but t. They have an air of confidence around them that some lesser people would not.
We don't build that confidence into our young men and women anymore. Instead we fill them up with entitlement, victimhood, radicalization.
Stupid ? In some sense, yes. We just have a hard time learning from past mistakes and let history repeat itself.
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You’ll find what you’re looking for in anyone.Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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So positive, you should start a career as a motivational speaker.
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jeremymarcinko wrote: »You’ll find what you’re looking for in anyone.
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Too often, in my humble opinion, stupidity and ignorance are confused. Also, rational and emotional tendencies confuse the issue. Good and bad are also difficult because you first need to decide whether they are relative or absolute terms.
I often ponder the comment that human beings are not rational animals; rather, they are capable of reason. Ignorance and emotion both operate to the detriment of reason.
Of course, there is also self-interest at play — to my mind one of the worst enemies to reason and goodness (absolute or relative).
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"Because there's a conflict in every human heart, between the rational and irrational, between good and evil. And good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. Every man has got a breaking point. You and I have. Moose68Bash has reached his. And very obviously, he has gone insane."
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Sounds like @moose68Bash took Psych101 at the college level. Good and evil.
Consciences...some have one, a lot don't.
@afterburnt,I like your Lincoln quote. I think Ben franklin had a few psych quotes too.Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them. -
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aprazer402 wrote: »
BingoPolitical Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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@Tony M that's from Apocalypse Now my favorite movie of all time next to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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There is no such thing as stupid questions,just stupid people.See my profile for list of gear.
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There is no such thing as stupid questions,just stupid people.
https://dilbert.com/strip/1989-11-29
I have observed,empirically, that as the number of people in a group goes up, the resultant IQ seems to go down.
