RE: Real Men
January 27, 2020 at 1:06 pm
(This post was last modified: January 27, 2020 at 1:18 pm by EgoDeath.)
(January 27, 2020 at 12:43 pm)Shell B Wrote: Oh, god. I'm one of them.
I once stopped to help a bleeding guy by the side of the road. One of his shoes was in the middle of the street. He had no idea how he got there. People were just driving by him. Really busy road. I still brag about how much better I am than them to this day. (Read: I rant about how fucking douchey it is to drive by a bleeding man missing a shoe.) I still have no idea how he got there. We called for help and even followed up with his girlfriend who also still had no idea later that night.
No lol there's nothing wrong with stopping to help someone in need. That's awesome. Where you lose me is when you actually you think you're better than other people for doing so, or compare yourself to others because of what you did, or brag to other people about what you did, or lambast others for not doing what you did.
If you're gonna' do something nice or "heroic," do it because you want to do it and potentially because it makes you feel good to do so. Even if you get some selfish sense of self-satisfaction on it, fine. Good for you. But keep your self-righteous ego-stroke to yourself. Don't do it because you want to feel superior to others. If you're going to cut your elderly neighbors lawn because it's incredibly difficult for her to do it, and she doesn't have any young family members willing or able to help out, then do that, and feel good about it because you did a good thing! But don't then go on to remind everyone about how you help your elderly neighbor. Surely, you must be more interesting than to brag about shit like that. Aren't you a writer?
Besides, what is way more rewarding than bragging to everyone about helping your elderly neighbor, is possibly getting to know her and maybe hearing some cool stories about when and where she grew up and what she thinks about the world today. Friendships with elderly people can be super rewarding.
Anyway, I hope you're joking about the second half.
Anyway, if you're being serious about bragging about crap like that, here's some people you might get along with, sadly...
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
