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| Poll: Are you a nice person? You do not have permission to vote in this poll. |
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Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?
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September 6, 2016 at 5:12 am
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2016 at 5:15 am by robvalue.)
My way of dealing with people is this:
Everyone gets the minimum package of respect. If I need to interact with them for whatever reason, I will be polite. I won't try and harm them or their feelings. I will listen to what they have to say. I don't respond "like with like": if someone starts being verbally abusive, I end the conversation. I don't sling back at them. Once someone has shown they are worthy of my friendship and trust, they get more from me. I open up to them. I'm warmer. I'll go further to help them. I try to only criticise people (where they will hear/read it) when I think it's constructive to do so. I don't do it just to be mean. I do it because I see a purpose to it. Sometimes I feel people need to be told certain things, and that it's in their best interest to hear them. If I'm wrong, and they're too much of a jerk to take constructive criticism, then no skin off my nose. I rib people, but I never mean it to be hurtful. My apologies if I've ever gone too far and upset anyone. As far as this forum goes, I try to give everyone several chances. I try to let them show they have something to offer. I try to have reasonable discourse with them. But after a certain point, I decide they aren't worth it anymore. I have to look after my mental health. I'd rather save my time for people who are interested in being decent people, and who care about what I have to say. Talking to people who aren't like this takes a toll on me. So instead of saying negative things, I say nothing at all. Of course I will deal with them in an official capacity as staff, when needed. 
People who are exceedingly nice make me quite nervous.
I know what you mean. People can become obsequious and creepy. I try to steer clear of approaching these extremes.
I'm a giant cuntbag of a man really, can't help myself sometimes, but I'm lucky enough that I have a beautiful, patient wife who is trying her best to turn me into something softer.
You may refer to me as "Oh High One."
(September 4, 2016 at 6:23 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(September 4, 2016 at 6:20 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: You got your rep back. Don't whine. "butthurtitude" - stolen.
You may refer to me as "Oh High One."
 (September 6, 2016 at 6:11 am)robvalue Wrote: I know what you mean. People can become obsequious and creepy. I try to steer clear of approaching these extremes. The way I look at it is: That's not nice of them. Exceedignly nice = niceness exceeded = no longer nice. We want successful niceness not excessful niceness... (Oh shit... there's so such word  ) Stephen Fry Wrote:If you'll pardon the pun. Hugh Laurie Wrote:What pun? Stephen Fry Wrote:Oh wasn't there one? Oh, I'm sorry. RE: Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?
September 6, 2016 at 7:28 am
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2016 at 7:29 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I'm an extremely nice person.
I constantly go out of my way to help others, never expecting anything in return because I just enjoy making others feel good. However, every once in a while, very rarely, I'm Hannibal Lector. This wipes away anything nice I've ever done for those who see it and makes them think I was never genuine. It is my curse. Yet someone who is always a cunt does one nice thing and people think that's they way they really are inside and the arseholeness is just a mask.  RE: Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?
September 6, 2016 at 10:16 am
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2016 at 10:18 am by Divinity.)
Fuck no. There's too many worthless people on this planet to be nice. I can be nice to people, but I'm not a nice person. I'm only relatively nice to people who aren't shitbags. There's just a lot of shitbags in this world.
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