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| dkersten:
Yes, I believe it completely and it is a very cynical viewpoint. However, it holds up. The "best" people I know are the ones who will admit they are flawed. I am not saying that the more good you are externally, the more evil you really are on the inside, but rather that the better you "project" a "good" personality, the better you are at hiding your true nature. Usually people who go overboard to project them being a "good" person are the ones trying to compensate for things they feel on the inside that they feel are bad. I consider myself a good person. My intentions are never cruel, I avoid violence, and I have always strived to do good for the people around me. However, I have dark thoughts, I have skeletons, and I have flaws. Those things have the potential to hurt anyone close to me. The more "true" to myself that I am, the more chance that I will end up hurting someone because at some point what I need in my life to be happy will end up stepping on someone else.. This is something I just see as human nature. I came to this whole conclusion while dating and trying to find "the one". Your "soul mate" is the one whose flaws you can live with, not someone without flaws because that person doesn't exist. If your "type" is the one who is outwardly good, chances are they are not nearly as "good" on the inside. |
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| yotsuya:
--- Quote from: dkersten on June 19, 2015, 12:21:44 pm ---Yes, I believe it completely and it is a very cynical viewpoint. However, it holds up. The "best" people I know are the ones who will admit they are flawed. I am not saying that the more good you are externally, the more evil you really are on the inside, but rather that the better you "project" a "good" personality, the better you are at hiding your true nature. Usually people who go overboard to project them being a "good" person are the ones trying to compensate for things they feel on the inside that they feel are bad. I consider myself a good person. My intentions are never cruel, I avoid violence, and I have always strived to do good for the people around me. However, I have dark thoughts, I have skeletons, and I have flaws. Those things have the potential to hurt anyone close to me. The more "true" to myself that I am, the more chance that I will end up hurting someone because at some point what I need in my life to be happy will end up stepping on someone else.. This is something I just see as human nature. I came to this whole conclusion while dating and trying to find "the one". Your "soul mate" is the one whose flaws you can live with, not someone without flaws because that person doesn't exist. If your "type" is the one who is outwardly good, chances are they are not nearly as "good" on the inside. --- End quote --- Your initial statement was "Also, everyone has a bad part of their personality, something dark and evil, and chances are the more "good" they appear on the outside, the darker they are on the inside." You're now saying "Usually people who go overboard to project them being a "good" person are the ones trying to compensate for things they feel on the inside that they feel are bad." Which applies to people who are "projecting" how good they are but aren't really good, which are two different things. I can agree with you on the second one. But as to the original statement, I know plenty of truly "good" people who aren't hiding any demons or dark thoughts and aren't "acting" good, they just are. I guess it all depends on what constitutes "dark and evil". Oh, and for my man Casto, obligatory: |
| Zakk:
I think out loud. Very annoying to most, but I am exactly the same inside as I project outward. I am definitely opinionated, I do criticise (but am very self critical), but overall I am so awesome I am just about to burst. I also take pleasure in how many times I can use "I" in a sentence. ;) I'm more of an oxymoron (or supermoron), than evil plotter. I too like to play with kittens and puppies, I mean, come on, who doesn't like kittens and puppies? :cheers: |
| yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Zakk on June 19, 2015, 12:40:38 pm ---I think out loud. Very annoying to most, but I am exactly the same inside as I project outward. I am definitely opinionated, I do criticise (but am very self critical), but overall I am so awesome I am just about to burst. I also take pleasure in how many times I can use "I" in a sentence. ;) --- End quote --- I think most people are that way. Sure, there are Eddie Haskells out there (look him up, whippersnappers), but I think most people are who they are. --- Quote ---I'm more of an oxymoron (or supermoron), than evil plotter. I too like to play with kittens and puppies, I mean, come on, who doesn't like kittens and puppies? :cheers: --- End quote --- I don't necessarily disagree with Dave that people hide stuff, and sometimes they doth protest too much. I just don't think the "everyone has a bad part of their personality, something dark and evil" statement is 100% true. Maybe the "dark and evil" part is throwing me off. |
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