Are you a good person?

lilmutegirl

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The general perception of me is that I am a good, moral person...and, as much as I'd like to believe that, I don't know that I live up to my reputation. I am always afraid that I will do something wrong, and the image of me will be shattered. Not only that, but I have an extreme sense of guilt with each mistake I have made in my life.
 

PokerFace

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I am the best person I ever met. Loyal, honest, submissive, helper ... But still I was bitter towards people. They only cause me trouble, thankfully I developed a patience of the size of the world to put up with it all.
 

lilmutegirl

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Define "good".

I actually had not thought about what "good" constitutes...I guess the dictionary.com definition works: "morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious:
a good man."

My intentions are usually good, but sometimes I make mistakes and do things that I think could be viewed as wrong or dumb.
 

Regret93

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I mean well, but life experience causes me to try out different ways of dealing with people.
 

OceanMist

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Mostly yes, I am good. The gray area is the social thing. I am a bad person in certain ways socially but those areas aren't necessarily totally in my control at all times.

In a way I am a terrible person. I practically have no friends and don't really hang out with anyone except for the dates I go on and often don't engage in small talk with people like most "normal" people do. I'd say from a social standpoint I'm a real evil person, again though, that's not all my fault. I'm just naturally shy and introverted.
 

PugofCrydee

You want to know how I got these scars?
I certainly won't intentionally cause harm to others.
Unless an 'other' wrongs me intentionally.

I definitely feel better in myself if I generally do the right things.
I've been a pri*k when I was younger, fought a lot and caused trouble so I've seen both sides.
I have to say I'm glad most people are generally considered 'good' in Australia.
Of course we have our exceptions like anywhere.

But having lived as a trouble maker, and as a 'good' person, I know it's much easier to live as the 'good' guy.
If you want to be a liar, schemer, and take advantage of others, well one day it will catch up with you.
 

Bronson99

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Maybe a long time ago I was a decent person. But as time went on and social anxiety increased and I never really put up a good fight against it (or shyness, or whatever the root cause is), somehow it seems to have magnified any selfish traits I had. So while I do not usually intend malice and I do not exhibit manipulative traits (no psychopathy here, from what I can tell), the problem is selfishness, which leads to inaction, problems with empathy, and such.
 

SCP-087-1

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Kind of. I'm loyal, kind, and I tend to avoid conflict. But i still do things that I know are wrong and I feel guilty about. It's because it's just so easy to justify things to yourself. "I know this is wrong but in this specific situation it's okay because....". Another thing that makes it easy to do bad things is that I never get caught and I never will so long as I keep my mouth shut. Also being "good" is relative. If someone came to me with a problem that only tough love could solve. Would it be good of me to give them tough love to try and help them solve it even though it would make them upset or would it be good of me to enable them and make them happy even though their problem would never be fixed and it will happen again?

I think it's possible to be both a good person and a horrible person. Maybe it's got something to do with the duality of man?
 

squidgee

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I like to think I'm a generally nice person with mostly good intentions, though if you were to put goodness/morality on a scale from 0-10, I don't think anyone on the planet would have an absolute 0 or absolute 10. Everyone has some good and some bad, it's usually not so black and white.
 

planetweirdo

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I try very hard to be seen by others as nice, and likeable. I tend to worry a lot about rather or not others see me as good. Sometimes I wish that I could just get everyone in the world to like me, and think of me as a good person, but I don't think that that is possible. I think that different people have different opinions about what makes a person good or bad. There are some people that would consider a person with minor flaws a bad person. There are some people that think that certain behaviors that many would find questionable, is good Behavior.
I think that people rarely come to a universal consensus about rather a person is good or bad. This is why we have celebrities and politicians that some people love while others hate. I personally think that most people fall somewhere in-between good and bad.

:thinking: trying to think of someone that is universally viewed as a good/bad person.
 

FriendlyShadow

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The general perception of me is that I am a good, moral person...and, as much as I'd like to believe that, I don't know that I live up to my reputation. I am always afraid that I will do something wrong, and the image of me will be shattered. Not only that, but I have an extreme sense of guilt with each mistake I have made in my life.

Personally, I don't necessarily feel like I'm a good person but more so like a degenerate towards most other people for reasons unknown. I seem to not do anything right, not saying the right things, no being what people would like for me to be. I see nothing to feel good about myself for because I'm always going to be disappointing people. Although, there were mistakes I've made in the past I regret doing now, but nothing will ever change how people see me as other than a degenerate.:(
 

Predacon

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No one can be good all the time, but on balance I would say I am. I feel bad if I've wronged someone and generally don't feel right until I've done something to correct it
 

Alienated

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Even Jesus said " Why do you call me good, only God is good"...

Now that's humble..

Now a little rant...

Besides... With all the relative/critical thinking crap, liberal indoctrination, and common core education that society has today, what's good when absolute truth no longer exists.

People attack each other with vile lies and over the top delusional exaggerations, point fingers, and scream die die DIE !! Trying to justify their point as being valid, when it's utter nonsense.

I say there is no one good not even one, me included. I have become cynical, resentful, and avoid people as much as I can... Yeah I am a Generation X..... I tried to fit in, I want to help people.... But what is called good now, I don't want to have anything to do with. And I know the feeling is mutual.

Having a advertisment for mind control at the bottom of the screen as I am typing this, just proves my point. What's that crap , who is in CONTROL ???? Not so PC... Well I guess beening Alienated has it's benefits !!

End of rant...
 
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MikeyC

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The general perception of me is that I am a good, moral person...and, as much as I'd like to believe that, I don't know that I live up to my reputation. I am always afraid that I will do something wrong, and the image of me will be shattered. Not only that, but I have an extreme sense of guilt with each mistake I have made in my life.
If you're worried about not living up to the standards you have for yourself for what you consider to be "good," then I think you're a good person because you care about the image you convey to people. :thumbup:

I'm not. I'm getting good at lying and scheming now and i love it.
Why? What joy do you get out of lying and scheming?

I don't know, ask the people around me.
I was going to agree with this, but it sometimes depends on who you ask. Some people can hate you for no real reason, so they may see you as a bad person. However, you're generally correct that the way your family and friends see you is pretty much indicative of your personality.

I have to say I'm glad most people are generally considered 'good' in Australia.
This is true, but there's always some people willing to do bad things, even in this country. Most people I meet are decent enough, though. :)
 
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