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re: Somebody just bought my breakfast for me in the drive-through...
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:40 am to Displaced
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:40 am to Displaced
quote:Not looking for recognition or anything in return is pretty selfless.
there is no such thing as a truly selfless act.
Paying for the person behind you in line and expecting it to continue is pretty stupid when the chain never ends. Nobody came out ahead.
Pay for own crap and I'll pay for mine.
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Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:41 am to SidewalkDawg
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Not to mention the judging looks you get from a teenager at Chik-fil-a if you decide not to pay it forward.
OMG a teenager you don't know is judging you! How are you going to look at yourself in the mirror anymore??
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:42 am to LSUAfro
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Not looking for recognition or anything in return is pretty selfless.
not true because of self gratification
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:42 am to KingRanch
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I don't go through drive thrus, they're trashy
I don't think your classy truck would fit anyway.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:42 am to DosManos
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Was it their breakfast burrito?
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:42 am to Salmon
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What is the protocol there?
Wait until there is another clear opportunity and start another chain.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:43 am to KingRanch
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don't go through drive thrus, they're trashy
This. I don't eat fast food anymore. I'm trying to live a healthy lifestyle.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:43 am to Displaced
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not true because of self gratification
quote:
concerned more with the needs and wishes of others than with one's own; unselfish.
Doesn't say anything about feeling good
shite. 
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:52 am to Salmon
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If it makes them feel better buying some dude's breakfast, is that so bad?
It isn't bad. Displaced is just making a kind of philosophical point.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 8:56 am to Salmon
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Was it their breakfast burrito?
Rock on, OP. Rock on.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 9:14 am to Displaced
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sure you can. that is exactly what that happy feeling that you get is.
It's a selfless act when the person can do nothing in return for you.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 9:35 am to lsusteve1
Pay it forward sucka.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 9:45 am to Displaced
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I don't.
If you get any sort of self pleasure or satisfaction out of what a good person you are then your act is not truly selfeless.
This wasn't an interesting or edgy viewpoint when I heard it on the tv show Friends back in the 90s when you were in preschool.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 9:52 am to fightin tigers
quote:Yes
If everyone is buying for the person behind them is there a nice deed even being done?
Posted on 8/4/15 at 9:54 am to Displaced
quote:Thsi is false, you can certainly derive satisfaction for doing something and it still be selfless.
If you get any sort of self pleasure or satisfaction out of what a good person you are then your act is not truly selfeless.
The difference is the intent. If you do it intending to do it partially because it makes you feel better, then yes. But you can do it completely selflessly but the end result is you are still drawing personal satisfaction of seeing someone enjoy whatever you did for them.
quote:They did?
they do it because they feel obligated to not be the a-hole that ended the chain
This post was edited on 8/4/15 at 9:56 am
Posted on 8/4/15 at 10:01 am to SidewalkDawg
quote:Ya don't say!!! What an irrelevant statement.
Regardless, there are better ways to serve the community if you really want to make a difference.
quote:What I learned from this thread is that too many people watch the news these days and just think everyone/everything in this world is bad. There are so many good people doing good things in the world today but you don't hear about it much, so people, like in this thread, just don't believe someone would do a nice thing for someone else just for the heck of it.
Doesn't ruin my day. But I see through it most of the time. It's more than likely bragging rights on their part via social media "OMG, just bought some guys lunch behind me! I'm such a great person and people like me."
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