May 20, 2013

You Are Not a Good Guy

A good guy is one who does good to benefit others. The subtle difference between a good guy and a bad guy is hidden in his motives.

If your motives for doing good are determined by how doing that good benefits you, then you are not a good guy.

If you do good to make others like you, and you have little regard for their feelings, (unless it pertains to how they feel about you) then you are not a good guy.

The only way you care about another person’s feelings is by having concern for how those feelings reflect you. You are not a good guy.

You work really hard to charm and please others; others that bring you direct benefit. You are not a good guy.

You are a narcissistic, emotional vampire.

Ask yourself: Are you okay with that?

If so, then be prepared to live a lonely life of empty relationships with people who will eventually resent you for sucking the life out of them.

Or, make better choices to be a good guy.

Do good to benefit others, without making it a prerequisite that it must benefit you. Give more than you take.

Be a good guy.

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May 20, 2013

From edwardspoonhands, via sparkleanddiamonds: Iambic Pentameter, ya bish:

These tags I’ll pop, and boast in rhyming verse
that what I wear puts swagger in my gait;
though twenty shillings have I in my purse,
my self-esteem and manhood both inflate
when lofty furs I purchase for a cent.
Thy grandpa’s clothes are worthy salvage, though
they smell a trifle musty. Still, I spent
much less to dress myself from head to toe.

To save or not to save? The question’s moot.
I’ll never give my coin to high-street crooks.
These dusty shelves will yield their hidden loot
to those, like me, more frugal in their looks.
Like ancient coins washed up on distant shores,
I’ll find my treasures in these thrifty stores.
- Macklemore, “Thrift Shoppe”

*Crying with laughter*

ITS IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER. THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE THING.

(via exaggerationsandexclamations)

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May 19, 2013