Some people are so selfish... why?

[theFREAKnasty82]

we live in a selfish world and it's monkey-see, monkey-do. Everyone has a degree of selfishness inside of them, it's just a matter of them wanting to be selfless or selfish.

[Cyprus106]

Originally Posted by 96Civ

My best friend is selfish. After all I have done for him, he drops me at the ring of a girl he barely knows.

Some friend he is. Next time he gets drunk off his ass, I'm abandoning his ass on the street in the middle of the night.

I tried that with a friend of mine. Not cuz he was selfish but cuz he was stupid and he tried to piss out the back of my jeep while i was doing 50. he was that drunk and was seriously pissing people off. So I drove him 15 miles across town then dropped him 3 miles away from his house. He called the next afternoon and didn't remember that I'd left him in the middle of a bunch of self-storage lockers at 4:22 in the morning. He did remember waking up 4 miles away in some guy's front lawn. hehehe... I found it best not to tell him I left him. Moral? make sure he's sober enough to remember otherwise it kinda takes the sting away and they just think they had a drunken night.

[Teg_95]

Originally Posted by theFREAKnasty82

we live in a selfish world and it's monkey-see, monkey-do. Everyone has a degree of selfishness inside of them, it's just a matter of them wanting to be selfless or selfish.

I totally agree that everyone is selfish to a certain to degree. But what pushes some people to be extra selfish.... or be selfish to the extreme? It just boggles the mind sometimes that these people who are extremely selfish don't see what they are doing are hurting people around them. Often times the people who get hurt are the people closes to them ie family, close friends....

I put a lot of the blame on how people act on their upbringing/ parents. When babies are born they don't know anything. It's up to the parents to teach them what's wrong and right/values/morals. It's important to teach them at a young age b/c once a person gets older it's hard for them to change.

[YoBoyThacker]

Originally Posted by Scoob@AutoForums

my example: i started smoking at 15 (ok a bit young but i've quit now) and we were always strapped for cash, few of us could really afford the habit. one guy, namely arjun sodhi, never had his own an to be slightly modest i see myself as reasonably generous, within limits and tolerances, so i was the one who gave everyone else a cig when they were skint. our system worked when you had a pack, you dished them out and sooner or later you get paid back when someone else gets their pack. now this one guy, arjun, he NEVER had any of his own, and being a sorta communist, i believed in good faith and equality, so i never hesitated to give him one (except when i had only a few left and it was a crap day) but when did he pay me back ? never the cunt never paid me back.

then once at bowling i bought him a burger cos he had no money and in good faith i trusted he'd pay me back. it was about £3/$6, ok so its practically nothing, except bearing in mind i was always skint and the money bought me lunch or a new pack of cigs. so im pissed cos he treats me like shit despite my good faith in others. now he has the cheek to always ask if i have any ! one day i will just flip and beat the shit outa him for the way he treats me, and i'll get the last laugh cos it'll be worth more than £3.

My brother's like that, no matter what you do for him, he always finds something to complain about and how you "NEVER" do anything for him......AND HE'S FLIPPING 24?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I feel your pain, not exactly but I feel where your coming from. I feel if I have money and you dont i'll buy you some food if youre hungry. Next time when i'm broke and having money trouble...You can help me out (You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours...) But some people are just.........selfish lol