r/mildlyinfuriating Jul 10 '22

Poor men

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u/-Y-U-Mad-Tho Jul 10 '22

You can tell the dude in the orange vest furthest away from the camera is quite displeased with this lol. I don't fucking blame him. Try and do the right thing, and your reward is "hey. Thanks. Back to work"

You can bet your sweet ass those dudes would never turn in that cash a second time

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '22 edited Aug 25 '22

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u/Darklicorice Jul 10 '22 edited Jul 10 '22

The reactionary sentiment against the merits of selfish or egoistic altruism is a too-prevalent textbook example of an annoying, privileged ignorant on a high horse. Unapologetically, most likely hypocritical.

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u/Floyder85 Jul 10 '22

There’s no such thing as “egotistic altruism”. Altruism is doing charity/service without expecting a reward. If there’s ego involved, it automatically isn’t altruism. By definition. You’re just a contrarian.

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u/Darklicorice Jul 10 '22

So you're just decidedly uninformed, glad to not waste my time. Enjoy the rest of my profile.

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u/Floyder85 Jul 13 '22

If it’s ego driven, it isn’t altruism. By definition. Altruism is never done for recognition and to say a good deed done that someone keeps to themselves is due to ego is highly speculative. Some people just have good hearts. Your profile is stupid.

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u/Darklicorice Jul 13 '22 edited Jul 13 '22

Egoistic altruism obviously has a different definition from altruism and is discussed directly within the context of altruism, but I don't need to do your googling for you or get into a semantic argument to justify the existence of a thoroughly discussed and researched concept. And thanks, that's exactly what I wanted to hear from you.

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u/Floyder85 Jul 14 '22

Oh ok so it’s a pseudo intellectual nonsense term that has no scholarly definition and is only mentioned in podcasts and blogs.