.104 - the selfless act.

[krickets]

I was having this strangely philosophical conversation with slybrunette last night, and I brought up the topic of "selfess acts". I've had this conversation with many a'friend in the past, and the answer they give me is pretty much universally the same.

No, there is no such thing as a truly selfless act.

This baffles me because I tend to believe the opposite. That selfless acts do exist. I know it's my [annoying] optimism and my wish to see the good in people that causes me to believe in the selfless act, but of all the conversations I've had about this, I can't remember one person ever coming to that same conclusion.

So what do you think, flist?
[Feel free to link others to the poll, I'm quite curious!]

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I'd love to hear your explanations in the comments!

Comments

[millylicious.livejournal.com]

If there wasn't such a thing as a selfless act, I'd probably be a) much richer b)would probably sleep more.

I guess you could say it's not a selfless act because it makes me feel happy to help people, but at the end of the day it doesn't really make me gain anything to give money or work extra hours for no pay to save the people under me some boring tasks.