.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

[harlot2.livejournal.com]

Let's face it, people are assholes these days. Many don't know how to be nice, period. Especially where I live right now. It's the reason I hate this town, because people don't even know how to talk to each other, much less how to treat each other decently.

That being said, once in a blue moon, there is the rare gem that seems to have been transported from another dimension. People usually don't know how to react to these folks, because they've never seen a decent human being before.

Um, yeah. I have some latent anger about this place right now. Anyway, that's why I voted "It's rare, but it happens." In a nutshell.