Learn How To Be A Decent Human Being FFS

[SweetHomicidalQueen]

#SeeMyWork

Seriously though!

Being a decent human being is very simple actually, but the main key is you have to be open to the ideas to become one.

de·cent
ˈdēs(ə)nt/
adjective
1.
conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behavior.
"the good name of such a decent and innocent person"
2.
of an acceptable standard; satisfactory.
"find me a decent cup of coffee"

A good person is not a selfless person. A good person is not a selfish person. A good person is not a saint. A good person is someone who thinks about their own needs and comfort as much as they think about other's. A good person is not someone who helps you with money.

- https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-definition-of-good-people-How-do-you-define-it

There is no price on being a decent human being. I read the article of the man above, he gave his shoes to this homeless child that way he wouldn't have to walk on his barefeet, gaining blisters and cuts. Most people will think "Oh someone else will deal with that." or "That's their parents fault for having a child when they cannot afford it."

Those thoughts vary between seeing something and not doing anything, to being kind of fucked up.

I believe it is actually quite simple to be a decent human, just as I stated before, with the only road block being you have to be open minded to it.

-Accept/Be respectful [even if you cannot understand] of other peoples choices, religion etc.
-Be selfless
-Put your happiness equal to those you love's happiness
-Open yourself to learning new things
-Learn Patience
-Don't talk shit
-Appreciate the small things
-Appreciate the large things
-Accept people for who they are while supporting their development and improvement [and if you can't, do not deal with them]
-Be civilized
-Do not purposefully do harm unless in self defense

That sounds like a lot, but honestly it really isn't.

It doesn't matter someones religious beliefs, nor their sexuality or race or gender or wealth. Respect others, even if you cannot understand why they believe something, respect others even if they're gay and you're against gay marriage. Respect someone if they're fat, or short, or a Muslim, or a tranny.

The only time it's okay to not respect someone?

If they hurt or use you intentionally, if they're a rapist, a pedophile or a murderer/criminal. And as redeye pointed out, there are even exceptions for those who are criminals.

Besides that, be a good human being.

Stop complaining about how there's no decent people left and become one.

"We're all just humans telling humans to stop being human."

[redeyemindtricks]

MOST people are, at heart, fundamentally good people -- a fact that, I think, is generally underappreciated or overlooked.
Even in the hoodiest of 'hoods, under the direst of circumstances, I'd still say that solidly 90 percent of people are good, peaceable folks, whose main interests are pretty much just gettin' along from day to day in concert with their fellow men and women.
It's just too easy to take EVERYDAY actions of decency for granted, or simply not to notice them -- because they're the norm.

So, in addition to what's in this take, I'd add: Take the time to be more aware of all the everyday acts of goodness, kindness, and trust happening around you. There's a lot more than you probably think at first.

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Regarding the first boldface point -- It's always a mind-expanding exercise to TRY to understand other people's points of view, especially when they're so mind-bendingly different from our own.

Inevitably, whenever I try to empathize with someone who thinks radically differently than I do about something, I wind up thinking all the way back to how they were raised vs. how I was raised... and all of those cultural and family factors that go into it, on top of "personality". Everything is more complicated than it seems at first -- and empathy is often something that takes practice, especially with difficult people.

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I think I see what you're trying to do with including "murderers/criminals" in there, toward the end.
But, actually, *some* of the most honorable and principled people I've known -- in terms of keeping their word, standing for something, and sticking to it absolutely to the death -- have been in the criminal world.
Certainly not all. But, some.

[Bluemax]

"Take the time to be more aware of all the everyday acts of goodness, kindness, and trust happening around you. There's a lot more than you probably think at first."

Yep.

"But, actually, *some* of the most honorable and principled people I've known -- in terms of keeping their word, standing for something, and sticking to it absolutely to the death"

What is the "something" they stand for?

[Bluemax]

Most people I think fall into a goodness bell curve. You have the few people who are just naturally very good and a few who are just naturally very bad but the majority of us fall in the middle. The peak of that bell curve is something I can live with.

[Oram52]

"Learn How To Be A Decent Human Being FFS"
>> No I will not!

Nice MyTake, good points. However if we could just switch these on it would be no problem. But that's exactly what it comes to, we need to strive ourselves to become a better human being.

Golden Rule: Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You

[CheerGirl38139]

Very well done girl.

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[sixnineanon]

I really wish everyone would read this. It's good and logical.

[SweetHomicidalQueen]

Aw thanks

[ThisDudeHere]

"https://www. girlsaskguys. com/user/opinion_master"

Used to be that meant you had to burn witches for witchraft and stone gays for being gay. It's hard to define being decent when morality is purely subjective.

[LiveFreeorDieHard]

I just do what I want and mind my own business. That's my way of living.

[RainbowFanGirl]

Why is the world going to shit. :(

[SweetHomicidalQueen]

I don't know, I am trying to keep my faith in humanity.

[0112358]

It's not.

The broad trends are that the world is becoming safer, proporitonately fewer people live in poverty, more people have access to health care, etc.

The news is always filled with bad things. It's what sells the news.

[Narset]

What a deliciously generic feelgood mytake!