EPTOn August 11 2012 15:08 Wafflelisk wrote:
Every time I hit that find game button (.. only semi-joking
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Every time I hit that find game button (.. only semi-joking
)Same here
Your 20 seconds of courage? - Page 3
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kittyjessika
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Same here | ||
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Sinensis
United States2513 Posts
I'll stick with being a coward. It's healthier. | ||
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Wrath 2.1
Germany880 Posts
I like adrinaline... | ||
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ckei
Finland37 Posts
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M4nkind
Lithuania178 Posts
I watch them kick my friend and I think oh well f-it. I look at my shoes lases - the were loose from all the moving around. I fix my lases take a deep breath , run into those 6 and enter by flying with my foot first. I knocked one away and then others just turned their heads to me. I was like ooooohhh crap. So I ran away and others followed me, I somehow managed to jump over wooden fence (it was up to my neck - a bit high) and get a splinter in my butt. Then the police sounds came and all the bad guys dispersed. I have some martial arts training and was in top shape back then, MA helps to stay focused and keep your head cool in situations of high stress, so I have to thank it for being fine after incident. The guy I saved was stabbed in a rib, so all in all end could have been a bit worse. And another example of courage - some drunk girls on a bus were singing and bus was half full. After they finished I went near them and sang a song for them. I wasn't drunk, but man such actions sometimes take more take courage tbh  . I even wonder wtf I was thinking. Well the songs were good from both sides. | ||
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SKDN
Sweden243 Posts
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divito
Canada1213 Posts
On August 11 2012 14:20 TommyP wrote: What about sacrificing your own life so someone else can live? How is that selfish? You wanted to do it, makes you feel good, etc... thus selfish. | ||
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rogenos
Austria24 Posts
On August 11 2012 20:35 divito wrote: You wanted to do it, makes you feel good, etc... thus selfish. Yeah, dying really makes me feel good. Every. Single. Time. | ||
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nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
On August 11 2012 20:35 divito wrote: You wanted to do it, makes you feel good, etc... thus selfish. What kind of logic is that? Following that logic you'd want and feel good about every decision you ever do. That's pretty stupid to be honest. Sometimes there's a bad decision and a bad decision. Also the definition of being selfish is not simply "feeling good," so please continue that train of thought if you will. | ||
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Roonweld
United States144 Posts
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IshinShishi
Japan6156 Posts
On August 11 2012 20:41 nihlon wrote: What kind of logic is that? Following that logic you'd want and feel good about every decision you ever do. That's pretty stupid to be honest. Even though I have a hard time believing that it applies to sacrificing your own life, a LOT of seemingly "selfless" acts have a pretty selfish nature, as in people do stuff wanting to feel that they are better than others, that they are special and unique, etc. | ||
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TheKefka
Croatia11752 Posts
On August 11 2012 20:39 rogenos wrote: Yeah, dying really makes me feel good. Every. Single. Time. Some people would consider that the perfect way to go,so yea,it can be out of a selfish motive. The only real courageous deed you could perform that is 100% unselfish is something that is decided and done in a literal split second,something which your instincts and reflexes make you do,like pushing someone that is about to get hit by a car or whatever.You don't actually think about if you are putting yourself in danger,you don't think about the consequences of your act,whether you will get rewarded or not,you just do it. | ||
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Brotatoes23
United States67 Posts
He stopped hitting and yelling at his girl in public, at least. | ||
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nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
On August 11 2012 20:46 IshinShishi wrote: Even though I have a hard time believing that it applies to sacrificing your own life, a LOT of seemingly "selfless" acts have a pretty selfish nature, as in people do stuff wanting to feel that they are better than others, that they are special and unique, etc. I don't argue with that, but that's not really what he said either. Not every decision is made because you want it and not every decision you feel good about are selfish. On August 11 2012 20:48 TheKefka wrote: Some people would consider that the perfect way to go,so yea,it can be out of a selfish motive. Even if someone wouldn't mind getting kill while saving someone else, how does that automatically lead to it being a selfish act? You can like something without it being a selfish act. | ||
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TheKefka
Croatia11752 Posts
On August 11 2012 20:50 nihlon wrote: I don't argue with that, but that's not really what he said either. Not every decision is made because you want it and not every decision you feel good about are selfish. Even if someone wouldn't mind getting kill while saving someone else, how does that automatically lead to it being a selfish act? You can like something without it being a selfish act. I didn't say every one of those cases is selfish,I just said that someone could partially do it out of personal gain of what in their mind is a perfect way to go.Selfish isn't inherently bad always,but if something that you perform benefits you in a way than it partially is selfish. The only way you can find that out really is if you think about something to judge whether you want to do it or not,while you think about something the inevitable question will arise in your head:"What will I get from this?" "Or what will happen to me?",it's just the way the human brain is wired.As I said no one can just block these thoughts unless you do something out of impulse. | ||
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Cpt.beefy
Ireland799 Posts
On August 11 2012 14:23 ieatkids5 wrote: was hanging out with a girl late at night at the university commons area. we were sitting on the couch together. both of us said we needed to "study." we had our books and notebooks on our respective laps, and she randomly asks me "are you gay" (rofl i have no idea why she would ask such a thing, don't ask) I decide, alright, she's shown the signs, all the signals are there, if i do it, what do i have to lose? a few minutes of embarassment? i lean in, wrap my left arm around her back, right arm around her head, and kiss her in the lips. she kisses back. after about 20 seconds, i said, "no, i'm not gay." and we've been going out ever since. fuck embarrassment. fuck hesitation. just go do it. and if it doesn't work, what have you lost? a potential friendship? would that friendship have even gone well? what about all the other potential friends out there? or a few minutes of embarassment? who fucking cares? if it doesn't work out, you're never gonna see her again. it was good practice anyway. That story screams, repressed gayness. | ||
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IshinShishi
Japan6156 Posts
On August 11 2012 20:55 TheKefka wrote: I didn't say every one of those cases is selfish,I just said that someone could partially do it out of personal gain of what in their mind is a perfect way to go.Selfish isn't inherently bad always,but if something that you perform benefits you in a way than it partially is selfish. I think it has to do with the motive for the act, if consciously or sub-consciously you see something to gain from the act then it is an inherently selfish act. | ||
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Cpt.beefy
Ireland799 Posts
On August 11 2012 20:21 SKDN wrote: Masturbating in the car when parents went into the store Fucking LOLZ!! I broke a nut. WP sir. | ||
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Dosey
United States4505 Posts
On August 11 2012 18:44 AlphaWhale wrote: Go to school. Have a geography test. Haven't studied. Answer each question like it's a cheesy sex novel knowing it will be read to the entire class either by me or the teacher (which it was). Schools like to make you feel like shit when you're unable to do the work (dropped down the lowest maths level because I kept forgetting my calculator at home) so I flipped that shit on it's head. tl;dr I did something goofy and now everyone has a happy memory of that time in high school. Other seconds of courage usually involve climbing shit. That being said none if this is actually the "heroic" kind of courage like saving people from dying. Honestly I just don't surround myself with enough people facing near death to have such an opportunity. Sounds more like cowardice than courage to me. You didn't know the answers and couldn't stand being made to look like an idiot publicly so you purposely made fool answers to get a cheap laugh out of everyone. Definitely not courage -_- | ||
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
On August 11 2012 13:45 TheRabidDeer wrote: I just finished watching We Bought a Zoo (pretty good movie to be honest) and this is one of the phrases that stuck with me (and likely many other people). In the movie, he says "sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage. Just literally 20 seconds of just embarassing bravery, and I promise you something great will come of it", and I was wondering if anybody has had these 20 seconds of courage in real life. Just some life changing experience that took serious balls to do. If you have, share it. If you havent, do you think it has any merit? Hell, even if you kind of have, do you think it has any merit? Personally, I am a wuss and haven't. However, upon hearing it I think that maybe I should try and apply it to my life. Asking a girl out. God never been so afraid in my life :p | ||
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