Poll: Are you a nice guy or a jerk?
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I know better than to try and judge such things about oneself. One's own opinion of themselves is almost always biased in some direction, be it good or bad, so I don't think many people can accurately say if they're 'nice' or not.
I guess what I'm saying is, I leave it to other people to decide. If I am nice most of the time, that would be... well, nice.
I guess what I'm saying is, I leave it to other people to decide. If I am nice most of the time, that would be... well, nice.
Internally, I can rage with the best of 'em, and my internal dialogue towards many people I interact with (but don't care about, i.e. customers) is pretty damn harsh.
That being said, it goes COMPLETELY against my nature to say anything to their face. Hell, that's true even in video games; I can't stand being an asshole. Playing as "renegade" in Mass Effect had me twitching at my character's dialogue. Generally speaking, I'm too nice to let my very present jerk side out into the open.
That being said, it goes COMPLETELY against my nature to say anything to their face. Hell, that's true even in video games; I can't stand being an asshole. Playing as "renegade" in Mass Effect had me twitching at my character's dialogue. Generally speaking, I'm too nice to let my very present jerk side out into the open.
I'm a doormat. Of course, a true test is whether you are nice on forums where you have anonymity.
Who thinks they're a jerk? I guess what I mean is, most real jerks/douchebags/total assholes would never refer to themselves as such. Maybe someone will say, "why yes, I am a jerk", but they would be less of... jerks... jerkiness, um... they wouldn't be as bad as someone who denied it but really was on the inside.
Everyone knows me as a "nice guy", which is about all anyone knows about me. Maybe that's something I should think about changing... hehehe.
Everyone knows me as a "nice guy", which is about all anyone knows about me. Maybe that's something I should think about changing... hehehe.
I'm both, ish. In normal, day to day interactions, I'm a bit of jerk. I do some serious mocking of my friends, but that is all in good fun and they do the same to me. However, I really think I act like a bit of a jerk because I don't really care about other people's pain for the most part. And I am very likely to mock and insult people who irritate me and generally be a jerk to the general populace if they deserve it(by my definition). And I fully admit that that makes me a jerk. However, if someone I care about is upset, I'll drop anything, no matter how important it is to me, to talk with them. And for that reason, and the other facets of my insane loyalty towards my friends, I think I am a nice guy. Also, I am cordial and polite and respectful towards the general populace until they do something that(once again, by my definition) shows they don't deserve that respect and cordiality. Then again, can't this be said of everyone?
Well ok, so there really is no such thing as a "nice Guy" or a "jerk" Every sane sentient being (and most animals) have a variable interaction function that automatically adapts outputs to suit the situation. AND current fractal personality theory would suggest that all of us are made up of billions of smaller semi conscious nice and bad and other people who form the consensus that is us at any given moment of any given day.
With the exception of a person who has been heavily and specifically damaged psychologically in such a way that causes all of their outputs to be negative. But such a person would be unwilling and usually unable to classify themselves accurately. You could if you really anted to be simple about it take a general overview of the last six months and tally up your positive and negative responses and then strip them down to a number out of a hundred. But even then does a 70/30 positive split really make you a "nice Guy"?
So yes this is sillyness, But I personally prefer to try for a perfect 100 out of one hundred.
PERFECTION! DOUCHTALITY!
Signed your lord and master
With the exception of a person who has been heavily and specifically damaged psychologically in such a way that causes all of their outputs to be negative. But such a person would be unwilling and usually unable to classify themselves accurately. You could if you really anted to be simple about it take a general overview of the last six months and tally up your positive and negative responses and then strip them down to a number out of a hundred. But even then does a 70/30 positive split really make you a "nice Guy"?
So yes this is sillyness, But I personally prefer to try for a perfect 100 out of one hundred.
PERFECTION! DOUCHTALITY!
Signed your lord and master
I wish I were a jerk... I'd take less shit.. :/ And suffer less heartache.
[sub][sub]Maybe it's time I stop being nice and start robbing banks with school buses...[/sub][/sub]
[sub][sub]Maybe it's time I stop being nice and start robbing banks with school buses...[/sub][/sub]
Overall, I'm a nice guy, and firm believer that the nicer guys will do better socially than assholes.
I'm not above being a jerk when I need to be though.
I'm not above being a jerk when I need to be though.
I try to be nice but I tend to become a jerk when I feel bad.
My psychiatrist says it's because I can't express my sadness to other people except by hurting them.
Or by drawing/writing but they never listen to that they just say " oooh how nice ".
So I guess a bit of both.
My psychiatrist says it's because I can't express my sadness to other people except by hurting them.
Or by drawing/writing but they never listen to that they just say " oooh how nice ".
So I guess a bit of both.