Hating conventional morality http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/ This is simply a product of the American Conspiracy. These harmful ideals will pass away following the resoultion of the Conspiracy. http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-265006 2008-09-11 11:27:56 You have revealed six attitudes that are likely to do you a great deal of harm in life. Unless you can do something very well that many people are willing to pay you a lot of money for, it is important to be liked. You do not seem likable. http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-259598 2008-08-07 18:24:46 "1) Be always altruistic firsthand" The only thing that pisses me off is that so many people *pretend* they are altruistic, and actually are just looking out for themselves. It's healthy to look out for yourself, but just fucking admit it. 2) "Hate only who it's socially acceptable to hate" I agree... but in every subculture there is a new set of people to hate... some town in the midwest might have a large population of white supremacists, so they hate blacks. In NYC, there is a general disdain for people in the midwest. If it were to be reversed, there would be choas because everyone conforms to some degree, even when it comes to hating an entire population. 3) Avoid confrontation, but act as if you won't until that time for conflict comes Some people are all talk. They are pussies :) 4) Be normal, heed the social dogmas--box yourself in to mandatory politeness I belive, however, that politness is good for low-contact strangers. You hold the door for a wheelchair, you don't have a shit fit if someone bumps into you. You hold your tongue when a baby cries. This is functional, to avoid choas... 5) Humility is better than pride Pride is ok. Glorifying yourself is narcissistic. There is a fine line. What pisses me off is that people will act with apparent humility just to hear "oh, don't say that, you are wonderful!" from other people- just to affirm to themselves that they are the Big Shit. 6) Fight the censorship of your ideas, unless you happen to be against those ideas Ah... hypocricy. I hate it. http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-180152 2007-10-17 08:02:47 #1 works best for saints -- for the rest of us, it's incredibly hard work. #2 I understand and concur; #3 I don't quite get. Do you mean you should pretend to be confrontational and then wuss out when you have to actually be in a confrontation' #4 Understood; concur. #5 Humility usually IS better than pride. I'd substitute the word "pride" for "confidence" here, then I would concur. #6 Understood; concur. Rather than despise the "mindset" you describe here (and you could find plenty of those who would agree with most or all of your points), why not be "confident" in your own values' Thinking freely takes practice and a certain amount of intelligence. Not everyone is up to the task. http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-180144 2007-10-17 07:01:13 1, 3 and 6 is all me lol. and i say i agree with you cos i'll say it again its shit like this thats fucking everything up. And ur right, kids in school just dont get it, they think its the right thing to fight with ur heart, wat a load of crap http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-147335 2007-08-15 08:36:30 I TOTALLY AGREE http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-147329 2007-08-15 08:09:49 Haha. Societies morals' Yeah, right. Follow your own, or you're on a one-way road to conformity. http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-82786 2007-04-03 16:00:38 yeas it is as long as you are a boy! if yur a girl it may ruiin your friendship and a bit wrong!but follow ur heart and if it says tell her then do it !!! you dont know if u dont ask !!!!!! let us no how it goes !!! luckybabesxxxxxxx http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-79334 2007-03-27 07:36:15 Shavemeslowly (nice name), You raise a good point on five, but it also falls down to what the human's base nature is. Thing about this is, obviously a lot of us have different opinions on this base nature. I think that in our base nature, pride has a higher priority than humility for most people. I wouldn't mind hearing more from you on this, though. On six, notice that my idea of their hypocritical, conventional morality isn't an antithesis of my perceived morality. Personally, I don't know if I have an easily identified sense of ethics--but I do realize I seem to have less principles than the average person I've met. Six is implying, though, that if someone openly expresses equal voice for all--it's annoying to see them take that back when group they disagree with--such as gays wanting to be acknowledged--wants expression of themselves. Also note that I don't disdain excessive altruism in people, I have something against he/she who acts as if selfishness is a purely immoral thing. http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-68104 2007-02-21 20:36:33 5. You are being hypocritical here. You argue that people should value their pride more than humulity, yet you complain that people refuse to aknowlege their "base nature" 6. You say that people should be less altruistic, but you want them to fight for things they don't agree with' http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-68098 2007-02-21 20:16:38 stargirl, I've considered that. http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-68065 2007-02-21 17:15:05 I think I misrepresented my beliefs in my comment, pride is ok, but there are some things that you shouldn't take pride in, and humility is always good. http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-68028 2007-02-21 13:30:50 Need to rant' Join the fun www.theranter.com I think you find like minded people there. http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-68022 2007-02-21 12:28:26 Kill all the bitches who think differently. http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-67983 2007-02-21 09:04:44 I believe altruism can be good, but an amount of selfishness for yourself is necessary before you're able to help others. I may have also worded that wrong, I hate more anyone who refuses to believe there's a bit of selfishness in each action. I'm not entirely interested in altruism, though, it doesn't concern me except when I derive something from it. Humility may help you achieve better things, such as what Holden's teacher told him in "Catcher in the Rye": "The mark of an immature man is he who wants to perish quickly for something, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live in humility for that thing he loves. But pride and nobility is important to me. http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-67836 2007-02-20 19:03:16 That's funny, I've only encountered numbers 1 and 5 in my life and believe strongly in both of those. My morals are to fight censorship period, avoid confrontation, but when confrontation is necessary it's necessary, don't hate anyone, screw being normal, and 1 and 5. http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-67830 2007-02-20 18:54:33 I agree http://isitnormal.com/story/7845/#comment-67825 2007-02-20 18:43:34