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It is sadly too common for people to feel vindicated and/or thrilled anytime they manage to "win" like this, akin to the so-called beggar mentality, where any m
by basilgohar 6y ago
It is sadly too common for people to feel vindicated and/or thrilled anytime they manage to "win" like this, akin to the so-called beggar mentality, where any material gain to oneself regardless of actual need is considered a positive.
These kinds of people like to think of themselves as smart when in reality they are just selfish.
Any action that cannot sustainably be extended to everyone else in the world should be considered suspect as to whether it's actually good.
- brianwawok 6y agoThis is like the next level stealing a roll of TP from work. :/
- csallen 6y ago> Any action that cannot sustainably be extended to everyone else in the world… This rules out lots of things that society accepts as fine. Although perhaps that's your intent.
- lmz 6y agoFirst world living standards, for one...
- Dylan16807 6y agoUsing the full per diem on a work trip sounds to me like something that can be sustainably extended to everyone.