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ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 02:37 PM Jul 2013

According to your opinion, are people one dimensional?

edit to fix spelling error in my joke answer


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Yes. Good people are good, while bad people are bad. There is no crossover.
0 (0%)
No. People are multidimensional. Sometimes good people do bad things, and sometimes bad people do good things.
1 (100%)
I hate when people say \"turtle,\" when they actually mean \"tortoise.\"
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According to your opinion, are people one dimensional? (Original Post) ZombieHorde Jul 2013 OP
. kentauros Jul 2013 #1
No. And, it pisses me off. Wait Wut Jul 2013 #2
It's very simple sarisataka Jul 2013 #3
I hate when people misspell "tortoise." MineralMan Jul 2013 #4
Craap! nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #5
TeeHee! nt MineralMan Jul 2013 #7
People are whatever I need them to be to prop up my sense of righteousness cthulu2016 Jul 2013 #6
That seems nice. I may have to adopt the same philosophy. nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #8
That's about right Seeking Serenity Jul 2013 #9
I do think that people "tend" in one or the other PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #10
Yes. I mean no. I mean.... johnp3907 Jul 2013 #11
No. LWolf Jul 2013 #12
True. nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #14
Reality is gray Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #13

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
2. No. And, it pisses me off.
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 02:39 PM
Jul 2013

Nothing ruins my day more than when I have to agree with someone I truly dislike. It makes me feel like the universe has failed me.

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
6. People are whatever I need them to be to prop up my sense of righteousness
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 02:49 PM
Jul 2013

Since the assaults on my sense of personal righteousness are varied I may have to believe a lot of contradictory thing during the day in order to always be "right."

Right might mean being factually right, or it might mean being spectacularly and comically wrong in order to take a position opposite of that of someone I know to be evil... it depends on the context.

Seeking Serenity

(2,840 posts)
9. That's about right
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 02:53 PM
Jul 2013

"And, as always, (my moral superiority) prevails."

And, since evil must, by definition, always be wrong, then I, as a morally and ethically righteous person, must, a fortiori, adopt the contrary position at all times.

 

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)
10. I do think that people "tend" in one or the other
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 03:02 PM
Jul 2013

Obviously no one is perfect, perfectly good or perfectly bad. I am not a church goer or subscribe to any major religious belief system but:

Lust
Gluttony
Greed
Sloth
Wrath
Envy
Pride

Are (imo) the emotional drivers which drive people to do things which are considered BAD. We should focus on the positive emotions rather than negative.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
12. No.
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 03:10 PM
Jul 2013

I can't pick the "sometimes" answer, though, because it divides people one-dimensionally into "bad people" and "good people."

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