4 Fundamental Reasons You're More Of A Jerk Than You Realize

Bullgrit

Adventurer

• Sep 1, 2015

• #1

From Cracked.com
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-fundamental-reasons-youre-:):):):):):):)/

#4. We Dismiss Everything A Person Says If We Disagree With Them About One Thing

#3. We Think That If Someone Makes A Mistake, It's Because They Suck

#2. We're Trying To Protect Ourselves From Other Jerks

#1. We Think Everyone's Like Us

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J

Janx

Hero

• Sep 1, 2015

• #2

on #1, do you mean the rest of you aren't largely composed of dihydrogen monoxide like I am?
http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html


on #2, I haven't found a reliable way to protect onself from jerks except to shoot them, which I am told is illegal

on #3, it really depends on if we already thought they sucked before they made a mistake. Some people just exude suckage. Then they confirm it with the incapabilities.

on #4, I don't remember if I agreed with you or not...

 

J

Jhaelen

First Post

• Sep 2, 2015

• #3

Okay, I'm totally guilty of #1. I can't help it. I'm the only person I know really, really, well (, and I'm far from believing I understand everything even about myself!).

Regarding #2 & #3, I'm a slow learner, so I plead non-guilty. I'm giving others the benefit of doubt more often than is good for me.

And regarding #4 I only Dismiss Everything A Person Says If I Disagree With Them About _TWO_ Things
Everyone can and will be wrong about something some of the time. But repeated offenders eventually make my ignore list.

 

Hand of Evil

Hero

Epic

• Sep 3, 2015

• #4

4. Everyone is an jerk - they just have to prove to me they are not
3. I am not always right but you don't have to be an jerk about it
2. I may not be the smartest person in the room but you don't have to be an jerk about it
1. I am an jerk, what are you going to do about it

 

MarkB

Legend

• Sep 3, 2015

• #5

Regarding #1, if not everyone is like us, then not everyone is guilty of all or any of the alleged attitudes, in which case this collective "we" merely amounts to "some people".

So, I guess the article itself is more of a jerk than it thinks it is, and since it's wrong about that, I can safely conclude that it sucks, and dismiss everything else about it.