Would you do something good if you could never get credit for it?

Leftist

Say you could do something that would take a good bit of effort and time out of your life, that would aid some people that you had never met a great deal... but you could never take credit for it and the credit would go to someone else who had nothing to do with it. That person would take then credit out of selfish reasons.

Would you go ahead with it? genuinely.

I was thinking this when I was watching batman, the dark knight and alfred said sometimes batman, you have to be the bad man. If I was batman I don't know if I could to it. I might use my powers to go around chinning gimps who think they're great.

AnonoBoy

Does peeing a bit of poo off the side of the toilet bowl count?

kfallon

Of course I would!

Imagine this scenario, you have come up with a cure for cancer but you have to let someone else take the credit, are you trying to tell me you'd not share it to the world anyway???

The little happy feeling you get inside when you do something good is enough for me

Leftist

kfallon wrote: »

Of course I would!

Imagine this scenario, you have come up with a cure for cancer but you have to let someone else take the credit, are you trying to tell me you'd not share it to the world anyway???

The little happy feeling you get inside when you do something good is enough for me

yet you see some slimeball taking the credit for your work? imagine being falsely accused of something minor on a bus and becoming a social pariah in your own home town for something patheticly insignificant, kids start throwing bricks at your house etc.

Yet you know you've saved thousands of people. You're going to die a less than zero and you're the only person who knows you're a hero.

No way.

davet82

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Does peeing a bit of poo off the side of the toilet bowl count?

you sir, are an un-sung hero

Jaxxy

Yes! The smug feeling of self-satisfaction and "Ooh, martyrdom!" would be enough for me. And I'd know, that's the most important thing.

kfallon

Leftist wrote: »

yet you see some slimeball taking the credit for your work? imagine being falsely accused of something minor on a bus and becoming a social pariah in your own home town for something patheticly insignificant, kids start throwing bricks at your house etc.

Yet you know you've saved thousands of people. You're going to die a less than zero and you're the only person who knows you're a hero.

No way.

What's this got to do with the thread?

davet82

kfallon wrote: »

What's this got to do with the thread?

apparnetly you done something on a bus

ejmaztec

I'd do something good then go after the obnoxious cunt who took the credit, and then I'd do something really bad.

BlimpyBoy

Leftist wrote: »

Say you could do something that would take a good bit of effort and time out of your life, that would aid some people that you had never met a great deal... but you could never take credit for it and the credit would go to someone else who had nothing to do with it. That person would take then credit out of selfish reasons.

Would you go ahead with it? genuinely.

I was thinking this when I was watching batman, the dark knight and alfred said sometimes batman, you have to be the bad man. If I was batman I don't know if I could to it. I might use my powers to go around chinning gimps who think they're great.

So you don't want to be Batman? That's just crazy talk.

biko

Yes of course. People do good deeds everyday without getting credit for them.

Duggy747

I'd release stale, rotten farts and blame it on someone else. It's become an artform at how good I am at it and try to contain the laughter as people shout at each other for causing such an eye-watering smell. :pac:

kfallon

davet82 wrote: »

apparnetly you done something on a bus

But I pulled the curtain across on that lonely Bus Eireann journey and there was nobody sitting within cumear shot of me

antodeco

My OH is very happy and loves her life. Think I get credit? Bollox! All I get is moaned at

Duiske

kfallon wrote: »

What's this got to do with the thread?

Sounds like he got caught kiddy fiddling on the Ballynowhere Express.

davet82

kfallon wrote: »

But I pulled the curtain across on that lonely Bus Eireann journey and there was nobody sitting within cumear shot of me

well the OP knows and now there are kids throwing bricks at your house, i hope your danger wánk was worth it

kfallon

davet82 wrote: »

well the OP knows and now there are kids throwing bricks at your house, i hope your danger wánk was worth it

I've not had any bricks thrown at my house, they must have the wrong guy or else they've gone after the fella who was 5 seats down from me who was watching a clip of 2 dogs riding on his laptop while roughing up the suspect!

ejmaztec

antodeco wrote: »

My OH is very happy and loves her life. Think I get credit? Bollox! All I get is moaned at

Wimmin have the capacity to cancel out the 1000 good things that you do with the one minor bad thing that you'd forgotten you did years ago.:(

christmas2012

i would do that good thing if it was vital you know what i mean,but if it wasnt and it was just some smuck stealing my cred then no way no bloody way!

Corcaigh84

I am a regular blood donor and my donees will never know who I am.

Then again, I've told you AH'ers, thus rendering my 'not getting credit' invalid :pac:

Hardonraging

The regular none boardsie me does a lot of stuff for other people and never request's any form of credit what so ever ! you actions dictate who you are, not the thanks you get for said actions ...

Giselle

At the end of the day, how you feel about yourself matters more than what others think.

If I cured cancer I'd know, and I'd be feeling pretty damn good about myself.

Plazaman

Leftist wrote: »

imagine being falsely accused of something minor on a bus and becoming a social pariah in your own home town for something patheticly insignificant, kids start throwing bricks at your house etc.

Sorry man, I'm aiming for your car but Specsavers have a three week backlog and my near sightedness is dragging my throwing arm left instead of right. That's why I've to get the kids to do it. But hey, if they hit your car, it was my idea, not theirs the little bástards. Not taking credit for my idea :mad:

Leftist

thefloss wrote: »

I am a regular blood donor and my donees will never know who I am.

Then again, I've told you AH'ers, thus rendering my 'not getting credit' invalid :pac:

I bet you tell everyone when you go too. Nothing wrong with that, but the question is if you could never take credit.

And tbh imo giving blood is not really taking a lot of time and effort, you even get crisps out ot it.

Ficheall

Hardonraging wrote: »

At the end of the day, how you feel about yourself matters more than what others think.

If I cured cancer I'd know, and I'd be feeling pretty damn good about myself.

That's an excellent point, Hardonraging. I'd thank your post twice if I could.

Leftist

Hardonraging wrote: »

The regular none boardsie me does a lot of stuff for other people and never request's any form of credit what so ever ! you actions dictate who you are, not the thanks you get for said actions ...

what if I got the credit for it? and I kept going where you went an telling everyone that I cured it.

ie> yep, you don't get people like me everyday, a real hero, not like that guy, look at the state of him

and then you couldn't say anything but one day you resorted to assault on a bus.

slam, life in the gutter and me on the front of time magazine.

Put it this way, which one would you rather be, the unknown hero or the false hero?

Hardonraging

Ficheall wrote: »

That's an excellent point, Hardonraging. I'd thank your post twice if I could.

I think you've misquoted me, however you dont need to thank me

Hardonraging

Leftist wrote: »

what if I got the credit for it? and I kept going where you went an telling everyone that I cured it.

ie> yep, you don't get people like me everyday, a real hero, not like that guy, look at the state of him

and then you couldn't say anything but one day you resorted to assault on a bus.

slam, life in the gutter and me on the front of time magazine.

Put it this way, which one would you rather be, the unknown hero or the false hero?

We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.

Ficheall

Hardonraging wrote: »

I think you've misquoted me, however you dont need to thank me

That was the point...

CavanCrew

Eh Hellooo, Nursing .... when the Doc gets most of the credit.

Hardonraging

CavanCrew wrote: »

Eh Hellooo, Nursing .... when the Doc gets most of the credit.

Having known a few nurses in my time i shall agree, they are the people who keep us alive as opposed to the doctor's

Another round of test's please nurse !!!

the groutch

to quote Joey Tribbiani

"there's no such thing as a selfless good deed"

so even if you didnt get credit, you'd still be doing it to make yourself feel good.

CavanCrew

Hardonraging wrote: »

Having known a few nurses in my time i shall agree, they are the people who keep us alive as opposed to the doctor's

Another round of test's please nurse !!!

Yeeeeep, pisses me off.

Leftist

CavanCrew wrote: »

Eh Hellooo, Nursing .... when the Doc gets most of the credit.

doctors get credit for changing bandages and/or nurses now perform surgery?

CavanCrew

Leftist wrote: »

doctors get credit for changing bandages and/or nurses now perform surgery?

Narrowminded.

& there are nurse specialists now.

Leftist

CavanCrew wrote: »

Narrowminded.

& there are nurse specialists now.

Yeah but since when did the doctors get credit for these things?

I know what the doctor does and I know what the nurse does. Credit is applied respectively.

They're hardly batman, going around hated by everyone but knowing they're doing the right thing.

CavanCrew

Leftist wrote: »

Yeah but since when did the doctors get credit for these things?

I know what the doctor does and I know what the nurse does. Credit is applied respectively.

They're hardly batman, going around hated by everyone but knowing they're doing the right thing.

BATMAN?!

Hardonraging

CavanCrew wrote: »

BATMAN?!

Srsly tho CC's right , Doctor's Diagnose, but nurses save lives ...


Now .. Would you like to ride with batman

Lucyfur

I don't need praise or notice if I do something good. It's nice to be nice:)

cocoshovel

As long as it makes me happy, sure.

CavanCrew

Hardonraging wrote: »

Srsly tho CC's right , Doctor's Diagnose, but nurses save lives ...


Now .. Would you like to ride with batman

you always got my back aint ya Hardonraginnnnn :cool:

Hardonraging

CavanCrew wrote: »

you always got my back aint ya Hardonraginnnnn :cool:

Us honkey's gotta stick together !!

Sean7

Leftist wrote: »

Say you could do something that would take a good bit of effort and time out of your life, that would aid some people that you had never met a great deal... but you could never take credit for it and the credit would go to someone else who had nothing to do with it. That person would take then credit out of selfish reasons.

Would you go ahead with it? genuinely.

I was thinking this when I was watching batman, the dark knight and alfred said sometimes batman, you have to be the bad man. If I was batman I don't know if I could to it. I might use my powers to go around chinning gimps who think they're great.

I am quite certain I could be Batman.

CavanCrew

Hardonraging wrote: »

Us honkey's gotta stick together !!

Cringe, never use that term again.:pac:

Giselle

Hardonraging wrote: »

Having known a few nurses in my time i shall agree, they are the people who keep us alive as opposed to the doctor's

If I'm ever in a serious crash or develop a serious illness, its going to be the experienced specialist doc I want to see. You know, the ones with the medical degree and years of training and experience.

Valuable as they are, nurses don't have the same skillset.

Capt'n Midnight

kfallon wrote: »

Of course I would!

Imagine this scenario, you have come up with a cure for cancer but you have to let someone else take the credit, are you trying to tell me you'd not share it to the world anyway???

The little happy feeling you get inside when you do something good is enough for me

you cure cancer while working for big pharma

big pharma patents cure / copyrights the DNA sequence , and refuses to share it with the world cos that would not be in the shareholders interest

ComfyKnickers

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Does peeing a bit of poo off the side of the toilet bowl count?

You should check out the "brown stains in the toilet" thread!!

ascanbe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqncCjxGqGw

Barbara179

TheStook

Reminds me of an episode of friends where phoebe tries to do a selfless act but realizes it's impossibe because she's only doing it to make herself happy, thus rendering it unselfless.

Ot though, I probably would but it would feel horrible knowing that nobody else knows.
Imagine the amount of people through the ages that have done some massive thing or invented something and are unknown or their credit was stolen, bound to be loads I'd wager.

MaroonAndGreen

Not sure..

I think id have to really care about the person or cause that I was doing the good deed for!