My dad gave my brother and I two packets of cookies. My brother ate his right away, I kept mine in my pocket. I waited for hours until opening mine.
When I did, my brother begged me for one. I said no. My mother warned me. Ordered me to share. I threw the cookies out.
btw, this is a real story.
Good philosophy, are you still friends with him LOL
With my brother? He's the best ally a man can have. Both my brothers are amazing. The point of the story is explained on further replies to Acidyo.
That's cool, I can't stand my brother LOL, probably havent seen each other since 2017, and he only lives 5 miles away.
I need to read further into the thread!
the way I experienced it recently the brother would instantly leave the family cause he couldn't get the cookie - if you're still referencing downvotes on bought votes
All of us grow (or not) in our emotional intelligence over the years. My story is simply to share how unintelligent I was when I was a kid. I didn't know how to deal with the sense of powerlessness.
Don't know the guy, might never know him. But there's a good chance he doesn't even have the bandwidth to deal with the emotional rollercoaster. If this is the case, he's doing the best he can by walking away.
Think it's naive to think he didn't understand what was happening, could just upvote the community but decided to walk away from it cause he can't have the apr and propped up attention/status buying votes may bring
You are only halfway correct. He couldn't understand what was happening. The emotionally charged situation does not allow a mind to resolve things with pragmatic solutions.
His response: Throw out the cookies.
Dunno if I agree after all the discussion that ensued. What do you think about more experienced users think about the situation now then? say @eco buying HSBI votes for his countless alt accounts - would they act the same way or worse or understand why its harming hive?
Would you have sold one back to the parents?
Ha.. I think I would have made my Father proud if I'd thought of that.
Most people never learn to balance self-interest with social expectations. The act of self sabotage to hurt "another" is a cry for control, a lack of emotional tooling.
I'm not justifying it. Simply turning on the light.
In my defense, I was 6