So you were the one who got put up to liberating the sweets? I was the oldest but my brothers were never particularly inclined to go along with something like that. At least not for me.
You ever read any Ayn Rand? I tend to be the lend a hand sort but reading her Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead caused me to reframe how I approach it. I help people because I want to, because I can and am agnostic towards the results or value that might be derived from it.
I've read a little and two, I get it.
I don't help in a wholesale, I'm not a do-gooder (more a bad man...or just a man whose done bad things) and while I like helping others I don't subscribe to the help everyone thing as some people don't deserve it or help rendered may inhibit their own progress moving forward. The old teach a man to fish thing I guess.
Just on cookie missions...I've been in the wars bro, deployed, operated and got fucken caught and achieved mission success in equal measure; failure never deterred me (neither did punishments) so yeah, I've liberated many cookies, and eaten them. 🤣
The leftists here have a saying, 'solidarity not charity', basically help others to help themselves, which I think is where you and I are at too. Bad man or just a skill set that makes people uncomfortable?
Ha, I hear ya 😂 I've had similar experiences with success and failure (and punishments), albeit in a context that was a bit lacking in the heavier ordnance. Failure and punishment were just motivation to perform better the next time, or at least not get caught :D
I help people who help themselves and also to help them help themselves. I'm not the guy who rewards a lack of effort, so yeah I think we are on the same rifle range there.
This made me smile...and I'll decline to clarify. 😇😂