Who is the most selfish person you have ever known?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (207511)
Walnut Creek, California
May 9, 2024 3:00pm CST
I don't like to b*tch and moan, but sometimes a fella just has to vent.
I wrote this song "for" someone I helped out a bunch. She pretended to be my "friend," but ultimately it turned out she was just exploiting me. It was NOT a romantic relationship, but it still stung.
I have known a couple of "musicians" here in the Bay Area who are out for themselves, and don't understand the value of collaboration. Interestingly, they are better at marketing than they are at playing music.
At the political level, we Americans are are hoping a certain 'selfish" person with low intellect and no morals will be out of the spotlight soon.
Let me "spoil" this song by over-explaining it. Many of you have already heard it.
I use metaphor in this song. A moth moves toward the light. It seeks "something good." for itself. But if it is too selfish, it winds up dead (in this case in the wax of a candle). And so it goes with broken relationships.
Who is the most selfish person you have ever known?
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@celticeagle (160064)
• Boise, Idaho
10 May
Ask Trump. He is very selfish. Having an affair while his wife is having his baby. That's pretty selfish. I'm sorry you had these experiences with selfish people.
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@celticeagle (160064)
• Boise, Idaho
10 May
@TheHorse .........I think we all have. It's a human frailty.
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@TheHorse (207511)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 May
@celticeagle If we have known some good people, I think we want to believe that most people are like them. We are social animals.
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@marguicha (216480)
• Chile
9 May
Not many people are generous but some can only be selfish. I have known some and tried to stay away from them as they have a great ability to hurst others.
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@marguicha (216480)
• Chile
9 May
@TheHorse I wholy agree. Sometimes we discover it after we are hurt.
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@TheHorse (207511)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 May
@marguicha Or fleeced financially!
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@wolfgirl569 (96528)
• Marion, Ohio
9 May
My ex SIL would probably win that prize
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@wolfgirl569 (96528)
• Marion, Ohio
10 May
@TheHorse To be rich 
. When she realized my brother was never going to be she moved on.
. When she realized my brother was never going to be she moved on.1 person likes this
@TheHorse (207511)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 May
@wolfgirl569 Hah! I had one person do that to me. She actually said, "You're not ambitious enough." And was gone.
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@kaylachan (59007)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 May
I've met a few of those. I wouldn't blame you for venting. We're human.
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@kaylachan (59007)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 May
@TheHorse Ah. Well, its good you enjoy it at least.
@TheHorse (207511)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 May
@kaylachan I cannot perform it because it has some odd chord changes that are hard to teach to others.
@sabtraversa (13100)
• Italy
9 May
I'd like your songs to be on Spotify too. 
I just do what I feel is right, I sorta learned to not expect anything back and rely as little as possible on others. I'm not sure whether I believe most people are a**holes or if I feel like I don't deserve help.
Well, I do believe everyone is ultimately selfish, but not in a bad way. Not everyone's self is bad, sometimes people give back because they're moved by guilt or shame if they don't, or they hold a set of beliefs that make them act in a way we deem to be "selfless", yet they're usually doing what feels best to them. 
Some other people can't be bothered instead. 
I just do what I feel is right, I sorta learned to not expect anything back and rely as little as possible on others. I'm not sure whether I believe most people are a**holes or if I feel like I don't deserve help.
Well, I do believe everyone is ultimately selfish, but not in a bad way. Not everyone's self is bad, sometimes people give back because they're moved by guilt or shame if they don't, or they hold a set of beliefs that make them act in a way we deem to be "selfless", yet they're usually doing what feels best to them.
Some other people can't be bothered instead. 1 person likes this
@RasmaSandra (74146)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 May
Gosh I couldn't say I know there must have been one or two in my life but luckily I don't remember any
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@LindaOHio (158794)
• United States
10 May
I tend to trust too soon. I have run into a lot of selfish people in the places I have worked. I'm sorry you have had that bad experience as well.
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@zainkhan121 (821)
• Pakistan
10 May
Venting can definitely be therapeutic, so let it out! It's tough when someone you thought was a friend turns out to be exploiting your kindness. And it's not just in personal relationships; seems like the music scene and even politics have their fair share of self-serving individuals.
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@Scarred4Lyfe (256)
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9 May
That damned P.T. cat. He thinks ALL the foods are for HIM and they are for ME so I kick his butt.
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