Who is the most selfish person you have ever known?

@TheHorse (228512)

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 (176857)

• Boise, Idaho

10 May 24

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 (176857)

• Boise, Idaho

10 May 24

@TheHorse .........I think we all have. It's a human frailty.

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

@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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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

I have been a tad too trusting at times.

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@marguicha (227808)

• Chile

9 May 24

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 (227808)

• Chile

9 May 24

@TheHorse I wholy agree. Sometimes we discover it after we are hurt.

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 May 24

Sometimes it takes awhile to realize what one is up against.

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

@marguicha Or fleeced financially!

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@LadyDuck (478835)

• Italy

10 May 24

I met a few selfish persons, I cannot say which one was the most selfish.

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@LadyDuck (478835)

• Italy

10 May 24

@TheHorse No, because I tried to stay away from them. Well not all, my brother is selfish and he is still exactly as he was years ago.

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

@LadyDuck Sometimes I see glimmers of light, but my brother is still pretty much the same as well.

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

Do you know what they were "after"?

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@wolfgirl569 (119146)

• Marion, Ohio

9 May 24

My ex SIL would probably win that prize

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@wolfgirl569 (119146)

• Marion, Ohio

10 May 24

@TheHorse To be rich

. When she realized my brother was never going to be she moved on.

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

@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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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

What was she "after"?

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318811)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

10 May 24

My mother. Hands down she was the most selfish person I knew. My YouTube is totally distorted. I couldn't understand anything. Sorry.

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

Bummer in the Summer!

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

@just4him Could it be a bad connection? Or is it just happening at higher volumes?

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318811)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

10 May 24

@TheHorse Yes, it is. I've been noticing it for a while. I try to turn it down so it will be clearer, but then I can't hear it. Can't win for losing.

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@JudyEv (358310)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 May 24

My BIL was selfish and in later life was diagnosed as narcistic. I don't think he ever considered anyone's else's views or feelings.

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

We have heard too much about narcissism in the news recently. Did your BIL use "disowning projection" a lot?

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

@JudyEv Heh. Sorry to be Sigmund Horse. "Nothing is my fault" is "denial." Accusing everyone else of exactly what you do (plus denial) is disowning projection. Yes, Trump is a poster child for that defense mechanism.

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@JudyEv (358310)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 May 24

@TheHorse If that's what nothing was ever his fault, then yes.

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@kaylachan (78767)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

9 May 24

I've met a few of those. I wouldn't blame you for venting. We're human.

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@kaylachan (78767)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

10 May 24

@TheHorse Ah. Well, its good you enjoy it at least.

@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 May 24

I've sure you've already heard the song. It was from before Vanny started putting the lyrics up. It remains one of my favorites. But I cannot perform it.

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

@kaylachan I cannot perform it because it has some odd chord changes that are hard to teach to others.

@RasmaSandra (86844)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

9 May 24

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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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

Perhaps you have surrounded yourself with good people.

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@Hannihar (130204)

• Israel

10 May 24

@TheHorse I am sorry what happened to you. It is hard to trust people. They let you down. That is a very good question you asked.

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

I have good boundaries in some areas of my life. But I am too trusting sometimes. And I am too willing to help people for "free."

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@Hannihar (130204)

• Israel

11 May 24

@LindaOHio (194404)

• United States

10 May 24

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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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

It's a pain when you work with them because you cannot escape them.

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@LindaOHio (194404)

• United States

12 May 24

@TheHorse Yup. I had a good paying job 3 miles from home and didn't want to leave.

@zainkhan121 (859)

• Pakistan

10 May 24

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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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

Alas, those kinds of people seem to be found in all walks of life.

@dya80dya (36947)

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9 May 24

Nowadays almost everyone is very selfish. Even the members of our family are very selfish. I can't name only a person.

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 May 24

I don't agree that most people are selfish. The selfish ones stand out to me.

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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 May 24

@dya80dya Do you live in an urban area?

@dya80dya (36947)

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10 May 24

@TheHorse At least where I live it's like this. If I faint on the street no one will help me. If I am stuck in a room in my house no one helps me. Maybe in other places, people are less selfish.

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@Scarred4Lyfe (827)

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9 May 24

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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@TheHorse (228512)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 May 24

Kitty is correct when she thinks all food in her dish is for her.

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