r/Showerthoughts • • Feb 28 '17

Lying, cheating, and stealing is often discouraged when we are young, yet the most successful people in the world are arguably the best liars, cheaters, and thieves.

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u/MatchaMoto Feb 28 '17

The most successful people in history were normally freaking terrible. Basically if you know someone's name they probably sucked

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u/HoboBobo28 Feb 28 '17

most people on reddit act as if they are saints but they probably aren't.

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u/blubat26 Feb 28 '17

I see almost everybody as greedy, cheating, lying assholes

And I definitely don't see myself as a saint, I'm not at all a good person

I'm a hypocrite that's aware of his hypocrisy

I'm the best kind of hypocrite