Do you ever find yourself contradicting your self?

[Jayson1]

I'm sure I am not the only one who does this from time to time. Maybe even to the point of being a hypocrite but not in the bad way where you lie about believing something while believing the complete opposite. I am talking about how your opinions kind of constantly shift not just with new information but also how you might emotionally feel at a moment.
For example there are times where I am fine with the death penalty and sometimes I am not depending on how angry I am about something terrible someone is and how they have killed someone. PLus I am big on civility and good manners but I crap on rich people all the time and super cynical even though I know not all rich people can be bad people.


Jason

 

[RandyS]

No.

Yes.

No.

 

[ALF]

Continuously.
Civility and good manners are important and all, but I believe your self worth is more important than how you're perceived by others. AKA contradict away - we're all human.

 

[Avro Arrow]

One of my favourite quotes:

Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)

— Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself“

 

[Amaris]

I'm sure I am not the only one who does this from time to time. Maybe even to the point of being a hypocrite but not in the bad way where you lie about believing something while believing the complete opposite. I am talking about how your opinions kind of constantly shift not just with new information but also how you might emotionally feel at a moment.
For example there are times where I am fine with the death penalty and sometimes I am not depending on how angry I am about something terrible someone is and how they have killed someone. PLus I am big on civility and good manners but I crap on rich people all the time and super cynical even though I know not all rich people can be bad people.


Jason

At first, sometimes. Then I re-examine the conflicting ideas and decide which one is most closely compatible with my core values. I do my best to keep any contradictions to a minimum.

 

[Tosk]

No.

Yes.

No.

I love Italian. And so do you.
Yes.

 

[Butters]

I certainly do. I expect everyone to follow the rules or feel the consequences, except when I’m breaking the rules, the rules then are merely guidelines, no harm no foul.

I expect everyone to use public transport. It’s more efficient and I take an interest in transport networks, infrastructure and vehicles. But I prefer the convenience of driving point to point in my own secure bubble.

 

[Sibyl]

I hate to put it this way, but welcome to the human race.

I think we all have some conditional contradictions depending on mood or subject.

I'm completely pacifistic as far as my philosophy, but I have one of the shortest fuses leading to the angriest mood swings ever and have all sorts of violent fantasies about certain people or classes of people. I hate that about myself and I'm trying to change it, but it's all there.

I certainly do. I expect everyone to follow the rules or feel the consequences, except when I’m breaking the rules, the rules then are merely guidelines, no harm no foul.

I expect everyone to use public transport. It’s more efficient and I take an interest in transport networks, infrastructure and vehicles. But I prefer the convenience of driving point to point in my own secure bubble.

Right there with you on both counts.

I'm a stop-sign-nazi if you will, but I'll blow through the speed limit any day and any time. Who's better or worse?

I also believe we should do everything we can for the environment and resources like taking the bus or train, but I love driving my own car and having every bit of control over my own destiny that I can have.

 

[Myko]

If you spelled "yourself" and "your self" differently in the thread title on purpose, you're a genious.

 

[Butters]

I also contradict myself in what I want and how I want to live. Most of the time, I hanker for the simpler times of yesteryear, but I like the modern technologies that make life more predictable, albeit soulless.

Some times I want to be self sufficient, producing my own food and materials, and fuel, but I’m also squeamish, and lazy. I like a spartan minimalist existence, but I like collecting stuff. I like locally produced food, seasonal veg. I don’t like the march of globalisation and homogenisation, I like diversity, and the differences that make the world interesting. But I also want to be able to buy crocodile and kangaroo meat at the supermarket. I like to support local businesses in the community, the butcher, the green grocer, coffee merchant and haberdashery, but I also want to shop under one roof with convenient parking.

 

[Silvercrest]

Nope. All the time.

 

[RunningValkyrie]

I sometimes find myself contradicting myself during arguments.

 

[Damian]

Yeah. Look at my posts about the nu-TNG show's impact on the ongoing litverse. One day I'm arguing why I think it will be caput. Then why I think it will survive. I think I'm back to caput. I can't know.

 

[BillJ]

All the time. Especially where Star Trek and other sci-fi is concerned.

 

[CorporalClegg]

I like to reenact the bridge quiz from Python Hol Grail by myself. Does that count?

 

[JirinPanthosa]

For me I mostly notice it when my ideas in one context suggest general ideals that contradict those suggested by my ideas in another context.

I think I’m opposite a lot of people in placing higher standards for myself than others. Maybe it’s a form of arrogance. I feel bad when I do things that don’t bother me when other people do it. I tend to tolerate anything in other people short of outright harm or flippancy.

I think a lot of the apparent contradiction comes from the fact the stories we tell ourselves to explain our own behavior are as fabricated as the stories we tell others. The reason we think we do something is not always the real reason. So then when we do something else that contradicts that fabrication we see it as hypocrisy.

 

[Sibyl]

Sometimes I convince even myself with some of my Devil's Advocate arguments.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Oh hell yeah, I'm contradictory. I fully admit this. And I can't stop.

Case in point: I am a VERY impatient person. You know in ENT when that Xindi said "Patience is for the dead"? I really believe that! Yet if somebody gets impatient with me, I fight back.

 

[Jayson1]

For me I mostly notice it when my ideas in one context suggest general ideals that contradict those suggested by my ideas in another context.

I think I’m opposite a lot of people in placing higher standards for myself than others. Maybe it’s a form of arrogance. I feel bad when I do things that don’t bother me when other people do it. I tend to tolerate anything in other people short of outright harm or flippancy.

I think a lot of the apparent contradiction comes from the fact the stories we tell ourselves to explain our own behavior are as fabricated as the stories we tell others. The reason we think we do something is not always the real reason. So then when we do something else that contradicts that fabrication we see it as hypocrisy.

That's exactly how I have felt about myself my whole life. I'm kind of a prude when it comes to myself yet I embrace the idea of letting people be the person they want to be as long as it doesn't really hurt someone like in the case of violence or sexual assault. If people want to be nice and gentle then that is fine as is if someone wants to be a edgelord. I figure we are all adults so we can handle these things as long as you feel a person, deep inside aren't bad people. There is a difference between someone who is a asshole as opposed to someone who might sometimes come off as asshole because of different sensibilities when it comes to humor or banter or whatever. At last IMO.


Jason

 

[Discofan]

All the time, I mean never!