Two huge problems with The Golden Rule are:
(1) You cannot know what someone else prefers, so if you try to do for him what you yourself like, this does not mean that said choice of actions will be at all pleasant/agreeable for him.
(2) Few folks are actually going "practice the Golden Rule back to you", so if you attempt to "do the right thing" and give someone what you would want if you were in his shoes, he will likely just view you as a foolish sucker and take shamelessly advantage of you --- he will simply "take, take, take" from you till he's totally drained you dry, then stomp off in a huff without even a single word of appreciation or acknowledgement, and feelinglessly look for his next naive soft-heart whom he can exploitingly victimize for his own selfsish personal gain.
(1) You cannot know what someone else prefers, so if you try to do for him what you yourself like, this does not mean that said choice of actions will be at all pleasant/agreeable for him.
(2) Few folks are actually going "practice the Golden Rule back to you", so if you attempt to "do the right thing" and give someone what you would want if you were in his shoes, he will likely just view you as a foolish sucker and take shamelessly advantage of you --- he will simply "take, take, take" from you till he's totally drained you dry, then stomp off in a huff without even a single word of appreciation or acknowledgement, and feelinglessly look for his next naive soft-heart whom he can exploitingly victimize for his own selfsish personal gain.
by QuacksO April 5, 2019
When your child askes you about the golden rule you could say "do onto others as you would want them to do onto you." or you could say "He who has the gold, makes the rules"
by Spencer McGrew December 6, 2005
It seems that most politicians -- especially Joe Biden and Donald Trump -- have forgotten The Golden Rule. It's time to reintegrate it into society once more.
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by Waiting101 February 7, 2017
1. Bob's Golden Rule of Life #1 - Women Get It When They Want. Men Get It When They Can.
2. FOPEA - Females Obviously Prefer Egotistical Assholes.
3. The Harry/Sally Rule - "Men And Women Can Never Truly Be Friends Because The Sex Part Always Gets In The Way."
4. Naked Curiosity Rule - Males Always Desire Seeing Female Acquaintances Naked... Always.
5. All Availability Rule - Regardless of their own status, men are fundamentally averse to encouraging a relationship between any woman and any other man.
2. FOPEA - Females Obviously Prefer Egotistical Assholes.
3. The Harry/Sally Rule - "Men And Women Can Never Truly Be Friends Because The Sex Part Always Gets In The Way."
4. Naked Curiosity Rule - Males Always Desire Seeing Female Acquaintances Naked... Always.
5. All Availability Rule - Regardless of their own status, men are fundamentally averse to encouraging a relationship between any woman and any other man.
Guy 1: "Men and women are so different. I wish we had a manual to decode eachothers behaviour"
Guy 2: "We do! The Golden Rules of Life!"
Guy 2: "We do! The Golden Rules of Life!"
by bobandbill April 7, 2011