If I can make you do what I want and get away with it, why should I not?

Empathy for one. In the absence of empathy, if the amount of energy takes for you to get me to do a thing supersedes the amount of energy required for the thing to be done then it wouldn't be practical for you to make me do the thing. Additionally, my awareness of my own mortality makes it impossible for me to be perpetually made to do thing because I can always just kill myself. It incentivizes harming you and the things you care about. It gives your enemies a de-facto ally. But it's intriguing that you think that there is only one reason...

JeerpJoop "If I can make you do what I want and get away with it, why should I not?"

Hym "Well, for starters, there's more than one reason. Secondly, you literally can't. You can only leverage (either) my desire to live against performing the act OR the hope that I may not have to continue doing it indefinitely. Which is how you get people to stay in your suffering cult. You leverage their desire to live and their hope that their suffering will end to get them to do what you want or behave how you want to behave. It's actually kind of illuminating to because if you're God rewards screwing people over then is it not evil? Sounds evil. It ties back into you not actually believing in God but rather believing that God is on your side and that it will forgive you if you do the opposite of what it said."

by Hym Iam November 08, 2023

What do you want, a cookie?

A sarcastic retort you use on someone when they tell you something you don't give two flying fadoodles about.

Random Facebook person: This is my first (insert completely random item here) of the year!!!!!!

Someone else: What do you want, a cookie?

by Pialinist January 08, 2023

We can do whatever we want now?

Yeah

We can do whatever we want now?

by confused cajun man February 04, 2021

Do I want a bag

So you buy like... 2 weeks of shopping
You go to the checkout, And someone says "Do you want a bag"
DO I WANT A BAG?
OF COURSE I FUCKING DO
I AINT A GREEK GOD YOU KNOW WITH A MILLION FUCKING ARMS
I AINT AINT GONNA CARRY IT ON MY FUCKING BACK AM I.
OF COURSE I NEED A FUCKING BAG
CARRYING 2 PINTS OF MILK ON MY ARMS
2 FUCKING BAGS OF CRIPS
FUCKING 3 LAMB CHOPS
2 CHICKENS
3 BEEF
COURSE I NEED A BAG.
WHAT YOU THINK IM GONNA FUCKING DO? JUDGGLE THE CUNTS? I DONT THINK SO.

"Do I want a bag? Of Course I fucking do!"

by Zoe Flemming January 20, 2021

do you want my hot boyd

do you want my hot boyd

do you want my hot boyd

by Capkin March 11, 2018

Do you want a turn of this?

A skits way of asking “do you want a hit of this joint?”

Sass mate: “Oi Quinton, do you want a turn of this?”
Talkin Pete:”Fuckin hell mate, that was a fuckin skits story.” Lezley Mackerel:“Well it’s only the beginning mate.” Talkin Pete:”Well, do you want a turn of this before you tell me the next part?” Lezley Mackerel:”Cheers mate, pretty good shit eh. What is it?” Talkin Pete: “I’m not sure, I think it might be Jack Herer or something.”

by jiveturkey02 July 29, 2019

Do you want a cookie?

When you or someone else makes a claim of doing something that they clearly think is cool or clever and deserving of praise, but did so out-of-the-blue when nobody asked and it isn't really that cool or clever, then the appropriate response is to ask them 'if they want a cookie?' as a just reward for their deed.

Rwo friends watching a murder mystery show:
Claimant: I totally knew he was the killer like 20 mins ago..
Responder: Do you want a cookie?

by Thou Art That November 22, 2024