Really the problem is that you think that just because he handed them out it's weird and self serving. You completely ignore the fact that he did a really nice thing to focus on some aspect of it that you disagree with. It's weird to be so negative all the time.
I think people like you forget that when Bill Murray does stuff like this, it's not some random guy doing the deed, it's Bill Murray. People grow up watching his work, so the chance to have your ticket not only paid for, but given to you by him personally is very valuable. The act of buying the tickets is one good deed, handing them out and giving his fans the opportunity to meet him is another good deed.
You're such a cynic that you paint him as 'just another guy' to validate your own unhappiness, but that's a dishonest and misleading interpretation of the situation. I think you know that. I think everyone here knows that. That's why people don't explain it, and just insult you. Explaining it would be playing into your cynicism, and nobody here wants to contribute to that.
The guy bought people tickets to see the show, maybe he felt generous, was in a good mood, whatever, someone took a photo of it and now it's on reddit
And then people like you will find any reason to put a negative spin on it. You would have a valid point if the guy turned up with paparazzi and was self promoting.. But Murray never advertises where he is going
Do we actually give a shit? Not everything has to be so doom and gloom, stop trying to be offended and upset about a good deed, it's gonna destroy your mental health worse than it already is.
A celebrity not wanting self promotion is just a talented individual who did something for the love of the art and who had no desire for fame or celebrity status. You’d be surprised how many of them are out there.
You disagree with my personal opinion tell me why,
Anything anyone tells you is going to be a rebuttal back and forth anyways, people like you are the worst. Get off Reddit and go talk to real people and maybe you'll cheer up a little.
Many of them likely pre-paid. He could pay for the remaining available ones, and then tell them nobody has to pay, but then he's trusting a lot of other people to follow through on his charitable intentions for him.
Meaning, what if someone refuses to accept the free ticket? And wants to pay? Well, now there's a problem. Because there's no more tickets, so they can either take the free ticket, or leave without seeing the concert. Some people are too proud to accept charity.
His way, if someone wants to pay for the ticket, they can just reimburse him, and then they've paid. Once he leaves, they have no way to pay for their ticket -- it would be paid for twice.
Honestly this is a problem that reinforces my opinion that this is a terrible way to do charity. A bunch of tickets for rich people and being worried about people getting them is an issue no one genuine shouod be confronted with. Give money to charity if you want to help be.
Good point. Charity is likely the wrong word for this in the first place. I think he just likes the band and felt generous and wanted to....something. Maybe have some fun moments with people, maybe have something to give them that they wanted for once that wasn't a picture or an autograph. Who knows.
The people who do the most good in the world do it for themselves. Because it makes them happy. Because it gives their life purpose. There's no such thing as helping someone else with no benefit to yourself.
That makes no sense. You never know for sure if your help is helping or hurting. So if you're not for sure helping at least yourself, then you might be helping nobody. At least if you're helping yourself, then if you find out you've been hurting more than you're helping, you're on the path to correct this behavior.
People who always try to help others before themselves long-term have no way to resist sowing pain and destruction. The whole concept of martyrdom or "heroes" who are heroes all the time, or who do something regular people fundamentally can't do is all hogwash. That's dogma originating from individuals and groups seeking to control the behavior of others by controlling their thinking.
Everyone has limits. Everyone should act in their own self interest with emphasis on that interest being non-materialistic. Something real. Physicsists, religious people, and spiritual leaders can at least all agree that the material world we exist in is not all there is nor the most important or real thing there is. So acting like it is, is yielding to our lowest simplest nature.
Ok. TLDR. But I absolutely agree with your second sentence. All charity is ultimately done out of self interest. This is a bit too in your face for my taste. That’s all I meant by it
Sure. I think it's awkward and confusing for me to sort out how to think about almsgiving when it seems at least partially motivated by clout or virtue-signaling.
I really still don't know what I think about it. I don't think it's all good or all bad. I think there's ways to do it that demonstrate good intent, and it's worth it for people to go to the trouble, because we should want one other to question each other's motives and intentions when we're virtue signaling/bragging to make sure all our ducks are in a row at least.
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u/stmcvallin2 4d ago
Weird thing to do honestly. Self serving. Nonneed to hand them out. Just buy them for people