Why do people have desire to be seen as good?

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I dont understand. I would never call myself a good person.

Yet I see others constantly claiming they are good persons. I dont want to be good. I want to be cool.

Maybe I am a horrible person, but at least I dont lie about it by claiming to be good.

I just dont have any emotional desire to be seen as good. Being true you is much better than lying and pretending to be good. Now, sometimes I do pretend to be good, but that is just a mask. It gets boring quickly. I dont even like to wear mask which presents me as good.

I really like making people upset and angry. I dont want for them to see me as good.

If I was good, what would I even have in life? So boring!
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This post doesn’t make you a bad person. This makes you amoral. 
Chaotic Neutral. 

And even though you reject the idea of being a good person. From time to time, you demonstrate that you have a strong conscience. And you have good qualities which are obvious, although you deny them. 

That won’t just disappear just because you pretend it doesn’t exist. 
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You know I get upset when people talk good of me. Its annoying. Like, you dont even know me 😣
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How do you make a dog smile? Tried-and-tested tricks include a nice, stinky chew or a soft, cozy bed—but dogs like the simple things, too. Just say “who’s a good boy?!” and watch the reaction.
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You know I get upset when people talk good of me. Its annoying. Like, you dont even know me
I’ll just factor in general first impression then.: Chaotic Neutral. 
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    “who’s a good boy?!”
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What did I do to deserve being called good?
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The reason is because men are that they might have joy.
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I hate when other people are happy.

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I know that a lot of women visiting our club  might have joy.
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They desire to be seen as good because God put that desire in their soul partly.

The other part is it is a more defensively positioned reputation to have. Usually people like to be safe.
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They desire to be seen as good because God put that desire in their soul partly
God puts desires in people?

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God puts desires in people?
Yes.
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Your hate is entirely on you, and I am a very happy person, normally. A bit unhappy with [but do not hate] Barney, right now, but, we'll get over it and be friends again. I'm confident of that.
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God puts desires in people?
Yes.
So his fault that some people have bad desires.
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Your hate is entirely on you, and I am a very happy person
Alrighty.

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You might as well ask why people want to be seen as having value, I suppose. Goodness is a common social value, along with strength, attractiveness, etc.

That's in general.

Personally I want to be seen as good because I know what it's like to experience cruelty and indifference, and I don't want people to perceive me as purveyors of those things -- to see me the way I saw my abusers. I want to be seen as their antithesis, in fact.
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No one is really good. People pretend.
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You know I get upset when people talk bad of me. Its annoying. Like, you dont even know me 😣
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I know that given the right conditions, everyone will do at least some bad things. And yes, everyone I knew in life has betrayed me at some point.