Poll: What is your virtue?

[SilverIntoSteel]

I have weak girl arms
I am an abject coward
I am not stingy, though I am not especially giving...

I suppose I have to go with wisdom, but even that seems a tad big-headed a claim.

 

[Gahars]

I'd say wisdom.

What? I'm a nerd, I admit it.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

I put wisdom because people seem to always tell me that I'm wise beyond my years and look to me for advice and such.

My friends in highschool sometimes called me the "Wise One." I never saw it myself, but whatever works.

 

[Plurralbles]

generosity I guess. I mean... I get stuff done for people but I'm not strong, courageous or anything like that.

 

[spartan231490]

I have great wisdom when it comes to something other than my own life. Otherwise, I'm completely clueless.

More or less this. Actually, looking back, I voted wrong. Strength would be mine. I found wisdom and courage, don't give a shit about generosity, but I've always been strong. At least, that's what people say, and looking back, they're probably right.

 

[micky]

i think i fit into the generous one, because i dont like to see people sad and do what i can to help them. i also love giving things to people.

 

[Chancie]

I think mine would be wisdom. I'm the advice-giver among my friends anyway, so it works out well. xD

 

[Dags90]

I don't get how wisdom or strength are by themselves virtuous. What if you're a Mad Scientist type? Being generous with your wisdom is nice, but it's the generosity is the virtue there. Ditto for strength, I wouldn't consider being big and mean particularly virtuous.

I'm gonna go with humility. I'm the most humble person I know. I would even consider myself humbler than Jesus, bitches.

 

[McNinja]

These concepts are vague and could be interpreted differently by each individual.
But i suppose i would pick all of them.
I think some people would debate the notion of generosity as a virtue (though i would not be one of them).
Oh and that sounds like complete nonsense, being innately born with a vague characteristic oh pish-posh.

My friend, that picture made my day. I nearly fell off my bed and broke my laptop. That's just pure and simple gold you have.

As for me - I don't know. I'm not a bigot at all, but I don't give a whole lot away. I feel empathy for others, but I tend to stay out of things. So I'm not generous. I'm strong in the I-can-lift-big-things sense, but I've never been in a real fight so if someone was trained to fight I'd probably lose. Either that or a bouncer - I'm definitely not one of those, either. Courage? Depends on the type. I have NO problem speaking my mind, and if that requires me to give a "FUCK YOU!", then I don't care. I've been on probation for that more times than I care to count, which is proof. I think I'm still on probation for such an offense. I also tend to stick to what I believe unless very, very convincing evidence comes along, and it has to be solid and well-supported, well-collaborated evidence.

So out of all of those it might be courage or wisdom. I would say it's courage, but when it comes to sharing what I feel, I'm not good at it. My feelings are mine and my own, and I don't want others to know, no matter what they may be. I guess the last one left is wisdom. I don't want to sound like a bigot, but I've said and given advice to plenty of friends that they thought about a bit and thought it was wise, or came back and told me what great advice it was. I never really thought about it, though, and it never went to my head.

But here's the thing - I've always said that if you believe something about yourself, like if you constantly congratulate yourself on being smart or humble or great in something or powerful or whatever, chances are you are in fact not and there is somebody out there that does not think of themselves that way that really is great and smart and humble and well-loved.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I found it on the Bioware forums (dunno who Pit is, though), and I had quite the laugh myself when I saw it.

I just realized I didn't actually answer the topic, so... Mine would probably either wisdom or generosity. Although I've kind of cut down on my generosity (not going out much helps, I suppose), and as for wisdom, I try to think ahead before I make big decisions, and I never do anything that I might regret later. That doesn't mean I sit around all day and do nothing, though. I just means that I don't do retarded things like play truth or dare. Or drink. Or smoke.

 

[Spade Lead]

I have literally put my life at risk to defend others, so Courage was an obvious and immediate choice. And that was BEFORE I joined the military.

Wisdom, generosity, and strength I posses, but not as much as my courage, which is formidable. It takes a lot of courage to speak up as much as I do, especially when you are wrong so often.

 

[Lilani]

I don't think you can be a proper judge of your own virtues. I like to think that I have possessed any one of these qualities at some point in my life, but to say I am gifted with one in particular would be narcissistic, shortsighted, and pointless. Never overestimate your virtues, and never underestimate your follies. Everyone is capable of being extraordinary, but we can't forget we are also capable of being complete fools.

 

[ultrachicken]

Wisdom, I suppose. Not really sure how I'm supposed to judge that.

 

[teqrevisited]

Wisdom. I know a great many things, unfortunately most of them are completely irrelevant and, as a consequence, useless.

 

[Hader]

I don't get how wisdom or strength are by themselves virtuous. What if you're a Mad Scientist type? Being generous with your wisdom is nice, but it's the generosity is the virtue there. Ditto for strength, I wouldn't consider being big and mean particularly virtuous.

I'm gonna go with humility. I'm the most humble person I know. I would even consider myself humbler than Jesus, bitches.

"Virtue" and "gift" are what I have heard these qualities referred to before, at least in this light. If "gift" suits your purposes better, than be all means...

I don't think you can be a proper judge of your own virtues. I like to think that I have possessed any one of these qualities at some point in my life, but to say I am gifted with one in particular would be narcissistic, shortsighted, and pointless. Never overestimate your virtues, and never underestimate your follies. Everyone is capable of being extraordinary, but we can't forget we are also capable of being complete fools.

I agree with that. No harm in inquiring though. I am sure everyone has thought about this or something like it at one point or another.

 

[Hader]

Wisdom, I suppose. Not really sure how I'm supposed to judge that.

'Advice giver' seems to be the norm in interpretation here. Though there are quite a few ways to think of it I guess.

 

[Yoshisummons]

Patience, generosity can go fuck itself, wisdom is nothing without knowledge, courage is nothing without wisdom and knowledge, strength? Fucking strength is a virtue? In today's world physical strength is almost non-existent in necessity.

Am I bitter?

 

[Ravison]

My friends here say none of the above, so I can't vote. =(

 

[Naheal]

I'm noticing a tendency of people to choose wisdom. Remember that, in the Lakota tradition, the quality "strength" refers to spiritual, emotional, or mental strength as well. If you're determined, your virtue would be strength. If you're patient, your virtue would likely be wisdom. It's whatever is the strongest out of all of these.

I picked strength. When I've set my mind to do something, not a whole lot can stop me.

 

[Cazza]

Wisdom

Many people have told me that I have great wisdom. Well not directly but that was the point they were getting across.