There Are No Benefits To Being A Good Person

Submission 5,844

About

There Are No Benefits To Being A Good Person refers to a catchphrase that sparked viral discussions and memes about a post on Twitter / X in which user @stfvbro claimed "there are no benefits to being a good person." Jokes criticizing this pessimistic sentiment were popularized on X in early August 2024, with people repudiating the claim with memes and manga references.

Origin

On August 4th, 2024, X^[1] user @stfvbro quoted a post that read, "What’s the harshest truth you’ve learnt?" with the answer, "There are no benefits to being a good person." The post gathered over 90,000 likes and 29,000 quote tweets in four days (seen below).

X^[2] user @artyorwhatevs posted the earliest known notable tweet countering @stfvbro's claim, sharing an I Be Popping Bottles meme on August 5th with the caption, "There are no benefits to being a good person" / The pure unbridled joy of seeing people smile." The post (shown below) received over 164,000 views in three days.

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In the following days, various X users made posts quoting and criticizing @stfvbro, with X^[3] user @evanjmader sharing a smiling emoji with the caption, "you’re not supposed to do it for the benefits," on August 6th, 2024, and gathering over 400,000 likes in two days (seen below, left).

Also on August 6th, X^[4] user @ataraxiabts posted a manga panel from JuJutsu Kaisen that read, "But that's how losers think," gathering over 170,000 likes in two days (seen below, right).

Also in early August 2024, various internet users posted memes about @stfvbro's thought process in writing, "There are no benefits to being a good person," joking about the kind of pessimistic and self-aggrandizing narratives one would have to believe to come to such a conclusion.

For example, X^[5] user @Narugod5 posted a GIF from Death Note on August 6th joking about how "people like me and you.. we use others to our advantage.. use them like pawns," and gathering over 42,000 likes in two days (seen below, left).

Meanwhile, X^[6] user @BKWelles posted an image on August 6th, 2024, of Buff Brian, saying, "How guys feel saying this," receiving over 2,800 likes in two days (seen below, right).