# You-hoo, living\_in\_hell!  Over here!

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hoo-living_in_hell-over-here/621574
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [May 11, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hoo-living_in_hell-over-here/621574 "2012-05-11T01:03:41Z")
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### Author: ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hoo-living_in_hell-over-here/621574/71 "2012-05-11T23:09:46Z")

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> [@Waxwinged](#):
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> … Hate to ask it, but, cite?

In the thread **Diamonds02** started about [doing the right thing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=651370)even when nobody’s watching, we [received this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15052227&postcount=16):

> [@Doing the "right" thing, when it doesn't matter, what's in it for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-the-right-thing-when-it-doesnt-matter-whats-in-it-for-you/621539/16):
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> I think it’s about acting in line with your values. Knowing that you are doing something that is congruent with the person you are or want to become, with the side bonus being that others may appreciate this as well.

… to which **tdn** replied:

> [@Doing the "right" thing, when it doesn't matter, what's in it for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-the-right-thing-when-it-doesnt-matter-whats-in-it-for-you/621539/18):
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> Very well put.

… so there’s that.

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