When all through the library,
Not a student was stirring, not even in 209.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
A man dressed as Santa, giving little treats to CCers and Engineers!
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Dec 21, 2010 
21 Comments
When all through the library,
Not a student was stirring, not even in 209.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
A man dressed as Santa, giving little treats to CCers and Engineers!
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21 Comments
@VDB Thank you, Ben, for being you
@Ben Weiner probably did it to be all look how cool and funny and quirky I am.
@Anonymous That’s not Ben, it’s Santa.
@Also, That’s not a very nice thing to say. Way to ruin the tiny ray of joy in this tough time.
@ZACA Something tells me “Ben Weiner” is not your real name… /bravery
@... He should have handed out basic hygiene items like soap. or frebreeze. Butler smells like unwashed bodies and fear during finals.
@FOUR FOR YOU, GLEN COCO! YOU GO GLEN COCO! And none for Gretchen Wieners.
@Disappointed …that I missed this! That’s really cute though.
@This was the best thing to happen to me so far this week.
@Anonymous The title of this article made me LOL. Props.
@M.S. I WAS THERE FROM 11 until 12. DID SANTA WAIT UNTIL I LEFT?
Oh, of course he did. I guess I don’t deserve to see Santa and get candy.
I just get to work on exams from 9am to midnight and then awkwardly dodge eye contact with a hookup from early in the semester as he strolls through the ref room.
Dammit, Columbia. Dammit all to hell.
@Anonymous 11 A.M., that is.
@... Who leaves Butler at midnight? so not hardcore.
@Harmony Hunter whaa… that’s me! didn’t know people were taking photos. that’s just what i typically wear/do.
@Hooah This. Is. Great. Props for genuine kindness!
@genuine kindess?!? pfft he did it because it makes him feel good inside. Psychological Egoism at its worst!
@haaa fantastic . so true
@Anonymous life is more satisfying if i ignore that altruism doesn’t exist as traditionally defined. It’s good that we understand these things psychologically, but I will still be imprecise and find sources of intuitive happiness in the (seemingly) unselfish acts of others
@genuine kindness?!? I think that altruism does exist. Psychological egoism; the idea that I can’t value someone else intrinsically so true altruism does not exist, that all altruistic acts are fundamentally self serving in some way even if it is just to give me a good feeling inside, is a pretty weak position imho. It can easily be countered with the question, “if I can’t value someone else intrinsically then why would helping them make me feel good inside?”
@Anonymous Yes. First of all, the ‘want’ to help others is an altruistic desire. Of course, we can reframe every action as acting off of a desire, and claim that the satisfaction of that desire is inevitably selfish, but this is a self-fulfilling prophecy; a circular definition; a philosophically boring way of thinking.
It seems perfectly fair to say that my desire to help others is a selfless desire, regardless of whether that desire gets satisfied or not and how it makes me feel. I simply ‘want’ to help that lady pick up the stuff that she just spilled. I simply ‘want’ to see someone else smile. I simply ‘want’ to stop suffering. These wants come first; they are more fundamental and primordial to the attempt to rationalize them as some self-serving, calculated way of thinking. The fact that the human race has these desires at all makes us (at least) partially ‘altruistic creatures.’ suck itttttt.
BEN WEINER SPREADING JOY FTW
@Anonymous Aw, the one time I study in my room…
That’s very cute, though!