How do you prevent yourself from powertripping?

[WE'RE ALL GONNA]

Genuine question. I was once a mod on some shit forum when I was like age 13 and I powertripped so fucking hard it was unbelievable. I've had landlord demanding weird shit during their powertrips. I don't believe power itself is a corrupting influence. How do you prevent yourself from becoming an Epstein?

 

[everybody in Portugal]

I generally just try to remember that I, too, am a total piece of shit in many and various ways I likely dont even see.

Generally this, but for everyone instead of just cows:

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Either you're that way or not. I have no desire to abuse power.

 

[DOUBLE_WHEEL]

I don't want to have power over other people in the first place, but when I've had to oversee people I tried to be as even handed as possible in every situation. I think you have to be as strict with yourself as you are with the people you have power over if you have power. Treat others as you wish to be treated because one day the roles could be reversed.

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

You kinda just have to know your personality. Me? I can never be in charge of anything. You give me an ounce of power and I'll be corrupt in the first five minutes. I'll take bribes from the dock before I graduate the police academy.

 

[Pierre D'Olnique]

Decline any and all offers that would give me any sort of meaningful power over anyone. What few projects I managed were ruled with an iron fist and the vast majority of subordinates hated me, even in the finished product(s) ended up basically flawless and garnered universal praise. It's when I learned that passion and a 9-5 job don't mix, everyone just wants to do the bare minimum and cash out.

 

[The REAL Hatsune Miku]

This is gonna sound retarded but like literally just dont powertrip lol, if you want to make it easier for yourself distract yourself whenever you feel like powertripping

 

[parsnip]

I've been a mod on a couple forums, and I inherited a discord server a while ago. I get asked to help by people I like, so I do. I guess I don't abuse it because I hate authority to begin with and don't want to be in charge.

 

[JamusActimus]

Just think how pathetic power tripping people are.
Jannies, member of the moral police in Iran , parking cops.

 

[Blobby's Murder Knife]

You kinda just have to know your personality. Me? I can never be in charge of anything. You give me an ounce of power and I'll be corrupt in the first five minutes. I'll take bribes from the dock before I graduate the police academy.

I knew someone who told me the same thing. He said basically every man has his price and I know mine.

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

I knew someone who told me the same thing. He said basically every man has his price and I know mine.

Hint: For me it's cccchhheeeaaaaapppp....

 

[DankSmoker]

What you have to do is coerce others to do the powertripping for you so you can sit back and laugh maniacally.

 

[Gangstalker #32194]

You need friends. You need people who will be honest with you and be able to have an honest conversation with you in good faith. People who can doubt you and question you and even shit test or challenge you, because you know that they love and trust you and that you love and trust them. If you don't have people in your life like that, (not online, I R fukin L) then you don't have friends. And you also don't have anybody else keeping you from the brink.

 

[Mister Baranavichy]

Just attack your ego ever so often with hard questions, or better yet, actual performance followed by personal scrutiny based on predetermined parameters - this is especially good for both work/hobby performance checks.

In the case of moderation, I was one too a good amount of years back for a now dead forum, never power triped, all it took was to be reminded of how fucking gay and illiterate people who do are and it would die in me, so going off memory also helps.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Easy: Be a loser. Have no power to trip over.