what are your favorite qualities in humans?

I really, really like sincerity. I can at the very least appreciate that on some level even if the person is being a sincere annoying loudmouth. I just love it when people do and say what they mean. Like someone who screams in a library just because they want to. The epitome is of this when someone looks you in the eye and you can tell they love you sincerely.

I also like curiosity. Curious people are showing genuine interest in life, which is almost always a good environment to be in. It's amazing what you can learn about all the things you take for granted when you are round a curious person.

Innocence is nice. This goes with curiosity I think. I have an unfortunate distrust of people who "know to much." It might have to do with my own lingering self distrust. I gravitate towards people I feel safe around. People I know I can trust.

Open-mindedness. Also probably a derivative of innocence and curiosity. Someone who isn't going to judge you. Someone who isn't going to look at you and wonder where you've been, what you've done -- they simply acknowledge that you are there at this moment, and they are happy for that. They genuinely could not possibly give a shit about what car you drive or what you look like or what you do for a living. They just say, be here with me and let's experience this moment together.

This is a love letter to my baby daughter.

The ability to point out the things I miss.

excellent post fred. you covered that shit. I was going to say integrity, openness, and that electrical feeling you get around some people who are conduits to huge sources of energy. The ones who are super alive.

I like them best when taken happy, fast/sharp/light footed, positive, open and surprisingly fresh. Those are generally the people that send sparks of interest through my brain.

coolness

smartness

not being a hypocrate

funny

not hating everything

not thinking your better then everyone else when ur not

fighting the power

A nice rack and a willing attitude.

An ass that just doesn't quit.

Seriously though, Fred you covered most of it. Sincerity and curiosity are great traits to have.

also "too".

On top of everything Fred mentioned, I would add humility. I see it as a special form of sincerity - humility (and drive to better oneself) is one of those things that sets great people apart. Empathy/niceness is also something I value. It doesn't sound like a grand virtue, but being a friendly person is a small gesture that can make a big difference to other people. Especially if you're being served by them (or dealing with someone beneath you at work) - I hate guys who push people around just because they're serving them food, for instance.

unpredictability. keeping it FRESH.

excitability. GOTTA keep it fresh.

persistance. gotta be KEEPING it fresh.

when they actually watch the ride once instead of just saying they will then being a pussyclot and getting murked

The ability to explore such wonderful and unearthly environments (deep sea, space etc)

low self esteem - it's like an umbrella quality that contains many other good things like humility and honesty.

nice boobs

Eff humans

Some other people beat me to the boobs and butts posts. A high libido is nice.

loyalty

Kindheartness.

The ability of people keeping their word is something I hold dearly. Many people I knew in Florida was like this. Here in California, our closest friends can't do this.

Being able to hone up to mistakes is another thing I love when admitted. I don't know many people that do this. I've only met a small few and always admired them.

Its a bit easier to find things you don't like about people though.

The ability to grow beards.

1. honesty/sincerity

2. kindness/fairness

3. ... I'm looking for a term that means the opposite of superficial and can't think of anything appropriate

4. loyalty/integrity

5. humor

6. creativity/intelligence

7. weird things

  On 12/17/2011 at 11:37 PM, rixxx said:

The ability to grow beards.

I think our dexterity has allowed us to do so much, look at penguins if there were super intelligent they wouldn't be able to do anything about it (for examples see dolphins)

I'm a misanthropist, so I wouldn't say I have a 'favourite quality' as such, when it comes to humanity.

Humans seem to be unaware that they have completely failed to create a decent society. They have wiped out almost all animals that haven't been domesticated, destroyed most of the original landscape on Earth, and in its place, created a society where human instinct is tragically mismatched with the way people are expected to behave.

This leads to most of today's problems. I could go on, but the gist of it is that humans are fundamentally flawed.

The ability to travel in time via flux capacitors.

Must love fucking.

That isn't a quality individual to humans!