A good heart? Brittany's dominant cultural influence

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Ocean_Islands

Friday, October 06, 2000 - 11:29 am Click here to edit this post

How dominant is Brittany?

Before her late appearance on the live show where she talked to Josh in the RR and predicted the three winners of the Big Brother gameshow, nobody spoke about good hearts at all.

Now you can't turn around without somebody talking about someone else's good heart.

Have we adopted this expression?

What does it mean, anyway?

Digilady

Friday, October 06, 2000 - 11:39 am Click here to edit this post

Down south, you can get backstabbed by someone. They can lie to ya, do all kinds of things. Sooner or later someone will come out with "ah, but So-and-so truly has a good heart."

I'm beginning to think the real meaning lies somewhere between "This individual is nasty, but at the core doesn't mean it." or "This individual adopts 20 stray dogs a day and twice that on Sundays."

Bbjunky

Friday, October 06, 2000 - 12:01 pm Click here to edit this post

All the "Good Heart" and "Big Heart" references have been driving me crazy. IMHO it was a way for the HG to say something positive about the person they nominated in the RR.

Eddie is rude and crude, but he's got a good heart.

Josh is a player, but he's got a good heart.

George is an idiot, but he's got a good heart...

Bijoux

Friday, October 06, 2000 - 12:02 pm Click here to edit this post

I don't think that the expression is new or created by Brittany. I generally hear it when someone is ineffectual, or doing something that is contrary to what you think should be done, but has given a kind/generous/positive reason for doing it. Josh's actions weren't what Brittany wanted them to be, but she "understood" given the situation and, well, he's just a swell guy. Good heart. It's a variant on the phrase "he means well."

Wcv63

Friday, October 06, 2000 - 01:58 pm Click here to edit this post

I've heard the phrase "good heart" all my life and it generally means that a person is kind, generous, compassionate and an "all around good person." When used about a person who's faults are being magnified and/or honed in on, it's a statement that although this person has faults they have many more wonderful qualities to their credit.

Ocean_Islands

Friday, October 06, 2000 - 02:07 pm Click here to edit this post

I'm beginning to think it means:

Someone who does bad things should be forgiven because they "are good inside".

Why should we forgive bad actions because someone is 'good inside'?

Winnie

Friday, October 06, 2000 - 02:12 pm Click here to edit this post

I'm surprised people haven't heard this expression before. You hear it a lot on TV, in movies, and (in my case) in real life.

Anyway, yeah - I agree with what others have said. Basically having a "good heart" means that they are a good person. But it's important to note that good people can make mistakes, or have flaws. So even though someone might not be perfect (Eddie, for example), some people might still say he has a good heart. :)

Bijoux

Friday, October 06, 2000 - 02:12 pm Click here to edit this post

Ocean Islands,

Because motivations matter. There is a difference between someone doing something that is out and out malicious and mean, and someone whose intentions are good, but the result is a bad or poor outcome.

Ocean_Islands

Friday, October 06, 2000 - 02:42 pm Click here to edit this post

Let's judge this behavior then:

One of the HGs, during a roast, said, "Jordan, I'm glad to know you and you can come and stay at my place any time, after the show is over."

Then, when the roast was over, this HG said, to someone else in private:

"If I see Jordan in a bar, I'll throw a drink in her face."

Good heart? Bad heart?

Lafatme

Friday, October 06, 2000 - 03:22 pm Click here to edit this post

in the godfather, fredo had a good heart

Marthastewart

Friday, October 06, 2000 - 04:09 pm Click here to edit this post

hmmm, here in Ohio, people say someone has a good heart all the time. I always took it to mean that someone is truly a good person, has good motives, someone who really cares about others. I work with someone that I say has a good heart, and when I say it about her, I mean that I know, despite any appearances (because she has a temper and can blow up easily) that may say otherwise, that she is a loving, caring person. She would do anything to help someone if they needed it.

Digilady

Friday, October 06, 2000 - 06:05 pm Click here to edit this post

bad heart, Oc.

Battlestar

Friday, October 06, 2000 - 06:20 pm Click here to edit this post

They started talking about hearts before Jordan left the house.

Jordan said she had an evil side---and Jamie was all a flutter about it