• thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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    12 days ago

    not everyone will like you…

    this was hard to accept until I understood that some people are fucking worthless human trash. the fact that they don’t like me is fine

    the people with honor and integrity are the people I hope to be friends with

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      12 days ago

      I mean, some people just rub other people the wrong way. Like with cats and dogs. Cultural differences, aesthetics, body language and the reflexive responses, natural aversions… they all play a role in a first impression.

      Politeness is about getting past those initial impulses and giving one another an opportunity to prove they’re more than what they appear at first blush. And about dampening your own eccentricities so as not to startle or offend inadvertently. But politeness is a learned skill, while reflexive responses are innate. People make whole careers out of diplomacy and decorum. You shouldn’t feel bad if you fumble it occasionally and you should be willing to give others an opportunity to redefine themselves if they come off clumsy or inept.

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      11 days ago

      See, I also agree that some people are worthless human trash, but there needs to be a healthier way for us to frame this for ourselves right?

      Just like a tree produces an imperfect and sour fruit on occasion, nature sometimes births people who do not fit into the cultural tapestry of our world. Maybe the tree lacked sunlight, or the soil lacked nutrients, or maybe just unlucky genetics. Maybe the kid lacked loving parents, or grew up in a war zone, or maybe just unlucky genetics.

      Either way, I don’t hate the fruit. I just try to avoid them and toss them to the side when I accidentally bite into one.

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        11 days ago

        i hear you and I wish I could unexperience some of my life experiences. I’m not saying that there is a big population of humans that are worth less than others but when you have witnessed firsthand what the worst of the worst, it’s an uncomfortable truth that sometimes people can be monsters unworthy of humanity.

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        11 days ago

        Oh yeah, a while back Mickey7 was having a bad day and posted scat porn in autism and tech communities before he was banned. Then he made a Mickey7 account on other servers to keep going. Not sure who unbanned him or why. My app still has this account tagged.

        He has several accounts. I marked them all in my app. It was probably his shitjustworks account that started all this, I don’t know, modlog is taking forever to load that far back. I think it’s because he was running a conservativememes2 community that was closed or something.

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    11 days ago

    This is the kind of wisdom you’d expect from a drunk friend at 3 AM—messy delivery, but damn, it hits."

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    11 days ago

    People tell me this but it just doesn’t feel good when people say/do mean things, even if they are someone that isn’t worth my time.

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    10 days ago

    I’m a petty vengeful bastard and just find a way to get them back

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    10 days ago

    I got bad news. It is personal. People don’t like you. You know the truth.