Why is “Don’t be an asshole” so difficult to understand? Simplest thing in the world, yet you’d think it was goddamn quantum mechanics the way so many people can’t seem to wrap their brain around it.
“Don’t be an asshole.”
“But I’m a woman, and – ”
“And? So am I. That doesn’t make either of us better than any other human beings. Don’t be an asshole.”
“I’ve been picked on my entire life for being ____ -”
“So? Did you enjoy it somehow? No? You think you’re the only person that ever got picked on? Be better than that. Don’t take out what happened to you on others that had nothing to do with it. Don’t be an asshole.”
“But two years ago, someone – ”
“Is being an asshole going to change the past?”
“Well, no…”
“Then don’t be an asshole.”
“But -”
“I -”
“But what about -”
“…”
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