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Alphaboy writes, Dear Sherdog
Don't even know why I wrote this, just a late night thought, I suppose.
One Universal rule that everyone seems to know, but no one seems to really absorb is the fact that
No one is universally loved or hated. Some people will like you, some people will hate you.
Well duh... we already know that man. *Thor face* Do ya though?
There are so many people who live their lives trying to fit in... Trying to be liked by everyone and it is futile. How many people never wanted to engage a passion because "other people will think I'm uncool man?"
Fuck that. Do what makes you happy. People are gonna hate anyway, they might as well hate while you're enjoying yourself. It sucks to think how many people missed out on passions because of what their peer group thought or some dumb crap.
I remember in college there was this girl. She was Christian, had a very Nana-ish vibe to her. She was always pleasant. The type to smile and say "well, how was your morning today?" to everyone with a smile. One of those Mary Poppins muhfuhs. The type of person you can't imagine would ever curse someone out or yell at them no matter how much you pissed them off.
She stumbled into me when I was with a fraternity brother who in all honesty is a massive douche. She was so very pleasant. "Hello Michael, how very nice to meet you!"
He had this annoyed, weirded out look on his face and barely acknowledged her. She was either too kind to care or too blissfully unaware.
I thought, "damn, this is probably one of the nicest lady you'll meet and this foo already doesn't like her just for saying hi." Which shows no matter how pleasant you are, there'll always be haters.
Of course most people don't want to be completely socially ostracized and known as "that guy" or "that girl" so you always want to at least be self-aware. Don't go the other direction and just try to be different for attention, that's what the hot topic emos of the 2000s did and the modern day SJWs do today. Just be yourself.
I mean, don't be an insufferable dick and think "that's just me yo!" some people do that, the same to get "OnLy gOd cAn jUdGe Me!" tattooed on their forearms and cite Marilyn Monroe's "if you can't accept me at my worst..." mantra.
Hell, there's probably people who clicked this bitching... "ugh, this guy always writes some massive wall of text!" or "Stop preaching, just make lame "you sound poor" jokes like the rest of us." Like I said, there will always be haters so:
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