It's Funny 'Till It's You; Then It's Hilarious.

“Anything but there!!”

“Please no”

“Not there, not there”

“Nonono”

And they’re like:

“Oh right here?”

“Seems like I found the spot”

“I think I should stay right there”

It feels like if you saw a stranger in public wearing merch for some really niche media that you also happened to like, so you walk over to say something about it but before you even get a word out they give you a dirty look and silently walk away.

It can be very telling to put a boundary in place and just observe/evaluate a person’s response. Do they become angry and petulant? Do they keep their cool, but try to negotiate in a way that they frame as reasonable and compromising, but is actually just a calm refusal to be told “no” about something that’s important to you?

Beware both of these people - but most of all, beware the second person. They’ve already decided that they’re smart enough to manipulate and gaslight you without you getting wise. Don’t validate their hubris. Watch especially for:

- a sudden increase in cutesy, non-threatening emojis employed as pacifiers

- a long succession of “how about this?” questions that they’ll say are asked for reasons of clarity and knowing where the line is, but are actually designed to weaken your resolve and incrementally shift the goalposts

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If you goal is to love yourself, then your focus is directed inward toward yourself, and you end up constantly watching yourself from the outside, disconnected, trying to summon the “correct” feelings towards yourself or fashion yourself into something you can approve of.

If your goal is to love being yourself, then your focus is directed outward towards life, on living and making decisions based on what brings you pleasure and fulfillment.

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I do not have a lot of that but here is one with back and arms and the other one is with calves. Hope you enjoy

“LGBTQ+ people have plenty of protection,” says the straight, cisgender person.

“Women don’t feel harassed at work,” says the man. 

“Poor people don’t need more government help,” says the rich person. 

“Immigrants feel welcome here,” says the natural-born citizen.