honestly i hate it when peoples analogy of aiden ends up being “he thinks he’s better than everyone else” when in reality, that isn’t the case ? aiden not only has a deep self loathing but is also dealing with survivors guilt, so as a result his emotions are numbed, he forced them to be that way, and while he feels more intently than anything - he can just control when to feel them, whether that be alone, or the few hours allows himself to just feel around people he trusts. but the point is, he never sees himself better than jordi - he’s constantly annoyed by people who joke and don’t take the situation seriously, if you note, early on in the game aiden did a lot of eye rolls and scoffs at the fixer, that because the situations he chose to joke just weren’t appropriate. but when you pay attention, later in the game he becomes more accepting of who jordi is.
by the time we meet t bone, he relaxes - you don’t notice ? the eye rolls lessen, hell, how are you people meant to say he feels superior to jordi when he was fucking heart broken that he eventually turned him for money ? you’re acting like ‘you wanna know the problem with you people ? you take yourselves too fuckin’ seriously!’ ( that or take things personally, its the same thing when you tilt your head ) - and those words hit him, just in his own way.