Was born in the 70s, and yeah, the 8-bit Atari line was my jam. It was fun when it was cutting-edge; once the SNES rolled out it was… meh.

“I’ll deduct a thousand children before I pay any taxes and I’ll silence anyone who gets in my way.”

We can; the narcissists cannot.

Unfortunately most people endeavor to make other people’s journey a living hell for their own enjoyment.

Function.

But it’s not so much the fear of judgement, but the fear of the absurdly unjust punishment people will level on me for even the most innocuous action, because they just love abusing people.

Yeah, for me that would be all of the stories. And none of them are funny. That’s why I stopped talking to people once I turned 18.

Why is this the first time I’ve seen a mention of Friendica?

Then I don’t wanna be right.

“See, when a daddy tomato and a mommy tomato love each other very much…”

“Well, it was a small town when I was done with it. Fit inside this little urn…”

Of course it’s on purpose - everything narcissists do, they do to force you to interact with them. Because ignoring them is exactly what they hate.

You didn’t read the whole thing.

Also, that only applies to those in their “in-groups” - people are hard-wired to kill everyone outside their in-groups.

I’m from California, jackass.

The top picture is, and will always be, the whole of humanity. Don’t fool yourself.

It doesn’t matter how you approach the situation. Other people aren’t going to let your behavior affect their decisions.

You’re expecting perfection from others but can’t meet that expectation yourself.

Welcome to dealing with the human species. You’re lucky they’re not beating you for not living up to their unrealistic and hypocritical expectations.

What makes you think “excuse me” will work?

You have too much faith in humanity.

I feel like I’m only slightly shifted, but everyone else accuses me of being in the neighbor’s yard.

Happiness is an addiction that leads people to resort to violence to feed it.

I was abused by happiness addicts my entire childhood.

They’re all narcissists. Every human being who has not been traumatized is a narcissist; only trauma can drive out narcissism. Trauma rubs people’s faces into their own mortality; only knowing their own mortality can humble them enough to get over themselves.