It’s few and far between. A good person isn’t a perfect person. It’s someone who does the hard thing because it’s the right thing. People also fall in and out of being their best selves. That’s exceptable as well. So, if you truly want to experience a genuinely good person, you have to trust they are before they can show you. If you want to be one don’t do it by following some strict rules set. Look for places where you can help then just be yourself.

If all I’ve ever known of you is the best side of you, flawed and all, to me, you were nothing but good.

Its a super power, actually. Everytime I meet one they impact my life so deeply I can’t help but admire them and completely swoon.

Relationships can be anything you want them to be. I wish I spent less time trying to figure out if someone liked me and just tried to have fun with everyone I met.

Oh yeah, stress will really amp up my comprehension. It will also amp up the suicidal idealation.

… no I want you to have empathy for people who just lost their homes. It’s OK though. I have no problem letting you go off in your hate filled tizzy. I know nothing I do or say can get through to you. We will see you on the otherside, though. When the, “it could never happen to me” turns into “why doesn’t anyone care?”

Global warming is a tragedy. The greatest tragedy of our time.

My point is our culture needs more empathy. Outrage and anger, there’s enough of that. Empathy, even for those who made a mistake.

Worse is the Supreme Court not honoring centuries old treaties in water rights cases for native tribes. These people were promised the land and now the government wants to say the right to water was not part of it.

There are probably some cases where it’s true it was irresponsible to build somewhere. For most people though, they may have been born there. They may have had to move there for work. Denying pity to people who have suffered a tragedy without ever knowing their circumstances is heartless. The world you want to live in would step over you in a minute the moment you fucked up.

It’s probably not to hard to repair the relationship with the person who you scared off. Just go back to them and be honest. If they don’t like it or they hold it against you that’s not someone you want to be friends with.

Lay it out bro. Tell them, I want to have a friend, someone who’s got my back so I can have theirs. I’m super hyped about it and I should be because it would be dope. I know I’m not for everyone but I’m a trustworthy dude and when I say I watch out for my friends I mean it.

To avoid getting taken advantage of look for some sort of reciprocal sentiment. But also, trust is not about making sure it’s safe to trust. It’s a leap of faith. Knowing someday that your trust will be broken but also knowing you’re strong enough for that to happen. Then just build your friendship strong enough to survive it.

I was just kidding. We can be friends. What now?

So that’s like voluntarily friendless?

I will say though. People aren’t there for you to fuck them. So who cares if they have a penis.

I was mostly joking with my title. I don’t know if I’m an asshole. I do possess asshole like traits. I’m deeply against any type of conservatism. Interacting with people drains my energy so I can be glib after a while of hanging out. I’m probably just as sensitive as I am insensitive at times too so I spend a lot of time ruminating things that shouldn’t be taken as an offense.

I think in the long run it’s just difficult for me to establish a friend because I’m not sure what I want out of the relationship other than just having someone around to shoot the shit with. That means I need to have an interesting take on things but I’m not that interesting.

I think friendships are a give and take and I over give when it’s not necessary while also being absent when it’s most important. I also dont take ever. Thinking I must be self sufficient in all things.

I don’t know. I should probably do better.

Boomers are perfectly capable of figuring this stuff out. I mean they managed to figure out and ruin so many other tech related things.

Everyone here forgets cable was under threat of piracy until streaming came along. They think the US has cracked down but pirates have gotten more advanced. I just can’t get over these streaming services not realizing if you take away the only safe port then all that is left is piracy.

No, why would you want to be friends with a loser like me? That must mean you’re a bigger loser. I wont be friends with losers.

I think shoving ads in everything is a bit different then the purging leeches but ok.

I liked reading your response. Wish I had a meaningful response other than there is no way I’m going to feel bad for media companies. If they’ve painted themselves in a corner I’m sure it was greed that got them there.

Consumers mostly don’t even care about the content. Over the last 15 years they switched from cable only to now be back on cable again disguised as streaming.

I loved the first season of invincible. The thought came after watching a gif of captain America splitting a log with he bare hands. Like there should be PPE for just being around a super hero. He split that log with enough force to send a splinter strait through someone skull.

Like deku in my hero flicks air to create a pressure wave that can propel him into the sky. The insane amount of force at play should have more collateral damage.

I’m forcing conservative media on you?