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this idea of "you don't owe anyone anything" came about through the social media therapists that try to diagnose complete strangers with a multitude of issues and complexes. all it has done has made selfish people more selfish and divided us as a community. you do not owe everyone everything, but if you consider yourself part of a community, a society, you do owe everyone something. at a base level you owe people kindness, respect (as long as they haven't lost the right to it), and basic human decency. you owe your loved ones even more. stop being selfish and rude in the name of treating your so-called "people pleasing."
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Feb 4, 2025

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okay so i’m not alone and not crazy lol
Feb 5, 2025
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My sister has adopted this attitude, and it is so frustrating to hear her call out others behavior but not realize she may as well be talking about herself. She holds everyone but herself to this impossible standard and then when asked to return som kindness it is “I don’t owe anyone anything”
Feb 5, 2025
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the worst person you know will be saying "I'm protecting my peace. I have to put myself first."
Feb 5, 2025
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adolfcuntler the RAGE i feel when i hear someone say that over something completely selfish and inconsiderate is wild
Feb 5, 2025
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adolfcuntler every The Body Keeps the Score fan ever
Feb 5, 2025
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was having this convo with my mum the other day the selfishness of our generation is a fucking epidemic
Feb 5, 2025
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down with american individualism!
Feb 5, 2025

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I really don’t like when people treat other people badly. It’s unnecessary. the smile on their face could be covering a lifetime of pain, or it could be genuine happiness but how would we know? and either way, the way we treat someone could decide what their next day is like – could be a good or bad day based on a small interaction with little old me. but I’ll never consciously be unkind or hurt someone. we do owe each other something as human beings – kindness. being kind isn’t difficult. be kind. be thoughtful. be warm. be loving. be graceful. be patient.
Mar 2, 2024
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Sue me, it’s not hard to be considerate of others the rare times we share space in our increasingly atomized world and I think we owe it to each other. (c.f. was just at the theater and the older woman in front of me chose to put her hair in an enormous top knot that no joke gave her an extra head’s worth of height. I politely said to her after the show that I wasn’t able to see most of the show over her hair and I hurt my neck trying to get past all the hair. Her only response was “Well I always wear my hair like that.” Anywho I just think it’s not hard for us to treat each other with basic care and respect on this dying planet, especially when we’re packed into small space spending a lot of money on art).
Mar 27, 2024
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Treat other people you meet in a way that you’d want people to treat you for real it’s gooood. And if people are treating you in a way you don’t like, there’s no need to treat them at all.
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