Rule
#5: Listen to your elders. Give them respect until they no longer
deserve it and you don't have to give it to them.
Ugh. Not
one of the better rules. It's wordy and clearly written after dealing
with some elder person who spend their prime grinding dumbass points
instead of actually learning anything worthwhile.
Instead of
pretentiously meditating on this slow pitch Rule, can we talk about
how great it is to blow off idiots who try to waste your time
teaching you obvious shit, or their own facile world view? They're
all, "What you gotta know about women--" and you can just
get a cup of coffee and shuffle back to your room before they can
even realize how little you care?
Like, they
can't comprehend someone wouldn't give a shit about their speech even
though they care so little about you as a person they don't even
recognize you're 100% into this coffee and -7561% into their
bullshit.
Yes, very
aware of the irony.
3 comments:
Can't say I've had the pleasure. I usually only encounter this with people trying to make small talk in situations where I don't *want* to abandon small talk.
Related: patience is easy when you've nothing better to do.
Also related: I am learning, probably too late in all cases, that I suffer fools too gladly.
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