People who can give out NASTY strong criticism and insults, but REFUSE to accept it.
People who were once friends but are now foes because they hurt their friends! Then turned it around like it was their faults!
Traitors are pretty lame, yeah.
Actually this brings to mind a greivance of my own, some fellas and I used to be good friends, not sure now, really-- who was the one to break it off or whose fault it was, all I know is that me and them now aren't looking like the olden days. They think I become a lawless rebel with no honor, I think they became too obsessed with reveling in their social monopoly, but hey, it's all wishy-washy interpretations, we don't talk anymore...
At least-- I
have tried to repair the friendship, even if they keep spitting it back in my face.
Heh. Well, I've had to move on. Seein' them now-- the way they are, it makes me kind of mad with myself, that I used to look up to em.
People who constantly lash out at their so-called friends...
People who cant accept when they've damaged a person and their friendship BEYOND REPAIR
People who constantly use and abuse people THEN WONDER WHY SAID PEOPLE NO LONGER WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEM.
Btw, this may or my not all be one person. More later.
I'd half expect I was one of these people but then you and I have talked actually personally like once or twice so I don't see that as likely.
I don't lash out at my friends, not in any meant or genuine way.
"People who cant accept when they've damaged a person and their friendship BEYOND REPAIR"
This though? I... might be guilty. Depends if she and I were ever really what you could consider friends.
Y'see. I don't like giving up on people, I like to believe that in everyone there's a sense of good, even if on the surface, they're entirely detestable. Even if every chance I give them, they act salty and get all mad over things years in the past.
So I figure, if I'm the only one trying to repair the friendship, and it ain't working out, then it's no longer me that's the problem, is it? I'm eating humble pie, I'm making the effort to bring the stage back around, so-- if it ain't working for them, so be it.
But uh... yeah, dunno. I must admit, lines like the above, they do cause a sense of worry in me, because I'm aware I do have a pretty volatile way of talking, but, I'm probably worrying over nothing.
"People who can give out NASTY strong criticism and insults, but REFUSE to accept it."
This one I can't help but think infers to me, since I was pretty bad at taking criticism for Terra, but again, I may just be worrying too much.
I guess Xiie's been a good influence.
Here's another little grievance of mine.
When people say you're rippin' off "the big thing at the moment" just because some element is similar.
Had a bit of this treatment for Boned elsewhere, but that was blatant, I didn't mind so much because I knew from the start I was going to cop it on the 'wow undertale inspiration' thing.
I was originally not going to even share it because I knew I'd have that, but eh, I did it anyway, that's fine.
But... when people tell me that
Limbo is a rip-off of Papyrus, I want to strangle them. Limbo's been around since 2011, Papyrus 2013 at the very earliest.
Yep, I predicted Undertale and made my game about colorful mammals and talking skeletons was actually first because I'm a time-travelling idea thief, right? Gimme a break. Grim fandango and several other games and movies beat me to the punch.
I think the main way I've learned to deal with it is just not allowing myself to care too much. Like, if they can prove they're above me by showing all their amazing OC's, then sure, go nuts. But I half suspect, the only reason I get any sort of 'ripoff comments' is because people are:
A. Too stupid to think of a more respectable argument and thus go with their shallow assumptions that I'm as uncreative as they are.
B. Jealous enough to be that petty. Probably haven't even played the game.
Typically I'll respond briefly and calmly to these sorts of criticisms, because they are the sort that anyone not super in the know could make. Just clarify the fact above, usually people are like 'oh, sorry, misjudged you then!' and nothing more need be said about it.
Lack of research is easier to take than flat accusations.
This made my day, the johnny fella in jest made the accusation that I was a time-travelling thief-wizard. I couldn't stop laughing. It felt really good having it flatout recognized that Toby and I just use some of the same words and phrases.
Or that I was a time travelling idea thief, I just imagine my monkey avatar with a big black sack over his shoulder and black kamina-style shades on. My left wrist has a big watch on it that says 'time?'.
Certainly, I get inspired, but I like to have it in ways that for the unknowing, it's entirely invisible.
If I don't, like
here... well, that's not included in the actual game.
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