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Bad Advice
U/ochristo87: “I was 9 and I was really nice to poor guy selling shirts out of the back of his truck. My dad pulled me away and told me directly ‘it’s great to be nice to people, Chris, but be mean too. You want people to be a little scared of you’ Even at 9 I was like ‘bruh that’s not…Great’ and it really was an interaction that shaped our relationship.
I went on to teach, have a vibrant friend group (every year a dozen of us meet up for new years and were in the 10th year this year!), and generally I love people. It’s in my work and in every fibre of my life. He…Died alone of an overdose about 10 years ago. The funeral would’ve been basically empty if not for all the friends who came to console me.”