Everyone’s their own worst critic. And aside from people’s natural obsession with other people’s opinions, humility and holding low opinions of oneself additionally have a significant effect on one’s confidence. With that in mind, sensitivity is commonly misinterpreted as solely someone’s tendency to be touchy and temperamental. However, being conscious of the subtleties of one’s surroundings and the nuances of other people’s moods are attributes of sensitivity. Sensitivity is essentially one’s reception of and reaction to stimulus. And general awareness of oneself (self-awareness) and one’s environment (situational awareness) are what stimulates one’s sensitivities. For instance, insecurities are often revealed amid someone’s self-conscious acts, like attempting to hide a protruding belly while wearing a form-fitting shirt, which is an indication of said someone’s predisposition to hypersensitivity and propensity for self-criticism. Being critically aware of one’s most criticized characteristics creates the insecurities that make high degrees of self-awareness detrimental. I don’t care who you are, everybody’s insecure about multiple personal characteristics. And I believe that concealing those insecurities to protect one’s mental health is appropriately healthy. Indisputably, it makes sense to protect oneself at all times in a world where people who beat themselves up are constantly looking for people to knock down. And again, people beat themselves up because excessive self-awareness leads to self-hatred. I’ve written a lot of harsh things on this blog, but the majority of my unkind utterances have been directed at spiteful and sadistic sons of bitches. And if you think I’m the type of person who can dish it but can’t take it, you only assume that because the people who are returning my reflection of their condemnable conduct know better than to address me directly. Diverging slightly, do you ever feel like people should alter their approaches or accommodate to your attitudes just because you have the audacity to voice your opinions? Understand this, there will always be tons of things that the majority of humans will never understand. And if you can accept that, as an individual, you won’t waste so much time wondering why things that you can’t control never go your way. Who the fuck are you?! That’s probably my favorite question of all time. Entitlement, in the derogatory sense, is the belief that one is owed privileges and advantages by default—generally without warrant. But being election season, maybe attempting to dissuade people from feeling entitled is improvident or inopportune. Because in the complimentary sense, entitlement is emblematic of every American’s outright ownership of obligatory constitutional rights. Without the sense that we’re owned—or entitled to—the rights that we are promised, there would be no motivation to fight for democracy. Now, I was tempted to say something like “our entitlement to constitutional rights authorizes us to fight for freedom,” but there can never be freedom with government. Americans elect politicians specifically to make decisions for us. If freedom is self-government and a democracy is a system of government controlled by elected representatives, people in a democracy are governed by the representatives that they elect, not by themselves. A democracy gives the illusion of freedom by allowing citizens to vote on certain matters and granting them specific rights, but our most consequential rights—including the extent of our voting power—are decided by the government. Voting is imperative because the people who we elect, or allow to be elected when we don’t vote, are going to project all of their beliefs and desires onto us like the people who beat themselves up project their insecurities onto the people that they try to knock down. In other words, politicians claim to have voters’ best interests at heart until they’re elected, then once in office they exercise their entitlement to decision-making like entitled people exercise their right to free expression when giving their vile, vulgar, and virtuously valueless opinions. Do you see why everyone is so confused? A word with multiple meanings is called a “polysemous” word, as the core word “polysemy” means having multiple meanings. Semantics matter!
I’m going to let everyone in on a little secret, lying is as simple as stating that you haven’t done something that you’ve done or aren’t doing something that you’re doing. And when deceiving and misleading people is that easy, even the stupidest person can be good at it. Who do you trust? Personally, I don’t trust a motherfuckin’ soul! Again, every time I give someone the benefit of the doubt, I regret it. How do you deal with known liars? If I know that someone is habitually dishonest, I try not to deal with them at all. But if I have to be bothered with bogus folks and bullshitters, I don’t believe anything that they say. In my opinion, the best way to counter lies is with disbelief. If a liar isn’t discouraged by your incredulity, they probably believe the bullshit that they’re telling you, or believe that you’re credulous enough to be manipulated by their persistence in attempting to deceive you, which makes them delusional and diabolical. Be honest, on a scale of one to ten, with ten being highest level of hatred, how much do you hate humans? I can’t be the only person who doesn’t like people, right? Deviating a bit, I can’t touch on lying, again, without talking about how people lie to themselves the most, again. How often do you smile just for show? I learned from watching “America’s Next Top Model” years ago that “smizing,” or smiling with one’s eyes, is a tell-tale sign of whether or not someone’s joy is genuine. Super model Tyra Banks, who hosted the modeling competition, asserted that a smile with one’s mouth is incomplete without incorporating brightness in one’s eyes, and she even taught the contestants how to smile using only their eyes. Deceivers are a dime a dozen, and I despise liars because they make dishonesty normal. If we’re being honest, sometimes there ain’t shit to smile about, right? And making it customary to fake smiles when there ain’t shit to smile about, presumably to ward off negative people or energy, implies that moments of joylessness are deviant or uncommon. If your smiles are fake, you’re a liar, sorry! And we can see it in your eyes. If everybody stopped lying so much, people wouldn’t need to fake just to feel normal. What would you say your current biggest commitment is? Tyra Banks was so committed to modeling that she retired from the runway and dedicated years of her life to teaching the art of posing while being posh and pretty. Earlier this month, after a 19-year hiatus, Tyra Banks graced the runway at a Victoria’s Secret show, flaunting her fine fifty-year-old figure as she flounced down the catwalk. And I can tell you one thing, though she wasn’t wearing lingerie, the gorgeous, green-eyed gentlewoman has still got the goods! If you aren’t there yet, where do you see yourself at age 50? Better yet, if commitment is dedication, how committed are you to lying to yourself? Are you going to lie to yourself for the rest of your life? In 2022, CBS Minnesota conducted a survey that found the average American allegedly lies four times per day. But if humans were surveyed, knowing that lying is reprehensible, what would be their incentive for being honest about how dishonest they are? I don’t mean to infantilize you guys by oversimplifying my point, but hopefully this elementary explanation will help some of the man-children out there understand how puerile lying is. If moral correctness was a currency, lying would be as expensive as attorney fees for defense against federal charges. Shit, some liars are so outraged at the exposure of their lies that they act as if telling the truth is a crime. If you think of lies as an expense, or even as a crime, that may help deter you from being dishonest because it should give you the sense that your lies will be penalized. Times are hard enough, aren’t they? Relieve yourself, and leave lies alone. Peace.