It's very true that livejournal is dying, as I've been secretly saying for months now. So I figure that I'll join the crowd and post a nice long entry just to give you people something to do
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When I was your age (actually, it would have been at just about exactly your age) I was also informed (over and over again) that I am not a nice person. Many times have passed during the years in between when I have wondered whether I ought to try to make an effort to be a "nice" person.
Absolutely fucking not.
Yes, nice people are happier. Yes, nice people are well-liked. The fact remains, however, that I'd just be trading in the misery I have for misery that is much, much worse-the misery that comes from not being who I am.
I'd make myself physically ill trying to smile at something other than someone else's misfortune. I'd have to bite my tongue so frequently that I'm sure I'd lose pieces of it. In short, I'd make myself completely miserable and not even have the benefit of being able to laugh about it afterwards.
And for the next person who says to you "You know, you're not a very nice person," say these words exactly: "Bitch, who is you?!"
Then, you can follow by saying that not being nice and being overly judgmental tend to go hand in hand.
Absolutely fucking not.
Yes, nice people are happier. Yes, nice people are well-liked. The fact remains, however, that I'd just be trading in the misery I have for misery that is much, much worse-the misery that comes from not being who I am.
I'd make myself physically ill trying to smile at something other than someone else's misfortune. I'd have to bite my tongue so frequently that I'm sure I'd lose pieces of it. In short, I'd make myself completely miserable and not even have the benefit of being able to laugh about it afterwards.
And for the next person who says to you "You know, you're not a very nice person," say these words exactly:
"Bitch, who is you?!"
Then, you can follow by saying that not being nice and being overly judgmental tend to go hand in hand.
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