Malcolm Ocean's roamblog

March 23rd, 2022

edited 2022-03-23 · open in Roam
    • often when people do a shitty thing, they get a shitty response, and people are like "they must have wanted that shitty response"
      • eg "he must have been trying to make me feel bad"
      • and sure, sometimes people do do things to make each other feel bad
        • although even there, there's still a "why? why does that seem like the best solution to their problem?"
      • but often no, people are hoping something very different will happen, and are surprised and frustrated when it goes poorly
      • but people can even end up kinda gaslighting themselves about this