• henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    10 hours ago

    Man, I’ve known people like this. The worst is a combination of willfully bad memory and a lack of respect for what I was trying to say.

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        9 hours ago

        It’s not about it working. It’s about creating a narrative in their own head where they are the victim even if it’s a complete fabrication. Then they can pin all their recent troubles on something that isn’t their fault. “That asshole gave me a thumbs up, then went back on it! I needed that thing for success, and he’s the reason that didn’t happen.”

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        9 hours ago

        My mother-in-law. She rewrites history in her head and imagine stories where she’s the hero that didn’t actually happen.

        It’s a coping mechanism to prevent her having to face and work on her own problems.

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    It took me 25 minutes to get rid of a Craigslist buyer once. He was buying a hand truck, a generic, wheeled truck.

    But boy did he want to talk, and talk, and talk. Just gimme my $20 and go away now.

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        3 hours ago

        I give those away on the Buy Nothing groups first. Thrift stores throw away what they can’t shelve, and you know you’re helping your neighbors directly.