@GentlemanTech@cyberplace.social
2026-08-01 09:07 UTC
@Devils_Rancher@beige.party thanks for sharing :)
I have friends who don’t get this. They need to know what they’re getting in return before they will give anything. They don’t understand (or believe) the power and the rewards of just being nice and kind to others first, and always.
It’s like easy mode. Yes, occasionally we get taken advantage of by arseholes. But the rewards are still greater. Folks will generally go out of their way to return any kindness tenfold
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@Devils_Rancher@beige.party 2026-08-01 11:20
@GentlemanTech@cyberplace.social I really have a hard time with transactional people - I was married to one years ago, and it didn’t go well. For me it’s always been my difficulty in making it plain that I do care about them. People thing I’m reserved or aloof, and it’s more that I have spent too much of my life clueless as to social mores. I’ll finally tell someone “I really like you and am I enjoying what you’re doing.” And they’ll say “Really? I had no clue!” The lesson for me is outwardly show it.