>>82262>i don't do this, but it's probably the smarter option. typically, i like to squeeze as much information as i can out of people so i can get a full picture of what is really going on. the benifits of this are two-fold, since i can make as rational of a decision with who i throw my lot in with (since you cant fence-sit forever) and i can use some of the info i've gathered in the future for the purposes of ingratiating myself to other parties (depending on how you frame what you know, you can make it seem like you agree with whomever approaches you without giving away your position as neutral, which could mark you as untrustworthy thus unfit for the juiciest morsels) both during the drama and after the fact.>if you just want out of the loop i would prefer your approach, but i like to min/max my social credit gains and if you play your cards right you can gain trust and clout with the offender and offended without losing too much yourself.Now that I think about it, I realize I'm not that out of the loop
One corposlop personality test I did was green (consensus maxxer/keeping the social peace) and if thats true it might not be JSID for the sake of JSID
Ironically enough I think people who talk to me about drama might do so because i'll relativise whatever drama they're caught up with, and deep down that probably appeals to them
but again this might just be that filtering, i dont appease people too much, so i get people who dont mind hearing a conflicting opinion around me
It wont appeal to everyone of course, but those people wont bother me with it
i also noticed something interesting:
>so i thank you for challenging me with your own experience. many people in my life do not/can not talk about stuff like this with me, so i don't get a chance to 'sharpen my sword' as it were. i wish more people irl were like this>i spent my time trying my best to win brownie pointsI guess niggas irl might be trying to score brownie points with you as well (dont be too hard on them though)
they might be more like you than you think
>if not more painful, boundaries are not easy to keep if you are weakI've never thought of it as boundaries once, I dont think most people would
>>82271>the idea that someone who is a "bully" has a gang and will fuck you up is kind of a 90s thing in the modern eramy experiences with bullying (as a bystander as well) were solely groups vs individuals, but europe might be very different in that regard
only one time I saw a group vs group confrontation, but never one-on-one bullying
if it is one-on-one fighting back becomes more of an option
<blogpost spaceI did one time jump a bully in middle-school, but it just made things worse and i had to transfer away (because he had friends and I didnt)
looking back think bullying is largely izzatfarming (or harvesting the victims loosh, more on christmaxxing later)
if you have no reaction they'll quit, its the freakouts that keep them going because it increases their izzat by comparison
similarly, when that guy lost izzat, he came to get it back
>I don't think people are as complex as you think, there isn't some deep seeded trauma that most people have that dictate how they think, its just how they areit doesnt have to be 'trauma' or anything dramatic, they might, for instance, not like you because you're not direct and kind of haze you for it (he'll do this unconsciously, probably)
in that case vibematching doesnt work: you'll maybe avoid him, but this'll only piss him off even more, because you're being even more indirect and non-confrontational
instead, taking a step back and realizing what his problem is with you will allow you to kind of work with it by being more direct with him
(I'll admit i'm talking from experiences in a context where you cant disengage and have to cooperate, if you dont need anything from him theres of course no reason to do this)
>that's a whole other thing about suffering for no reason and generating loosh for entities and shit but that deserves its own thread tbh.this is kindof the thing I was getting at, Christ suffered without generating loosh
if you cant do that you're kind of fucked in a bullying scenario, your negative energy feeds them (like demons maybe)
it does take a certain mindset though, and if you cant do it you cant do it, but i think its an admirable goal
<christmaxxing spacemy most general problem with him is that every single one of his videos seems to be made to tell xis viewers what he thinks xey want to hear, and that feels slimy to mi
also the wizard larp makes me cringe