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GeneralGreenstar

Advice for ya'll about some red flags.

so, I have some good advice for ya'll.
When it comes to red flags, I have one that i've come to a realization about today.

Be mindful of people who don't believe others can change.  Usually those folk are relatively toxic or actively hiding something, more commonly the former in my experience.
Why do I say this?  Because people ARE able to change, both for better and worse.  Hell, if people couldn't change, then how could I go from being a horrible artist with organics, to getting a decent at it.  that constitutes as change, does it not?  I've become a better writer over time, that's technically changing in some way.  If people are incapable of change, that implies that people are naturally born always able to do what they do, and can't learn to do anything different.  it implies that people are born evil or good from the very start, which simply is not true either.  
People are not born evil or good at the beginning, it takes events in their lives to cause them to be a good or bad person.  I'd love to hear your thoughts though.  what are some good red flags that you all know?  Maybe we can compile a list to help others.
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Kerlo
1 week ago
making a lot of worthless excuses is a big red flag to me tbf, unless they have a legitimate reason to be making all of those excuses. otherwise I don’t see why they need to have them
GeneralGreenstar
1 week ago
that's fair, but many folk unfortunately don't know the difference between a genuine explaination or an excuse.  they just say "oh don't give me any excuses" after asking you to explain..  and they only do it to shut people down because they don't actually care or want to resolve what the problems in question might be
Kerlo
1 week ago
I’ve experienced quite a few of those kinds of people. Mostly it was because of things that are more personal, which they just don’t like about me. I imagine you’ve experienced something similar, right?
GeneralGreenstar
1 week ago
that is correct, yeah.  or they think it's an "excuse" instead of an acknowledgement of a problem that would have been better resolved.  people are unfortunately just not very kind usually
Kerlo
1 week ago
I’ve sometimes been able to convince them otherwise, even after I had them blocked for quite a while on discord or something. Most of the time they don’t get convinced though, and just return to the normal accusations they made a long time ago. There’s always that one rare case that they just started seeing me as the “guy with weird beliefs” though. Not going to suggest it as a solution, but maybe it could work with whoever might have accused you of things? It sounds dumb, of course, but not impossible.
GeneralGreenstar
1 week ago
that's fair.  some things take time.  i've learned to mostly ignore people these days when they want to start stuff.  it's better on my mental health
Kerlo
1 week ago
That’s understandable. It’s sometimes worth a shot to try and convince them otherwise, even if it’s just once. If it’s better for your mental health to not do that though, then I understand why you wouldn’t want to.
GeneralGreenstar
1 week ago
yeah, it depends a lot on the people.  there are some who are reasonable, but those folk have been rare in my time.  I'm glad that it looks like it's been better on your end.
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