The fucking nerve

A think-piece on entitlement

Hello kids, I will be skipping the formalities today to make something 100% clear. Nobody, and I mean nobody owes you shit. I don't know when everybody started smelling themselves and thinking that everybody is supposed to bounce at the beat of their drum; but the shit needs to come to a complete stop.

I don't know if anybody has looked up from their screens and around lately, but I'm going to break some things down for everyone to make sure we're all up to speed. The world is crumbling around us and we are all just trying to survive. Motherfuckers are weird and wicked and you cannot put anything past even the most common of civilians. There are CHILDREN dying all over the world. There is absolutely not enough time allotted in the day to give even the lowest flying fuck about stroking your ego and making sure you are nice in cozy in your delusion of importance. We have way bigger fish to fry, baby. Let's be so serious.

It actually makes me sick that we have to take it there, but enough is enough. Everyone is important, yes, but you motherfuckers are just a little too self important (if you agree and are not a self-absorbed-asshole, this announcement is very clearly not for you). It is completely fine to to be confident and to have boundaries about yourself, but please don't let your ego walk you clear into an ass whoopin'.

who did it, Phoenix?

Honestly man, everyone. I have witnessed so much self-centeredness lately that it would be unfair to even pick a few out of the hat. So instead, I brought a few highlights to the table with me in the form of specific "no nos" that will not be tolerated.

1. People doing you a service deserve just as much respect as you do. Any person who is willing to take time to do anything for you that your lazy, unskilled, unable ass cannot do on your own deserves respect. They do not have to do anything for you. Half the time, they don't even fucking know you. Now if it is a situation where they aren't giving you respect that is completely different; but if you are the aggressor just because you're a dickhead who lacks basic tact, that is on you.

2. When entering other people's property and private spaces, keep in mind that it is theirs and theirs alone. When you enter a space that is not yours, sit your monkey ass down and act accordingly. You do not own that space or anyone in it. You do not call the fucking shots. How people decide to run their individual spaces is completely up to them. If you do not like it, there are two steps you can take. You put your hands together, bow your head and thank SkyDaddy for giving you free will and then you can put your fucking shoes on the very fucking feet He gave you and LEAVE. Nobody is about to shrink or morph to fit your expectations in a place that you do not even belong, but they do.

3. Your wish is nobody's command but your own. On average, how many people do you think actually give a fuck what you want? If I had to guess, I'd say a whopping zero. We all have enough of our own shit going on that the thoughts, desires, and actions of others should be the very least of our worries. There are people out here that don't know where their next meal is going to come from, how their rent will be paid this month or how they will be able to provide a feasible life for their children. Nobody gives a fuck about your non-essential wants bro. If you want it, go get it and stop expecting people to wait on you hand and foot or you could end up in a very bad spot yourself. If you're a true go-getter and independent, this should not come as a shock or a problem to you.

4. What people do for the sake of their personal safety should not be a point up for argument. People are still raped, pillaged (robbed, for the numb-skulls) and killed in modern times. Taking the necessary steps to ensure your own safety in not only a country, but a world that has no problem stealing not only your innocence, but your life, should not be negotiable or up for debate. If you are one to go back-and-forth with people about their personal security measures, do some serious soul searching and go to church or something, please.
   

any other words of wisdom?

Actually, yes. Mind your fucking business. When you are so busy looking over the fence to see what your neighbors are doing, you miss important tidbits of information like the fact that your fucking house is on fire. Maybe if you had been in your house, or even y'know, facing it, you'd still have one (this is a metaphor, if you didn't know). I say all that to say, when you are so busy inserting yourself into the realities of others and trying to put yourself in a place of importance and authority in their lives, you tend to be missing things in your own.

If your shit is not straight (which, c'mon, it's 2024, is anybody's shit straight right now??), you should not have even the slightest desire to go poking around in anyone else's. Much less, should you have any place interjecting or having any words of direction for them or their circumstances. Simply mind your fucking business. Did you know that we're in a recession and that the average American does not even have $500 in savings? That's what I like to call bigger fish to fry. Or how about the fact that it's election year (again) and we are stuck between the same rock and fucking hard place that we were last time (DURING A RECESSION)??? And y'all still can't your noses out and hands off of the personal bubbles and preferences of others. Do you feel no shame? Because you should.

I am also going to be skipping the quirky little outro today. If you didn't notice, ain't shit funny. There's way too much nasty work being outwardly performed by too many motherfuckers and it needs to be completely minimized.

talk soon.