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[aprilstarchild]

I just threw a minor hissy fit in the facebook comments of a friend I don't even know very well. Hopefully this doesn't bite me in the ass.

Said friend is going on a long bike tour and asked for recommendations of novels to bring with her. There were many suggestions offered, both by myself and others.

To which a woman (I'll call her K) responded: "Ugh, this thread is making me depressed about people's taste. De gustibus non est disputandum, I suppose."

Me: "K...that's a little insulting, don't you think?"

K: "Eh, I just call em like I see em."

Me: "I'm a lot less depressed about people's choice of books (reading any kind of novel puts people ahead of the majority of Americans who don't read for pleasure) than I am about people who are snobs and hide behind "I'm just being honest," as if that's an excuse for insulting people."

Am I totally out of line here? But that whole, "Hey, it's okay for me to be insulting, because I'm just being honest!" bullshit really pisses me off. How is her comment any better than going up to someone and saying, "Oh wow, you're really ugly!" and then when said person is hurt, responding, "I just call em like I see em!"

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[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

I used to not mind having that kind of people in my social circle, but I've decided not to put up with that kind of shit anymore. I've even known people who were like, "haha, I'm just an asshole," to which I've responded, "Oh, that's too bad, I don't hang out with assholes" and I would get up and leave, or turn to talk to someone else. It really takes the wind out of their sails, let me tell you.

Yeah, it's an immature attitude in any case. It's almost always someone with low-self-esteem trying to prop themselves up. They think they're funny (and, to be honest, occasionally they are), but more often they're just hurtful.