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There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

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It's not you, it's them. You know how cats have prey instinct? Sometimes, it's similar. If there's a car there.. oof, just gotta catch it and to go around it. No reason required.

Can't tell you how many times I've tried this to get attention from those kinda people. Like you said it doesn't work. Better off being just yourself and its their loss in not knowing you.

This applies to American Voters too!! Don't let *fear* and *straw man logic* take your vote. Look at EACH candidate on YOUR ballot. See WHICH of them matches best with your intentions and needs and those of your community. VOTE for that one.

Something I realised the hard way. Even being good at something won’t win over your haters and critics, since people‘s judgement of skill seems to depend heavily on how much they like the artist or creator in question. If they hate you, nothing will ever be good enough for them.

The thing is, if I was the version of myself that they want, they wouldn't care either way. It only bothers them that I'm not. In that scenario, neither of us are happy. At least in this one one of us is