Telling Others What Should or Shouldn't Matter to Them

[isshinryuronin]

Is it me? It's me, isn't it.

Yes, Bill. It's you, you crotchety old man.

P.S. I'm only agreeing with you because I don't want to "unironically tell you you're wrong."

 

[Steve]

Yes, Bill. It's you, you crotchety old man.

P.S. I'm only agreeing with you because I don't want to "unironically tell you you're wrong."

I think you two are confusing curmudgeonly with crotchety. It’s a small but important distinction.

 

[Hot Lunch]

Is it just me, or did things just get weird?

So the intent wasn't to be "weird" or create that kind of rabbit hole to take the discussion down. I gave that story for two reasons: first, to illustrate other possible situations in which someone can tell another person that something that matters to them shouldn't, and... I simply wanted to use a scenario that would catch people's attention a bit more.