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Being a dick to people on the internet when you think they'll benefit from tough love (rightly or wrongly) does not translate into being a dick to new people who show up to their first club meeting looking excited and nervous.

I say this not to defend the self-confessed dick, but to encourage everyone else to show up to stuff. People are nicer when they're hanging out and doing something they love.



> Being a dick to people on the internet when you think they'll benefit from tough love (rightly or wrongly)

Tough love is something you can do when you love someone, when you are close to them and have their trust

It is not really an approach you can take with strangers. That will always make you just come across like an asshole




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