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OldBoss

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Fri Oct 24, 2025, 02:03 PM Friday

Removing toxic people from your life ... [View all]

"Removing toxic people from your life does not mean that you hate them, it means that you respect yourself” Quote I found somewhere about a year ago and have embraced enthusiastically. A good buddy just called me and I begrudgingly answered. He asked why I’ve been so absent it’s been almost a year since we’ve talked. I told him straight up I cannot tolerate your lifestyle or viewpoints and want nothing to do with you. He said wow you’re gonna let your TDS ruin a 30-year friendship brother?!? Dude you goto Tucker/Flynn rallies, and Kirk and Candace rallies, and you pay to get in. It’s not my TDS that’s ruined our friendship it’s your MFP! WTF is MFP? Mass Formation Psychosis, go look it up. Click. Follow-up text from him “I’m shocked I can’t believe that just happened!” Block caller.

IMHO if anyone proclaims or accuses me or anyone of TDS, they cannot be reasoned with. Uttering TDS is the most intellectually and emotionally lazy thing you can say to me or anyone with a brain and a heart. But I also embrace my acute TDS, if someone pokes at me I just smile and nod - but it’s really not worth engaging anyone who mutters it.

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