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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Who: FiN and visitors
Where: FiN
When: Day 227 after game and onward

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[scarvedforlife]

Being proud of things is a little different from having pride though. Having pride is like...

... like when you're working on a problem, that you know you can do yourself, but everyone around you is saying 'here let me help you' or 'I could do it faster'. They're just trying to help, and you know you can do it faster, but also you wanna do it yourself.

[nohalation]

Uh-huh, Uh-huh.

[nod nod]

I have pride, too. But why does that matter with gifts?

[scarvedforlife]

Well, say you solved that problem. And then someone gives you a gift saying 'good job solving that problem' or 'you finally did it!' or 'thanks for solving that problem for me'. Are those all okay?

[nohalation]

Yes!

[scarvedforlife]

Okay! Now, some people, don't want to be thanked. Some people are satisfied with solving the problem and solving that problem was its reward for them. But now people who were completely uninvolved are saying what a good job you were doing, when it seems like they don't really care about what you were doing.

[nohalation]

[Blinks.]

[scarvedforlife]

So for those people... the ones giving gifts don't feel genuine. Don't make them feel good.

[nohalation]

Huh...

[this is the face of someone who doesn't seem to understand that either.]

[scarvedforlife]

No good? I guess to get that, you gotta get the feelings of mistrust...