On Being 'Nice'

[newlifeinstpaul]

I was listening to some Neanderthal's audiobook that called Nice Guys hypocrites. That they want the same things Other Guys want, but weakly imagine it will materialize only if they're Nice First. Didn't (don't) agree with a lot of his tome, but perhaps he was on to something.

Being 'Good' to people has resulted in Nothing Good for me. At all. Whatsoever. I've even found myself kicked around by the supposedly Also Nice. Welp, fuck that.

I'm from Six Mile and Schaefer and I've got Six Mile and Schaefer for anyone and everyone who imagines they're up to fucking with Six Mile and Schaefer. From here on out, 'Nice' means I won't chest-stomp after knocking Some Dumb Fuck who forgot where I'm from on their ass. They can look up from the ground at me, face-adjacent my size 13 feet and breathe a sigh of relief as I choose to walk away. But I've turned the Life Dial from 'Nice' to 'Qualified Kindness.' There's a difference. Don't test its limits.