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 I really wish people would stop looking at themselves as “simple plebs”. You carry inside you the capacity to be anything and anyone. To do one thing and to do most things. I don’t want to talk to people simply because they feel some weird sort of pity about themselves. I want to talk to people about their ideas and actions. 

This whole thing about who is following who, and which influencer said what and to whom is pathetic. We are all just people at the end of the day and people communicate ideas with words. Treat people like people and share interesting things and they’ll respond in kind. 

I’ll start muting peole who take pity on themselves. If they can’t respect themselves, why should I?