pixel lust on Nostr: really cool never knew about the part of narcissus rejecting the world first before ...

really cool never knew about the part of narcissus rejecting the world first before falling into the trap of loving himself.

jordan peterson says something similar about identity in that identity is negotiated, you can’t demand other people recognize your self-made identity.

it’s insane to go around telling other people to call you a surgeon if you have no credentials, skills or experience and in today’s culture demanding other people call you by your preferred pronouns. identity is negotiated/earned in a mature/civil social interaction.

only delusional/tyrannical/psychopathic people reject reality and demand other people give in to their self-aggrandizing demands.

the nihilistic element rings so true today as that really captures the mental state of people who reject the love of everyone else: incels, radical left and right.