#please do not project insecurity on me because i actively seek out trash characters because i think people ruining their lives is funny

[emeryleewho]

I am generally of the mind that even jokingly shitting on yourself [god I'm such scum haha just throw me in the dumpster] is like... bad for your psyche and kind of off-putting, but also like...

Y'all know that when someone says something like "I love trash stories, give me all the garbage, I want it as degenerate and trashy as possible" that they aren't actually shitting on themselves, right? That this almost never comes from a place of insecurity and is generally just a way of juxtaposing one's taste against high-brow or "wholesome" stuff, right? You get that this is not the same thing, right?

Like, if I say that my favorite character is always the "scummiest, most toxic, and most annoying member of the cast", I am not *degrading* myself because this character is not me. It has nothing to do with me. I am just saying that I actively enjoy the mess. The mess is fun. You understand that this is not the same as calling myself a "fugly bitch who deserves to die haha" right???