So you know how people are really selfish and lie all the time? And how you are just as disgusting and ugly as everyone else even if you don’t want to admit it? And just when you think you’ve found someone different, they do something shitty that really disappoints you?

People suck. It’s true. There is no escaping it. The thing is, people do not only suck. They also do other things, like be awful or mean or cruel. And do even more things, like be boring or useless or apathetic. And do a bunch of other things like be neutral or silly or lazy. And then they do things like be funny or helpful or dumb. And to top it all off they do things like be happy or impatient or generous. In case you haven’t figured it out, people do a lot of shit.

It’s pretty difficult to do only one thing at a time.  You have to breathe, and blink, and salivate, and wiggle your intestines all at once. Similarly, people cannot really be only one thing at at a time. If you’re smart, you’re also dumb sometimes. If you’re honest, you’re also a liar sometimes. And if you’re selfish, you’re also selfless sometimes. Even if only by accident.

While it would be fun if people really were only one thing, and a lot easier to understand, people change into different things all the fucking time. The way they act in one situation is not the way they act in another. Who they are one year is not who they are in five years. Even if on the outside everything seems the same, as people live longer, random things happen to them and this has an impact even if it is difficult to notice.

It’s fine to be disappointed in people. Because yeah, they often let you down and do stupid shit that pisses you off. It’s also fine to be okay with people. Because they don’t do much of anything that bothers you and they’re pretty chill. It’s fine to actually like people. Because even though sometimes they may do things that are really shitty, sometimes they may also do things that are useful or nice. Since people are different at different times, it makes sense to feel differently about them at different times.

So yeah hate on the parts of people that you hate. They have flaws and that sucks and is really frustrating. And when they do things that you like, like on those parts of them too. Because people can be a lot of things all at once, which is confusing, yet comforting.