Unironically using "ebonics" while complaining about cultural appropriation is BETAAAAA!

I don't feel no ways tirerrrd

The more they do, the more people wake up

Shooting themselves in the foot. Putting their own idiocy on display... it's great. I feel sorry for the people who still fall for it

Ain't nuffin warooonggg wif cookin a lilll feeewwwwdddd

The ban hammer strikes again!

Oh gosh oh golly

Someone really has a bee in their bonnet...

fuck the authority

Nah authority is good, when it's fair and just.

when it's me*

fixed

It's when people abuse their authority that it becomes a problem

I don't think anyone can hold up to my idea of not abusing their position

getting paid for example is a problem

well, paid unevenly depending on what they do, creating an incentive to push a personal agenda in a certain direction

I agree. A leader is supposed to work for the people, not rule based on their personal interests or feelings.

I used to be a power-trippy manager of people IRL so I understand. Sometimes you learn the hard way.

takes a very special person to recognize yourself changing from gained authority before it's too late

idk how many times I've seen people make a 180 turn in personality after getting mod status on discord lol

You don't really notice it, the ego takes over. It's when you start getting backlash and resentment from your team that you realize something's wrong.

well in your case surely it helps that you've been through it once before

A good leader earns respect by doing what's right.

you might recognize it again if you find yourself in a similar position

a good leader doesn't desire to lead, almost everyone I've met who has had aspirations in title and authority have been sociopaths and desperate losers

Exactly. Plus when you don't allow others to question your actions, you know your ego has taken over.

Anyone actually, but especially a leader, should welcome criticism. How else do you become a better?

guy I'm working with atm that's responsible of the back-end is making it very difficult because I have way more experience than him but every time I tried to make a cooperative effort he got ridiculously emotional because of some weird pride in doing it himself or something

lol like a child!

spoiler alert: he's 47

lol

idk what he's been through though, somehow he like graduated comp. sci like 2 years ago :S

I've come to find that earthly age doesn't matter, some people never grow up emotionally... Look at Earl and T!

to a point, but old dogs can't learn new tricks is like _relatively_ true

the odds are at least heavily put against you

Yup. You think you know how the world works and you refuse to consider different viewpoints. That's why the first step for overcoming the fallen state is admitting you are wrong.

That's a hard thing for some people to do

although a lot of people take up radically new hobbies from midlife crisis

but that _rarely_ actually works out to someone like becoming a famous singer because they started making music at 45

after being a plumber their whole life

hence >crisis and not midlife rebirth or whatever 😛