Emma Chamberlain

If someone calls us out for being an asshole, it will make us feel a bit bad about being an asshole, rightfully so, hopefully inspiring us to be less of an asshole in the future.

It serves a purpose.

It's important that we care to an extent what others think of us because otherwise, would we be good people?

Probably not.

We're born a baby.

We don't know anything.

And throughout our lives, we learn from others.

Oftentimes, we learn from how others perceive us.

If we do something rude, people get upset with us.

And it's important that we care about that so that we stop doing rude things.

You know, if we make a joke that's kind of out of touch, kind of embarrassing, kind of missed the mark, people are going to make a weird face at us.

And it's important that we notice that.

I think to a certain extent, it's inevitable that other people are going to impact the way that we see ourselves.

However, we can take it too far to the point where our self-worth is tied up in other people's opinions about us.

This isn't beneficial.

This isn't like someone calling us an asshole because we did something rude and then us being like, huh, maybe I am kind of an asshole.

I need to work on that.

I think when it becomes harmful is when it's taken too far.

It kind of reminds me of anxiety.

It's like anxiety is a human emotion, experience, feeling.