I sometimes have this situation where a person (A) might like a person (B) because (B) is funny, but overall (B) is not a very good person—which is not the same thing as being nice—and because I like (A) I almost gaslight my own judgement of (B) this way and try to convince myself that they're fine when they are really not.
This is simply a reminder of myself to trust the vibes I directly get from someone, rather than the indirect reputation they might have. The latter is easily gamed, the former not so much.
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2024-12-14