• hperrin@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    If you have a secret group chat where you make fun of your friends behind their backs, then you’re an awful piece of shit. I don’t care if it’s not solely dedicated to making fun of people. If you do it enough that your friend group ostracizes you when they find out, then you deserve to be ostracized. Why are you defending this behavior? Do you do this?

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 days ago

      bro i make fun of my friends in public. I don’t talk to people unless it’s a group. Simple as.

      If it’s ok for me to be harsh with people in public, i see no reason to stop being harsh with them in private, assuming it meets those boundaries.

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        5 days ago

        Then it’s not behind their back. That’s the bad part here. It’s not making fun of your friends, it’s secretly making fun of your friends. That’s the difference between “all in good fun” and “being an asshole”.