Until recently I had a 'friend' who consistently shat on me and others. Made fun of us for typos, was consistently negative and belittling of our choices like our purchases, would nag me and a friend for our nudes as a 'joke' but never actually wanted to pay. Deleted them today.

I've found that people who tend to consistently only speak negatively usually have something else going on that makes them feel that way, and that's ok. But the second they start slapping you with that negativity? We are in a pandemic and you don't need that.

If you've got 'something else' going on (stress, mental health, trauma, etc) that's cool, I get shit is hard, and sometimes you might even lash out -- but the SECOND you start allowing yourself to actively be _mean_ to your friends because of it, you become an asshole.

Anyway this is me telling you that you have permission to cut people out of your life who punch down or sideways instead of up.