Exactly! There was tribalism/identity mixed up in their expertise for both of them! But I was only doing step 1 from the list but none of the others. So I had no tribe on my side to back me up against the strength of theirs, which put me in this weird, vulnerable position that led me to the flawed conclusion that I wasn’t allowed to hang out in the music axis of thingspace at all. But, when you do the other steps, it’s just things you put into your ears, and compared to all the other things out there in the world to do, it’s nothing to really to fight over or get freaked out by. “You’re judging me for things I put into my ears? Really?”
Also, I feel like it’s pretty common to have bad friends in middle school. =/
Ohh! Yeah, it was a reply to your “closing the awesomeness gap” comment. Dealing with awesome people without having to close the awesomeness gap between us? Especially people that have a mixture of awesomeness AND tribalism issues going on. ^_^
Exactly! There was tribalism/identity mixed up in their expertise for both of them! But I was only doing step 1 from the list but none of the others. So I had no tribe on my side to back me up against the strength of theirs, which put me in this weird, vulnerable position that led me to the flawed conclusion that I wasn’t allowed to hang out in the music axis of thingspace at all. But, when you do the other steps, it’s just things you put into your ears, and compared to all the other things out there in the world to do, it’s nothing to really to fight over or get freaked out by. “You’re judging me for things I put into my ears? Really?”
Also, I feel like it’s pretty common to have bad friends in middle school. =/
Right, but what does this have to do with worship? It doesn’t sound like you felt any temptation to worship your friends.
Ohh! Yeah, it was a reply to your “closing the awesomeness gap” comment. Dealing with awesome people without having to close the awesomeness gap between us? Especially people that have a mixture of awesomeness AND tribalism issues going on. ^_^