Solicitor: If I can ask, what are your objections to hearing me out on <insert product here>?
Me: Well, it is somewhat because I don't necessarily trust people who don't pay attention to posted signs, like the "No Solicitation" sign that's right over here...
Solicitor: 😡
People who demand you pay an Awareness Tax for any moment of happiness you experience do not actually care about solving any of the problems they demand you fixate on.
They just want to blame YOUR moment of inattention, so they can expunge their own equally pointless guilt about their inability to change the thing.
Think about bad stuff when it's time for you to help. Otherwise, enjoy yourself with your whole heart; otherwise there's no point.
Seriously.
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