React in kind.
“That person looks ugly/dumb/etc.”
Make confused/disappointed face, don’t laugh. “Uh… Okay, kind of mean.” Then move on.
Most people behave to impress/entertain their friend group. Not sure if they’re your friend or not, but that’s been successful for me. It’s not to attack them, but just to show them that that behavior isn’t going to help your opinion of them.
If they don’t care, then that’s a choice for you to make about what you’ll tolerate.
You just don’t vote for them and hope they go away.
Mock them right back. People like that don’t have a better nature to appeal to, so they must be made to understand their ugliness.
Would you like to be treated like that?
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Gotcha right there
Based on many other things, and that was my first response too, I don’t think they are capable of self reflection enough for that to sink in.
Seems to be a worrying trend these days.
Unfortunately, in a lot of these cases, they’re treating people poorly because they either expect to be or think they deserve to be treated like that too. They justify their self-hatred by projecting it onto other people.
The answer you’ll hear is, “Well, no, but SOMEONE has to tell them the truth.”
I would like to suggest these are NOT fully grown ADULTS. Good luck with that though.
You walk away and never speak to him again.
He’s made his life choices and apparently it’s working for him.
You can’t be around him because that proves it’s working
If people like being with him good for them I guess same for you
If you don’t like being around him then don’t be around him
You can’t change him
Why did you use “him” ?
This question is basically asking:
“How do you control someone else’s actions?”
The simple answer is you don’t. A person will act or think however they are going to, whether you like it or not. If its something that bothers you, spend less time around that person.
But the complicated answer is: everybody’s actions are being controlled by someone else all the time.
No it’s not. It’s how to help someone recognize toxic traits and hope they want to stop.
If they were to see that behavior as toxic but wish to continue with it anyway, that’s fine. It just won’t be around me any more.
Tell them to shut the fuck up and grow up.
But I’m an asshole toward other assholes, so take that for what you will.
