KT67 wrote:
I'm such a bad person that when I say I'm stressed about being a bad person and want reassurance nobody reassures me.
Most people can't say, and others who might think they can may still doubt their opinion is as valid as your own. No one reassures you not because you're a bad person but because if you feel you're a bad person how are we supposed to know better than you do? You're able to conceal potentially unflattering details from us, if they exist and if you so choose. You're able to invent flattering but untrue details to improve your appearance in our eyes.
Some bad people worry about it, because not everyone who engages in malicious or negligent behaviour lacks the ability to feel guilt, but they're better at compartmentalizing and addressing the self-critical thoughts that would cause other people to be more strongly disinclined to repeating those types of behaviours.
KT67 wrote:
It's just, if I tell an offensive joke about a group of people and someone spins it so it sounds like I'm talking about my mates, will my mates still be my mates?
Most likely. Part of what draws people together is the ability to trust their friends motives. If you tell a joke that might step on toes, someone who tries to spin it to appear that that was the intended goal will have to convince the group (rest of the group?) that you were trying to scorn them. Considering they probably judge you to be a good person who likes them, they're unlikely to get butthurt, certainly not the first time around unless the joke is particularly vicious.
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