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[โ€“] [email protected] 100 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Learning how to say no. Having personal boundaries.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

But what if he's the tax collector?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I am a tax fraudster

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Could be either one, though now that I think about it, Biblical tax collectors were the ones who were, in a 100% literal sense, state sponsored muggers (due to the fact that Ancient Rome didn't have an advanced census system to do it systemically with).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I. AM. A. SOVEREIGN. CITIZEN.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

It said easy skill

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Learn when to say no. I have missed a lot because of this.