This is perfect because it shows the only person having a problem is an old white dude who thinks he has authority over people and needs to feel good about himself.
Remember when Musk challenged the World Food Program to explain how he could solve world hunger with just $6 billion, they did, and he just completely ignored them?
Watched the video, he praised the novel and found it profoundly relatable despite being a straight male, which I think is the best part of reading fiction: you can experience a world outside your own and understand that in the end we’re all much alike.
i think i’ve figured out why they all think we’re bragging. American humor is very hyperbolic. we exaggerate and speak dramatically bc that’s funny to us. European humor (especially British) tends to be more dry. they are confusing jokes for ego.