If you've ever even been in my vicinity while I was in the middle of one of my signature rants on society (also known as the "what's up with that" talk, I came up with it myself), you've probably heard me say "I don't want to be... that guy." But who is ...that guy? Well my fair and faithful fan base (all 8 of you) that guy is a synecdoche (OMG AP ENGLISH) for all of the men who do something stupid or selfish that causes others to look down on them...kinda obvious why I would not want to emulate this persona, but this task always proves surprisingly difficult. For example, my brother has discovered the blissful freedoms of XBOX Live, an online video-game experience currently unparalleled in the gaming community. He has used this new freedom to exercise his ability to swear loudly at strangers and repeat nonsensical phrases as if, when the XBOX turns on, he turns into a broken record of Dr. Suess featuring David Mamet. When I first witnessed this, I felt all the familiar symptoms creeping in: Disgust, disbelief, slight loss of appetite...oh no, my brother had become...that guy! After all I'd worked for, all my sufferings to prevent myself from falling into the dark side, I had lost my brother to the very thing I've been fighting! I'd become ... that guy by accident! Sometimes avoiding the thing you're scared of the most ends up hurting those around you, has this ever affected any of you?
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