[Sliths]

I use it for justification of my own insecurities.

I am by nature a rather nervous person in large groups of people. I constantly worry about what others think of me. To function and, sometimes, flourish in such environments, I often adopt the mentality that I can not, under any circumstances, care what other people think of me. Because if I do, then I worry about my own actions--did I just say or do something to offend this person?--and so I placate myself with logic like "Fine, I'm an asshole, so be it" while I continue doing what I'm there to do.

This also translates to internet forums. I don't run around telling everyone I'm some sort of voracious asshole or anything. But if I want to get to the point of something, I would prefer to be honest rather than dance around the subject , and so I operate under the same mentality I do in real life.

This sometimes is cause for offense to other people, which I am often trying to back down from(since offending people isn't the actual intent of my posts on any message board).