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The Rules

If Books Could Kill

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The Rules of Self-Esteem

The game is like this in a different way but it's just like the complete dehumanization of the other person. Like what's a good man? A good man is someone who is obsessed with you. There's also this part I mean the whole book made me so sad but especially in this part made me sad. When we do the rules we find out who really loves us. Oh no. Why did you have why did you have to make me sad Michael? This is a it makes me so sad. It's this total inversion of the kind of this is for self-esteem and confidence message that they start the book with. They're pursuing like love in this completely detached abstract

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