Saying 'No' to a Friend

There are times when you just have to say no to a friend. Much as you might like to please said friend, sometimes the request requires you to give of your own essence, to toss off the fundamental building blocks of your own individuality.

And while this is clearly an option you're willing to consider, and in fact do follow through on on a regular (or even daily) basis, when the act of giving involves more than your own immediate interests, one must clearly ponder the nobility of purpose in the act. Or at least consider the worthiness of the target.

Certainly friends sometimes overstep the bounds of good taste, even of tasting good. And of course at specific times fashion must be the first-order consideration. But there's a vas deferens between doing for yourself and doing for others, and sometimes the self must come first, if at all.

This is not to say that in the right mood, with the right music playing (Urethra Franklin comes to mind), all of this is moot.

Thus spake “Mr. Pes”, the Haploid Seaman who, ironically, is a big fan of black tanktops.