““So I was going to let it go. And then he said something about sickness being 80% mental. And then the poor victim of his babbling said, “Really?” And I couldn’t help myself. “No,” I interjected, “not really.” Because at a certain point my brain ignores the social instinct and says that when people are spreading demonstrably false medical information correcting that is more important than being polite. So I was an asshole. And I was just enough of an asshole to make my point without permanently alienating our friendship, because, like I said, I’m good at the asshole thing.””
