My father was right about all the harsh advices he gave me

 My father was right about everything... From transactional relationships being purely one-sided to you being treated merely like a resource in the workplace... to being solely a bank account to the universities, landlords, real estate agents and property managers etc.. 

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A person using a mask to portray themselves as kind, caring person while harbouring a cunning, calculating face underneath it

To the vanity obsessed people using people who criticise them as props to their goals, or actively side lining them because of their inability to take it. 

To the optical lens people who are hung up on how they are perceived by the people around them, 

To the perception obsessed people by how they expose no flaws or gaps in their image because of their lack of authenticity.. 

They escape accountability by doing constant publicity.. 

They think of themselves as superior and smart and above everything else, that what they do is way more valuable than what everyone else does. 

That their branding is absolute, gospel in the social media world and worth more than anyone else...  

He was right about it being people disguising a sales pitch under cute favors, using us as a ladder to step on us to get ahead, to use us for their own advantange, to not see our value beyond what we give or represent..