Let’s take a look at this potentially everyday situation. Say you’re walking around in a street. Someone shouts at you: “Nice shoes nerd, did your mom buy them for you?” All his friends start laughing. If you narrow your options down to 2 you have 2 posibilities: the ego-option and the carry on-option. So you could either take it as damage to your fragile ego and try to attack or defend yourself or you could just not care about it and not even think about it afterward, not letting it influence you at all. So what’s the best choice? The second one, you don’t carry around any stress or negative energy this way, it won’t even haunt you, you won’t feel hurt or spiteful. It’s good to remember that people who try to provoke others or attack them are usually very insecure, they try to feel better by annoying others. Yes, it is silly, so do yourself a favor and stop caring about this stuff.
Improvisation Nation 