LemmyLefty@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhat’s a painful experience you haven’t had in years?message-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up179arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s a painful experience you haven’t had in years?LemmyLefty@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square86fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMiddleWeigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoActive addiction and the hopelessness of hunger, legal trouble, and flexing my principles in order to function.
minus-squareVitaMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoWhat do you mean by “flexing my principles”?
minus-squareimaqtpie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months agoFlexing doesn’t quite work in that context but I get what he was going for. Probably bending or relaxing his principles sounds better, i.e. lowering himself to scummy behaviors that would normally violate his principles.
Active addiction and the hopelessness of hunger, legal trouble, and flexing my principles in order to function.
What do you mean by “flexing my principles”?
Flexing doesn’t quite work in that context but I get what he was going for. Probably bending or relaxing his principles sounds better, i.e. lowering himself to scummy behaviors that would normally violate his principles.