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I get that, but if I must change who I am to fit in with specific people, then that would make me a phony. Though I suppose at that level, most people are phony. Phony is normal and genuine is awkward.

I guess when a rich person is always surrounded with phony people who will do anything to get something from them, it must feel uncomfortable to be faced with genuine people who just tell it like it is.

It's easier to fool someone than convince them that they have been fooled. It's easier for someone to like you by telling them what they want to hear than by telling them the truth.