Viridi: It's almost as bad as humans disrupting the balance on Earth! It's unforgivable!
Dark Pit: You've got to be joking. All you gods and your stupid wars are the ones throwing everything off balance!
Viridi: You little nothing! How dare you?!
Dark Pit: You've got to be joking. All you gods and your stupid wars are the ones throwing everything off balance!
Viridi: You little nothing! How dare you?!
Scar: I am the king! I can do whatever I want!
Sarabi: If you were half the king Mufasa was, you'd-
Scar: [backhands Sarabi, knocking her off her feet] I'm TEN TIMES the king Mufasa was!
Sarabi: If you were half the king Mufasa was, you'd-
Scar: [backhands Sarabi, knocking her off her feet] I'm TEN TIMES the king Mufasa was!
"[Klaus] called me crazy! Nobody criticizes me! Nobody!!"
—Stan Smith, American Dad!
Sugou: An ID that outranks mine?! That's impossible! This is my world! I'm the creator! I'm its ruler! Its king! Its god!
Kirito: No, I don't think so. You stole everything in this world. Everything! Including its people! You're nothing but a king of thieves, sitting alone on your stolen throne!
Sugou: [eyes twitching with rage] You little punk... you dare... you dare talk to me like that?!
Kirito: No, I don't think so. You stole everything in this world. Everything! Including its people! You're nothing but a king of thieves, sitting alone on your stolen throne!
Sugou: [eyes twitching with rage] You little punk... you dare... you dare talk to me like that?!
Inner Moka: You've been swallowed up in your own vile ambition, and you and your Security Committee goons are out of control. Therefore, you've lost the right to preach about protecting order and preserving the peace!
Kuyou: SHUT UP!!
Kuyou: SHUT UP!!
"STOP CRITICIZING ME! That's all my mother ever did was criticize me! It was always "Ursula" this or "Ursula" that! Or "Morgana, why can't you be more like your sister, URSULA?!"
—Morgana, The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
"What's that look? You don't like it, do you? I don't need to be judged by you ... by anyone! Screw you! Screw all you fucking doubters! Here's what I say to all of you!!" (sends Splicers to attack)
—Sander Cohen, BioShock
This game, really. You know what, f**k you. F**k you, f**k your mother, f**k your father... if you even have a f**kin' mother and father. You know how hard we worked on this f**king game? Piece of sh*t... You don't even know. You have noooo f**king idea. 'Oh, this game, ehh Quiplash euhhh it's boring' F**K YOU. What're you doing playing here, then?! And you wanna know what else? It isn't even f**king original. Somebody else answered the same g**damn thing yesterday. Ungrateful piece of sh*t... Alright, let's keep going!
—Schmitty if you answer the "The Most Boring Video Game" with Quiplash, The Jackbox Party Pack
Mizore: Arial, you have so few friends right now, I suggest not driving away the ones you do have with your temper.
Arial: [twitches and growls] My temper?!
Gabriel: [face palm] Don't bring that up around her.
Arial: [shoots Mizore in the forehead with an ice shard] Do us all a favor and shut your mouth!
Arial: [twitches and growls] My temper?!
Gabriel: [face palm] Don't bring that up around her.
Arial: [shoots Mizore in the forehead with an ice shard] Do us all a favor and shut your mouth!
Baroness: And you botched our desert campaign!
Destro: We had won, but you countermanded my order!
Baroness: Your meddling brought us defeat! Again and again and again!
Dr. Mindbender: You're not just a fool, you're Cobra's curse!
Tomax: Inept!
Xamot: Insufficient!
Both: INEXCUSABLE!
Cobra Commander: Unsubstantiated fantasy!!! LIES!!!! LIIIES!!!!! LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIES!!!!!!
Destro: We had won, but you countermanded my order!
Baroness: Your meddling brought us defeat! Again and again and again!
Dr. Mindbender: You're not just a fool, you're Cobra's curse!
Tomax: Inept!
Xamot: Insufficient!
Both: INEXCUSABLE!
Cobra Commander: Unsubstantiated fantasy!!! LIES!!!! LIIIES!!!!! LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIES!!!!!!
Yukari: I'LL SEND THEM TO HELL TO REPENT 5 QUADRILLION TIMES! So, what do you think, Akane-chan?!
(Long beat. Akane maintains her usual smile while Yukari smiles confidently.)
Akane: Sounds stupid.
Yukari: EEEEEHHHHHH???? EEEEEHHHHHH???? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH????
(Long beat. Akane maintains her usual smile while Yukari smiles confidently.)
Akane: Sounds stupid.
Yukari: EEEEEHHHHHH???? EEEEEHHHHHH???? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH????
Okay, so tell me what worked and what didn't, and be honest. Just remember, I hate criticism.
— Gayle, Bob's Burgers
After being victimized by social exclusion, many geeks experience their "tribe" as a non-judgmental haven where they can take refuge from the cruel world outside.
This seems straightforward and reasonable. It's important for people to have a space where they feel safe and accepted. Ideally, everyone's social group would be a safe haven. When people who rely too heavily upon that refuge feel insecure in that haven, however, a commendable ideal mutates into its pathological form, GSF2.
Carriers of GSF2 believe that since a friend accepts them as they are, anyone who criticizes them is not their friend. Thus, they can't take criticism from friends — criticism is experienced as a treacherous betrayal of the friendship, no matter how inappropriate the criticized behavior may be.
Conversely, most carriers will never criticize a friend under any circumstances; the duty to be supportive trumps any impulse to point out unacceptable behavior.
GSF2 has extensive consequences within a group. Its presence in substantial quantity within a social group vastly increases the group's conflict-averseness. People spend hours debating how to deal with conflicts, because they know (or sometimes merely fear) that the other person involved is a GSF2 carrier, and any attempt to confront them directly will only make things worse. As a result, people let grudges brew much longer than is healthy, and they spend absurd amounts of time deconstructing their interpersonal dramas in search of a back way out of a dilemma.
Ironically, GSF2 carriers often take criticism from coworkers, supervisors, and mentors quite well; those individuals aren't friends, and aren't expected to accept the carrier unconditionally.
This seems straightforward and reasonable. It's important for people to have a space where they feel safe and accepted. Ideally, everyone's social group would be a safe haven. When people who rely too heavily upon that refuge feel insecure in that haven, however, a commendable ideal mutates into its pathological form, GSF2.
Carriers of GSF2 believe that since a friend accepts them as they are, anyone who criticizes them is not their friend. Thus, they can't take criticism from friends — criticism is experienced as a treacherous betrayal of the friendship, no matter how inappropriate the criticized behavior may be.
Conversely, most carriers will never criticize a friend under any circumstances; the duty to be supportive trumps any impulse to point out unacceptable behavior.
GSF2 has extensive consequences within a group. Its presence in substantial quantity within a social group vastly increases the group's conflict-averseness. People spend hours debating how to deal with conflicts, because they know (or sometimes merely fear) that the other person involved is a GSF2 carrier, and any attempt to confront them directly will only make things worse. As a result, people let grudges brew much longer than is healthy, and they spend absurd amounts of time deconstructing their interpersonal dramas in search of a back way out of a dilemma.
Ironically, GSF2 carriers often take criticism from coworkers, supervisors, and mentors quite well; those individuals aren't friends, and aren't expected to accept the carrier unconditionally.
Ryan: What did you think of the presentation?
Jim: [Role-playing as Ryan's mother] I thought it was great, sweetie. I would just fix that one —-
Ryan: OH, “FIX” MEANS YOU HATE IT! I KNEW IT! I need something to drink!
Jim: [Role-playing as Ryan's mother] I thought it was great, sweetie. I would just fix that one —-
Ryan: OH, “FIX” MEANS YOU HATE IT! I KNEW IT! I need something to drink!
—The Office (US), "Test The Store"
Robbie: Alright. Before I take you in there, I should warn you.
Cat: About?
Robbie: My grandmother. She can be ... critical.
Cat: That's okay, I take criticism really well.
Robbie: No, you don't.
Cat: WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
—Victorious, "The Birthweek Song"
"I can't help people that can't help themselves, and cannot ever take one ounce of criticism. And if you're not willing to change, I'm not going to butt heads, argue, scream, whatever you want to say. But, this is not normal. And it's not normal for a restaurant to go through that many staff. It's not normal for a kitchen that small to have 65 items on the menu. And it's not normal for the level of animosity that you built inside this restaurant and outside. You have the right to run the business the way you want to run your business. I have the right to do the right thing. And the right thing for me is to get out of here."
*gets criticized once*
*fucking dies*
"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say."
Supergirl: "Why can't you just talk to each other?"
Jor-El: ''"I became aware of...experiments...your father was pursuing, Kara. Experiments that would surely incur the wrath of the Council should they learn about them. I warned Zor-El that his work could endanger the freedom of all scientists on Krypton to conduct their research, should the Council decide to take action. He took offense. And we have not spoken since.
Jor-El: ''"I became aware of...experiments...your father was pursuing, Kara. Experiments that would surely incur the wrath of the Council should they learn about them. I warned Zor-El that his work could endanger the freedom of all scientists on Krypton to conduct their research, should the Council decide to take action. He took offense. And we have not spoken since.
"There is no criticism my critic can make that I haven't already made in my own head! I'm a MISERABLE PERSON! HAVING TO LIVE UP TO YOUR AUDIENCES EXPECTATIONS IS LITERAL TORTURE!! WHY DID I DO THIS TO MYSEEEEEEELLLLLF!!!!!"
— Seamus Coughlin, FreedomToons BEST of 2021
Nightwolf: Your defiance had no point.
Frost: I should've let Sub-Zero oppress me?
Nightwolf: Discipline isn't oppression.
Frost: I should've let Sub-Zero oppress me?
Nightwolf: Discipline isn't oppression.
Frost: Here to criticize me again?
Sub-Zero: I held you to a higher standard.
Frost: You held me back!
Sub-Zero: I held you to a higher standard.
Frost: You held me back!
Frost: I'm done of your pretentious lectures.
Sub-Zero: No power is worth trading your soul.
Frost: That is a perfect example.
Sub-Zero: No power is worth trading your soul.
Frost: That is a perfect example.
Jax: You're old news, Shao Kahn.
Shao Kahn: I won't be insulted.
Jax: Need a safe space?
Shao Kahn: I won't be insulted.
Jax: Need a safe space?
Raiden: The new Kahn is a vast improvement.
Shao Kahn: My 'daughter' is an insult to the throne.
Raiden: Outworld's citizens disagree.
Shao Kahn: My 'daughter' is an insult to the throne.
Raiden: Outworld's citizens disagree.
Shao Kahn: You betrayed me, Jade.
Jade: Creating Mileena was the last straw.
Shao Kahn: Blame Kitana for being unworthy.
Jade: Creating Mileena was the last straw.
Shao Kahn: Blame Kitana for being unworthy.
Shao Kahn: Your power won't stop me, Liu Kang.
Liu Kang: It's done so twice before.
Shao Kahn: Quiet, Earthrealmer.
Liu Kang: It's done so twice before.
Shao Kahn: Quiet, Earthrealmer.
Shao Kahn: I presume you still covet my throne.
Rain: (laughs) Your throne? Isn't it Kitana's?
Shao Kahn: Watch your mouth, Edenian!
Rain: (laughs) Your throne? Isn't it Kitana's?
Shao Kahn: Watch your mouth, Edenian!
Sindel: Quan Chi deceived you, you pathetic fool!
Shao Kahn: Impossible! Shao Kahn is no one's fool!
Sindel: You sad, embarrassing, wreck of a man.
Shao Kahn: Impossible! Shao Kahn is no one's fool!
Sindel: You sad, embarrassing, wreck of a man.
Spawn: Another dime-a-dozen petty dictator.
Shao Kahn: Petty?! I am mighty!
Spawn: Mighty stupid's what you are, Shao Kahn.
Shao Kahn: Petty?! I am mighty!
Spawn: Mighty stupid's what you are, Shao Kahn.
Sindel: Ugh. Your sulfur stench is putrid.
Spawn: I've seen alley trash worth more than you.
Sindel: For that, I'll have your head!
Spawn: I've seen alley trash worth more than you.
Sindel: For that, I'll have your head!
Scarlet Spiker: YOU FUCKING DIMWITS!
Jack Gladio: Hey, it was your idea!
Scarlet: WE'RE NOW GONNA GET EXCLUDED FROM THE FINALS! MAYBE IF YOUR OCTOLING FAKE DESIGN WASN'T SO STUPID!
Jess Rubrum: Maybe we shouldn't have tried to throw that octoling off a cliff. It didn't work, and we nearly got killed by your reckless behaviour!
Scarlet: OH BLA BLA BLA. SHE DESERVED TO NEARLY DIE! AND THAT SOLDIER IS PROBABLY ROTTING DOWN IN THE FIERY DEPTHS OF HELL, WHERE ALL PIT DWELLERS BELONG! AND MAYBE IF MY IDEA WAS SO BAD, YOU SHOULD'VE ARGUED AGAINST IT!
James Axowe: If we did, you would've acted like an asshole!
Scarlet: (rises over James) I AM YOUR BOSS. You do NOT INSULT ME. (slaps James in the face)
Jack Gladio: Hey, it was your idea!
Scarlet: WE'RE NOW GONNA GET EXCLUDED FROM THE FINALS! MAYBE IF YOUR OCTOLING FAKE DESIGN WASN'T SO STUPID!
Jess Rubrum: Maybe we shouldn't have tried to throw that octoling off a cliff. It didn't work, and we nearly got killed by your reckless behaviour!
Scarlet: OH BLA BLA BLA. SHE DESERVED TO NEARLY DIE! AND THAT SOLDIER IS PROBABLY ROTTING DOWN IN THE FIERY DEPTHS OF HELL, WHERE ALL PIT DWELLERS BELONG! AND MAYBE IF MY IDEA WAS SO BAD, YOU SHOULD'VE ARGUED AGAINST IT!
James Axowe: If we did, you would've acted like an asshole!
Scarlet: (rises over James) I AM YOUR BOSS. You do NOT INSULT ME. (slaps James in the face)
"The lesson of Chernobyl isn't that modern nuclear power is dangerous. The lesson is that lying, arrogance, and suppression of criticism is dangerous."
— Craig Mazin, rebutting conservatives who were praising Chernobyl as an indictment of leftist politics.
