Just Keeping it Real?
A few posts back I mentioned my displeasure with people excusing their ill-behavior by saying, “I’m just keeping it real.”
Recently I’ve encountered several memes in this vein littering Facebook.
Let us be clear about this: rudeness and honesty are not mutually exclusive traits. I would argue much rudeness is simply an expression of unnecessary honesty.
Let’s say you see a person who you believe could stand to lose a few pounds and you say, “hey fatty, you need to lay off Ding-Dings before you go into a sugar coma.”
Honest: very possibly.
Rude: without question.
If you meet a person you find to be less than attractive and you utter something like, “you know, the thought of dating you makes me vomit in my mouth a little.”
Honest: why not?
Rude: absolutely. (Plus, I was having a bad hair day so it really wasn’t fair.)
If you take a bite of your aunt’s potato salad at a family picnic, and you gag then loudly proclaim that it tastes like a monkey peed on death…well that’s just funny.
Then there’s this meme: 
Knowing and having been around some of the people who have slapped memes such as this one on their Facebook page; I can state without fear of contradiction: you and I have never been thinking the same thing. Ever!
In fact, the words that tumble from your lips tend to be quite shocking.
It’s not shocking that you’ve said them; it’s just shocking that they’re the product of an undiseased human brain.
But this is the meme I really appreciate:
Let’s take those exact same words and rearrange them slightly:
I’m not just brutally honest. I’m a bitch.
Is that rude?
Hey, I’m just trying to keep real.
idiotpruf 
Being rude is part of being a Kardashian, because being real (which they are) means you don’t have 20lbs per side of silicone in their butts..and boobs and lips!!
There is a time and place to be Brutishly Honest, being real is called “Sarcasm” ! lol…
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That’s an awful lot of silicone.
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That’s why they are Bitchy & Rude!! Wouldn’t you be with that much silicone??? lol…
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I don’t mind it. I like they way it makes by butt look.
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Jiggle, Jiggle,Jiggle!! LMAO …. 😉
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You are right
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It’s strange how people would disagree with that.
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Well I agree with you. People say a lot of stupid things.
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I’m really good at it.
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Rude being the opposite of tactful, these are the Kardashians of the world, the reason for earplugs & tylenol.
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With the Kardashians there is also a great deal of public nudity.
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