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I have known my friend Rich since 3rd grade. We grew up together but took different career paths. I went to college and got a degree in business. I got an alright job, but nothing to get excited about. Rich screwed around. He took the first job that was offered to him as a favor from a friend. He hated it and complained every day. By his own admission, he was terrible and close to being fired a few times. He did the bare minimum and cut corners whenever possible. He was also one foot out the door always. Then a different company was in desperate need of a logistics manager, and they did not know his work ethic. All they knew was he had enough experience, and he knew all the lingo to ace the job interview. By his own admission, he conned them into believing he was something he isn't.
I was happy 4 him. I believed he would straighten up, and it would be good for him. He didn't change and was a terrible manager, his words. He would talk badly about his employees to me and curse them for doing things he would do himself. He would hide and sleep on the job or get caught up on Netflix, or take an hour of work and turn it into his whole day. Still, he complained constantly and talked about how bad the company is. He felt justified because they were terrible in his eyes. He also constantly complained about leaving.
Now, he has lucked into the same opportunity. A new company is looking for a senior logistics manager, and he fits their needs based on his experience and his LinkedIn profile, which is made entirely of lies. He was just talking about quitting and, and now he is acting like he is a prestigious senior manager. He admits that this is undeserving, but he will still expect me to make a big deal of it and take him out for a drink. I don't think he at all deserves this, and I am kind of disgusted that he keeps lucking into these promotions. But what are my options? Do I have to just pretend to be happy for him, or can I get away with just a congratulations and drop it?

Being racist to Indians is normalised online. They never mention that we commit little to no crime, and are very successful and the highest earning group of people in the west. No one knows it’s the 4th strongest military and potential could be a global superpower. No one talks about how rich the culture is. People have always looked down on us because we have darker skin. It’s a skin colour issue. When have we gotten credit for anything? Even south Asian girls complain that white people steal their fashion and will never comment on it but say if their skin care is Japanese etc…

People literally post the worst poverty stricken areas of India and that’s their only image of India, not all this: like all countries have disgusting areas. There’s so many parts of India that are like the best paradise you’ve ever seen…. yet that’s not what the world wants you to believe. I just have to pity everyone.

I notice whenever i want to hang out or just talk with someone im usually the one who initiates it, they hardly ever reach out to me first. Or i hardly get invited to parties or get togethers despite me inviting those people to anything i decide to do.

would you take that as a sign you care more about your friends than they care about you?