I suppose if the Waffle House was the Federal Government Waffle House, then that would be ok.
Libs can’t stand anyone being happy OR successful. In both instances it’s because they are to cowardly to pursue their dreams of the things that give them joy, and it burns them to no end that other people aren’t afraid to.
It’s part of the whole crab in a bucket thing. And their “Inner Defeatist”. A persons inner defeatist will sabotage their efforts at obtaining any goal or joy because to do so would take them out of their comfort zone and begin the destruction of their preconceived notions about how the world works. To that end, they self sabotage.
With respect to others, it kills them to see success and happiness, so they will go out of their way to explain to another person how anything they are striving for will not succeed or will be taken etc...
These people drive me nuts, they are toxic. My SO’s whole family is infected with it, and she herself was for a while until I learned it out of her ;-)
In our early years whenever I set a goal or committed to something I would get a lot of “It’s never going to happen, we won’t do this, It’ll be the same as always”. I literally looked at her one day and said “You know what? If you don’t have anything good or positive to say about something I say we’re going to get done or acquired, you need to SHUT THE F*** UP! When I say it’s going to get done or happen I mean it. I DON’T commit with the intent to fail or not follow though!”
It’s like Oddballs frustration in Kelly’s Heroes. “ENOUGH with the negative waves Moriarity!”
They constantly amaze me with their lack of being able to conceptualize the association of success with work. One of their preconceived notions is that ANY amount of gained wealth or other material goodness that doesn’t come with a form W-2 or 1099 attached and in any way exceeds those normal accruals for a year for a given person is some type of ill gotten gain.