your friend sure could have made that point in a better way, yeah! I think I agree with it at least a little, though—like, I’d strip away almost all of it and decrease the intensity by about 6x, make it a proposal rather than a highly emotivized demand. but I think the de-intensified version of what your friend is saying makes a similar point to the one you’re making. in fact, maybe consider going back and telling them that the intensity of phrasing made it harder for you to ponder it and decide whether to accept it? you can give backpressure to real friends, after all.
your friend sure could have made that point in a better way, yeah! I think I agree with it at least a little, though—like, I’d strip away almost all of it and decrease the intensity by about 6x, make it a proposal rather than a highly emotivized demand. but I think the de-intensified version of what your friend is saying makes a similar point to the one you’re making. in fact, maybe consider going back and telling them that the intensity of phrasing made it harder for you to ponder it and decide whether to accept it? you can give backpressure to real friends, after all.