It was pretty weird, I am 100% sure it was inspired by real conversations the author had. In general everyone needs to justify their behavior to themselves at l

It was pretty weird, I am 100% sure it was inspired by real conversations the author had. In general everyone needs to justify their behavior to themselves at least. I've heard people blatantly ripping people off say things like "if I don't take their money someone else will", just usually these are not things they put on their website.