How To Do A Social "Stiff Arm": VERY Important

This is one of the most important social concepts to understand. It is known as the "Stiff arm". While normally understood as a physical move in Football or Rugby, it is possible to "Stiff arm" many things in your life in order to increase your happiness and your sanity.This definition below is taken from a Wikipedia article about stiff-arming. We're going to edit the paragraph (our edits are in red) so you can see how it applies to ones social life:

A stiff-arm fend may will hopefully cause tackler your brutal coworker/responsibility/invitation to a brutal activity/critics to fall to the ground, taking him/her/it out of the play your life. Even if the tackler person/phone call/activity/job keeps its feet (metaphorically speaking), it becomes impossible for it to complete a tackle ruin your life, as it cannot come close enough to wrap his arms around the ball-carrier annoy/hurt/offend/kill you. 

A well-executed stiff-arm fend can be a very powerful offensive weapon. In Australian football everyday relationships, it can allow a player you to break free from an imminent pack people who tell long stories or who insist on making you talk about your feelings all.the.time, often completely changing the direction of play your mood. In rugby and American football everyday relationships, the stiff-arm fend can be effectively used to fend off pursuing defenders brutal people, brutal circumstances and brutal thoughts. We encourage you to use it often and well.

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ps. The full Wikipedia article is here, if you read it thinking about what we've just talked about it, it's very funny and informative.