“Needs to” problem

This is a live search for the exact words “need to” on Twitter. Hundreds of tweets every second. Everyone from a bot account with 10 followers and a string of numbers in the handle to Mukesh Ambani wants to tell someone else what they need to do.

Everyone wants to tells everyone else what they need to do to fix their own problems.

This shows a belief that someone else is a crucial impediment in solving one of my problems.

Follow up questions:

  • Why can’t I solve it myself?
  • Why is this other person so crucial to solving this problem in my life?
  • Have I accepted that the only way to solve this is by changing this person’s behavior to act in my favor?