They wanted to know everything about everyone, so I told them what goes on in my head. Suddenly they're all pissy about it.
They told me they'd destroy any evil I wanted them to destroy for me, so I pointed at them. Suddenly they're not feeling so submissive anymore.
This is why you're stuck here.
Survival of the fittest is another one that people constantly misunderstand, then get upset at their own misunderstanding of what it actually means.