"Whereas Jeremy is just the opposite: always moving because he's never really thinking of anything and the kind of guy you'd worry inviting to a dinner party because he says what he thinks. He can be insulting at times but doesn't mean to be"
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The dinner party detail is key because it’s a battleground of soft power: the room where people perform taste, restraint, and social intelligence. Jeremy is a threat not because he’s evil, but because he doesn’t understand the unwritten contract. “He says what he thinks” is usually sold as a virtue; Schwartzman flips it into a warning label. In polite spaces, unedited honesty often functions as dominance or negligence, not courage.
The subtext is generous, though. Schwartzman builds in an alibi: Jeremy “doesn’t mean to be” insulting. That line separates harm from malice while refusing to excuse the damage. It’s a sharp observation about intent versus impact, and about how charisma can smuggle rudeness into a room under the banner of being “real.” The intent feels less like gossip than characterization: a reminder that spontaneity without self-awareness isn’t freedom; it’s just noise with collateral damage.
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| Topic | Friendship |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Schwartzman, Jason. (2026, January 16). Whereas Jeremy is just the opposite: always moving because he's never really thinking of anything and the kind of guy you'd worry inviting to a dinner party because he says what he thinks. He can be insulting at times but doesn't mean to be. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/whereas-jeremy-is-just-the-opposite-always-moving-92199/
Chicago Style
Schwartzman, Jason. "Whereas Jeremy is just the opposite: always moving because he's never really thinking of anything and the kind of guy you'd worry inviting to a dinner party because he says what he thinks. He can be insulting at times but doesn't mean to be." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/whereas-jeremy-is-just-the-opposite-always-moving-92199/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Whereas Jeremy is just the opposite: always moving because he's never really thinking of anything and the kind of guy you'd worry inviting to a dinner party because he says what he thinks. He can be insulting at times but doesn't mean to be." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/whereas-jeremy-is-just-the-opposite-always-moving-92199/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.





