[Demisis_P2P]

To be honest this reminds me of a poem by Shakespeare.

'Tis better to be vile than vile esteem'd,
When not to be receives reproach of being,
And the just pleasure lost which is so deem'd
Not by our feeling but by others' seeing:
For why should others false adulterate eyes
Give salutation to my sportive blood?
Or on my frailties why are frailer spies,
Which in their wills count bad what I think good?
No, I am that I am, and they that level
At my abuses reckon up their own:
I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel;
By their rank thoughts my deeds must not be shown;
Unless this general evil they maintain,
All men are bad, and in their badness reign.

My interpretation is that if somebody thinks something ill of you, and they're not going to change their mind, then you have no reason to try and prove otherwise and may as well act they way that they already think you are.

If people call you a thief, then you might as well ****ing steal.

And it seems like Darlene thinks of us as stupid kids who are just out to ruin everything and annoy her at every turn.