they never understood what badass meant, because it's not about disrupting, solely, you have to be good at it...there is a mastery...and your point must be solid and clear, because there is nothing worse, or more undermining, for an 'author' than going on and on

and on, taking 30 minutes to get to the good stuff,
because they are working it out in their (pea? pee?) brains in front of you.  R face.