How to tell a friend nicely to stop whining?

[jhtydf5768]

Tell him that guilting people into being friends with him is manipulative. And nobody likes to be manipulated. His negative, self pitying, manipulative attitude is literally repulsive. People need to like him for him, and if he doesn't even like himself (or other people from the way he talks) it is discouraging to people who try to connect with him. Also when people DO connect with him and he still says that needy a** sh*t it is so unappreciative of the time that people have spent with him.

If he wants people to like him he needs to start actually caring more about other people instead of acting like they're only relevant as far as how much attention they are paying to him.