• @EliasChao@lemmy.one
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      161 year ago

      To be fair though, sincerity without empathy is just assholeness. There are way to many people justifying their asshole behaviors with “being sincere”.

      • @button_masher@lemmy.ml
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        21 year ago

        Sometimes there are moments where some people have different life experiences which lead to different stimuli of insight. These people may potentially take criticism roughly and may need some easing and gentleness. Such people may have the tendency to withdraw or lose confidence upon hearing relatively short messages with no emotional context and then perceive them having negative intent or feeling that they are not worth you time. They may want to talk to sit and form connections instead of pure efficiency of communication. (/s?)

        I enjoy shaping bushes. Great memories.

    • @s20@lemmy.ml
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      11 year ago

      The way you can tell the difference between honesty and being an asshole is of they say they just “tell it like it is,” they’re assholes.

      This is a joke, not a rule, but it’s based in reality.