Re:‘I believed I didn't have the right kind of brain for sci...
by treerock on Monday June 10, 2019 @05:27AM
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> it used to be that if you didn’t have anything positive to say you’d just shut up and move on
While that's an attitude I've learned to follow ("If you'd don't have anything nice to say, don't say it." as my maw would put it) I'm not sure it's actually that healthy. It shuts down all possibility of (negative) criticism for fear of causing offense, or bad feeling.
Re:‘I believed I didn't have the right kind of brain for sci...
by eecc on Monday June 10, 2019 @07:33AM
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Sorry, I might have worded it too generally; imho a well reasoned criticism falls under the "positive" side, unlike Evil quips and disparaging remarks.
While that's an attitude I've learned to follow ("If you'd don't have anything nice to say, don't say it." as my maw would put it) I'm not sure it's actually that healthy. It shuts down all possibility of (negative) criticism for fear of causing offense, or bad feeling.