It’s Not Enough to Be Right – You Also Have to Be Kind

Re:It’s Not Enough to Be Right – You Also Have to Be Kind by pdimitar on Saturday November 09, 2019 @02:45PM (#21493815)

> I truly mean no offense but you kind of sound like an asshole.

I’m curious if you will elaborate. What your parent commenter said about failing marriages is factual and is supported by statistics —- for decades.

You saying that somebody _seems_ to be an asshole however, I see nothing factual about that statement.

Would you try expanding on your position?

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Re:It’s Not Enough to Be Right – You Also Have to Be Kind by rcoveson on Saturday November 09, 2019 @03:27PM (#21494116)

Nobody's disagreeing with the statistics, they're disagreeing that statistical likelihood of success is a good criteria for determining whether to congratulate somebody on something or not.

I suspect that if we used that criteria, we'd end up reinforcing a lot of existing trends. For example, my daughter gets into a computer science program, but I know that most women don't end up getting jobs in that field, so I withhold congratulations. Why are you yelling? I'm right! I'm backed by decades of statistics.

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Re:It’s Not Enough to Be Right – You Also Have to Be Kind by tjr225 on Saturday November 09, 2019 @03:10PM (#21494000)

What I'm saying has nothing to do with whether something is factual or not.

We say congratulations to people when they get engaged because it is nice to do so.

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Re:It’s Not Enough to Be Right – You Also Have to Be Kind by peteradio on Saturday November 09, 2019 @03:29PM (#21494124)

Someone to Tomp: "I have brain cancer."

Tomp: "Chances are you will die within the year. Just stating the facts hurp, don't know why everybody I talk to is so sensitive."

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