Re:Mastodon 3.2
by im3w1l on Monday August 03, 2020 @07:18AM
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Don't treat others in (a way you would not like to be treated).
You can parse the sentence by evaluating the parenthesis first, "a way you would not like to be treated.". Let's think of a few ways you would not like to be treated. I don't want other people to
* Scream at me
* Insult me
* Put words in my mouth.
Then it says "don't treat others" in such a way.
A gotcha here is that not liking something is not exactly logical inverse of liking something. Liking something means positive feelings. Not liking something means negative feelings. Feeling neutral is a third category, not included in either.
You can parse the sentence by evaluating the parenthesis first, "a way you would not like to be treated.". Let's think of a few ways you would not like to be treated. I don't want other people to
* Scream at me
* Insult me
* Put words in my mouth.
Then it says "don't treat others" in such a way.
A gotcha here is that not liking something is not exactly logical inverse of liking something. Liking something means positive feelings. Not liking something means negative feelings. Feeling neutral is a third category, not included in either.