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Re:Adversarial Collaboration by sitkack on Monday September 26, 2022 @12:33AM (#32979460)
If you want a good idea killed, have it presented by the wrong person. We attach an outsized amount of meaning between the two, sometimes so much that we kill the person delivering it.
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Re:Adversarial Collaboration by still_grokking on Monday September 26, 2022 @08:04AM (#32982058)
Sometimes?

The easiest way to get killed by people in rage is to tell them the naked truth.

That's a hard rule since humanities dawn.

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Re:Adversarial Collaboration by JackFr on Monday September 26, 2022 @10:58AM (#32983979)
I don't think that is true.

People claiming to be brutally honest, are often far more interested in being brutal than in being honest.

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Re:Adversarial Collaboration by still_grokking on Monday September 26, 2022 @11:25AM (#32984343)
That may be true. But I didn't say it goes this way.

It makes a big difference whether someone only claims to be honest or is actually honest.

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