News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on New study suggests people with dark personalities weaponize victimhood. Parent comment

Re:New study suggests people with dark personalities weaponi... by UncleOxidant on Monday October 17, 2022 @01:48PM (#33237244)
Note the part about the false prophets, though (that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets). They would make prophecies about how everything was going to be great so they could be tight with the king at the time. When in fact everything was about to go to shit. So they lied so they could have a good political position.

Being well liked at the expense of truth is often how the world works, but what's being said here is that it doesn't play well in the upside-down kingdom of God where the first shall be last and the last shall be first.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:New study suggests people with dark personalities weaponi... by MichaelCollins on Monday October 17, 2022 @01:51PM (#33237291)
> Being well liked at the expense of truth is kind of how the world works

So there's no way to be well liked unless you tell lies? I don't believe that. I think that's cope for people who aren't well liked to feel morally superior to those who are. It's a form of sour grapes; I didn't want the grapes anyway because they're sour. I didn't want to be popular anyway, because those people are liars.

[ Parent | on HN ]