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There is a big difference between being NICE and being GOOD. To paraphrase Charles Murray: "nice" is a moment-to-moment tactic for avoiding conflict, not a gui
by marcoperaza 9y ago
There is a big difference between being NICE and being GOOD.
To paraphrase Charles Murray: "nice" is a moment-to-moment tactic for avoiding conflict, not a guiding principle for living your life. We should default to being nice amicable people, but being good often requires otherwise.
Unfortunately, niceness has been raised to the highest virtue in recent years. This is a mistake with civilizational consequences.
- humanrebar 9y agoExactly. It's good to discretely tell a friend about his body odor. But it's certainly not nice.
- TulliusCicero 9y agoWhat about telling another poster on the internet about their typo? (discreet, not discrete)
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- mustaflex 9y agoI think it's funny, at least in this case :D.
- humanrebar 9y agoHa! Fair enough.
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoTelling someone about their body odor continuously certainly doesn't sound good.