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> it used to be that if you didn’t have anything positive to say you’d just shut up and move on While that's an attitude I've learned to follow ("If you'd don'
by treerock 7y ago
> it used to be that if you didn’t have anything positive to say you’d just shut up and move on
While that's an attitude I've learned to follow ("If you'd don't have anything nice to say, don't say it." as my maw would put it) I'm not sure it's actually that healthy. It shuts down all possibility of (negative) criticism for fear of causing offense, or bad feeling.
- eecc 7y agoSorry, I might have worded it too generally; imho a well reasoned criticism falls under the "positive" side, unlike Evil quips and disparaging remarks.