"When you say you are good at something, that's arrogant. When you say you're bad at something, people tell you that you're not, or treat it as weakness." Ther

"When you say you are good at something, that's arrogant. When you say you're bad at something, people tell you that you're not, or treat it as weakness." There are a thousand ways to say you're good at something. Some of them will make you appear arrogant, some will make you appear humble, with endless options in between. I don't know who this author is or what specific axes they have to grind, but instead of taking broad swipes at all of society, maybe consider your own communication skills and how they are not leading to the results you desire. If you're starting from a position of "there is one way to express a thought and it will always be met with this specific response", you are a pretty far way from actually improving your situation.