Brutal honesty can't really work without being on the same page, which is why I reckon most attempts at brutal honesty lead to miscommunication and shortcomings

Brutal honesty can't really work without being on the same page, which is why I reckon most attempts at brutal honesty lead to miscommunication and shortcomings from people who share the same goals. This is also why I believe brutal honesty for some works better coming from rivals, there is that shared assumption that both of you (or more) are going to disregard niceties. Unrelated, f'ing was more difficult to read than the alternative using your name (fscking) or even f*cking. Yet f-bomb was easy to read, but I didn't mentally substitute it with the word. I wonder where I picked up these assumptions.