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A useful way to think about it is to shift your view from "can I do X?" to "will I bother anyone else by doing X?". I don't think that's particularly useful, b
by caf 3y ago
A useful way to think about it is to shift your view from "can I do X?" to "will I bother anyone else by doing X?".
I don't think that's particularly useful, because the answer to the second is trivially Yes, regardless of the value of X.
- ux-app 3y ago>the answer to the second is trivially Yes, regardless of the value of X then don't do it?
- filoleg 3y agoYour response to "by that metric, essentially almost everything is disallowed" is "well yeah, just don't do it". I don't think that stance would sit well with most.
- hutzlibu 3y agoThere are still many people bothered by the fact, that I as a men have long hair. I am sorry to dissapoint you and those people, but for now I keep my hair. You cannot please everyone and I think it is a path into madness to even try it. There are maaany things people feel bothered about …
- avar 3y agoAre you suggesting that someone could shut down all human activity on the European continent by declaring that everything bothers them?
- tremon 3y agoThere is a lot of leeway to be had between "will I bother anyone else by doing X" and "will anyone else be bothered by me doing X": it's active interference versus passive objection-taking. Socially aware people can learn the difference.