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> yet people may become upset if you are not helping them Fair take. But how about this instead: do not position yourself anywhere near a situation where a hum
by kubanczyk 3y ago
> yet people may become upset if you are not helping them
Fair take. But how about this instead: do not position yourself anywhere near a situation where a human is about to get upset. About anything, but especially about broken tech.
- defanor 3y agoNot sure if I understand this correctly; avoiding such situations altogether seems virtually impossible. For instance, if people know you can help, you are in close enough relationships to have expectations of mutual help (e.g., friends or relatives), and you do not help, it is likely to be upsetting; while severing and avoiding all close relationships (particularly with less tech-savvy people, in this example) seems like an overkill. Or do you picture that non-positioning differently?
- kubanczyk 3y ago> you are in close enough relationships to have expectations of mutual help That is one take about what makes a relationship close, obligation of mutual help. In my case it's different. What makes a relationships close is an intuition about how to proceed around each other's peeves and buttons and wounds. For example, one can avoid making me visibly upset by not mentioning their technical problems, or approaching the topic very very gently if so.