All things are shaped by the forces they oppose. As I get older, I find the most compassionate explanations tend to be the closest to the truth, (and not the mo

All things are shaped by the forces they oppose. As I get older, I find the most compassionate explanations tend to be the closest to the truth, (and not the most empathetic, objective, or evidence/fact supported), and the best possible outcome of a disagreement is measured by how little time one spends on it. The ability to collaborate in discovery, reason about hypotheticals and counterfactuals, generalize into abstractions, and apprehend analogies is not evenly distributed. Humour establishes that fairly quickly, and it is one of the best filters. While it does manage to offend a surprising number of people, I don't end up in a lot of time consuming arguments either. Just be funny, and accept that the failure mode of funny is often "asshole," but if your sense of humour is an exercise of your compassion, it should net out. Good luck.