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Most people are nice (convention, norm, culture, etc.) to conform to a set of rules, being kind is the exception to the rule.
by mgh2 2y ago
Most people are nice (convention, norm, culture, etc.) to conform to a set of rules, being kind is the exception to the rule.
- BeetleB 2y agoYet another faulty categorization and coopting - this time of both words. Kind is only the exception to the norm if you're in a crappy culture. In some places the ethic is such that kindness is the norm.
- dingnuts 2y agothere's already a word for using a specific type of soft language regardless as to intent, and it's "polite" don't know why we need to quibble about the meaning of "nice" or invent a new word when polite will do politeness, unlike kindness or niceness, has no implication of intent, only tone, which is what's trying to be conveyed