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When given a choice between two otherwise equivalent options, most non-sociopaths will choose the option that is less likely to offend their audience.
by natrius 14y ago
When given a choice between two otherwise equivalent options, most non-sociopaths will choose the option that is less likely to offend their audience.
- rimantas 14y agoFuck the audience. If they are so easily offended they should get therapy instead of calling others sociopaths. Offence is taken, not given.
- Karunamon 14y agoHowever, if you're attempting to get a point across, you generally do better by keeping social norms in mind. Offending your audience instantly makes them think about whatever "horrible" thing you just said and not on whatever point you're trying to communicate. Put another way, if nobody is getting your point, perhaps the problem isn't with the audience :) (I am, however, going to steal that "offense is taken, not given" line for future (ab)use)
- baddox 14y ago> However, if you're attempting to get a point across, you generally do better by keeping social norms in mind. And if everyone followed that principle, society would never change. The perfect fourth would still sound dissonant, rape victims would be under even more pressure to keep the crime secret, etc.
- Karunamon 14y agoYou know, i did say generally. Did you just miss that or..?