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Correct. I'm sick of the "I am just being honest" defense. There is a large margin between being honest and being an asshole. Question: "Do you think I should
by rybosome 13y ago
Correct. I'm sick of the "I am just being honest" defense. There is a large margin between being honest and being an asshole.
Question: "Do you think I should rewrite this code?"
Honest answer: "Yes, definitely. You've made some mistakes that will make this impossible to maintain, such as...".
Asshole answer: "Yeah, this code looks like shit".
As the author noted, this tendency is symptomatic of people with high intelligence, but questionably intact egos. I left Mensa because I was tired of all the petty bickering resulting from people "being honest" about their opinions; if I had a nickel for every time someone was called a "moron" for stating their political leaning...ugh.
Nobody is above civility and tact.
- dnautics 13y agoI think if you are using Mensa as your reference set, you've got some pretty extreme sample bias in terms of 'egos'.
- rybosome 13y agolol...nice catch. When I received my acceptance letter, I had to call them to see if I was actually a member; they had sent me someone else's test results. Nobody is above looking like a dumbass from time to time, either. =)
- jsonmez 13y agoYes yes yes... all my yes