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[–] omgarm 39 points 2 years ago (4 children)

That's the tinder profile "I am brutally honest". Honesty does not mean you can't word things nicely or not say something.

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 40 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Exactly! Way too many people confuse "honesty" and "rudeness".

"I don't like that red carpet"=honest
"This carpet looks like shit"=rude

[–] ItsABarmcake@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And brutally honest is "I don't like red carpet" while kicking your grandma?

[–] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

Crowbar, that's what it's for.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But what if the carpet does look like shit?

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

“What a lovely carpet.”

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But that isn't the same

That carpet looks like shit=rude

That carpet hurts my eyes=rude and honest

[–] bouh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Honestly, most people mistaken politeness with hypocrisy.

[–] Zaros@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True honesty often comes across as rude. If someone asks me what I think of their new carpet and I think it looks like shit, I'll tell them just that. Saying "I don't like that carpet" would feel dishonest as it's only limited honesty. (being honest about the opinion or thought, but not about its intensity)

[–] pufferfischerpulver@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Then you say I really don't like it. The way you phrase things can still be rude. Or rather, you can be totally honest and find a phrasing that's not rude. Answering "it looks like shit" is just not a friendly way of communicating.

But to be honest I don't give a fuck what I do, you're probably just trying to justify your rudeness.

[–] bouh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Honesty is not hypocrisy. In a world where "he's gone" means "he's dead", honestly is almost always brutal.

Especially when honesty matters the most when people don't want to hear what you're saying. No amount of sugar and paraphrase will make a nice "I don't want to talk with you".

[–] shukufuku@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

More brutal than honest, actually.

[–] gonzo0815@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

The "honest" is silent.

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don’t give a poopoo what you think.

[–] omgarm 2 points 2 years ago

You're management material.