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- Aug 10, 2020
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so, when people say "give me your honest opinion", it usually means "tell me what i want to hear".
for example, when you get a haircut and ask for people's opinions on it. more often than not, people don't actually want people's real opinions on it. they just want compliments, which isn't inherently a bad thing. we all want to be liked to some degree. humans are social creatures, after all.
people promote honesty as a trait everybody should have, and yet, if you tell them such a simple thing as "i don't like it" (referring to the aforementioned haircut), they get mad. it's hypocritical (just like everything else in our society).
this is sort of a ramble, but i'm mainly posting this to ask if you'd rather people lie to you or tell you the truth. personally, i'd rather someone tell me the truth. letting me know how you truly feel is far more helpful than lying to me.
for example, when you get a haircut and ask for people's opinions on it. more often than not, people don't actually want people's real opinions on it. they just want compliments, which isn't inherently a bad thing. we all want to be liked to some degree. humans are social creatures, after all.
people promote honesty as a trait everybody should have, and yet, if you tell them such a simple thing as "i don't like it" (referring to the aforementioned haircut), they get mad. it's hypocritical (just like everything else in our society).
this is sort of a ramble, but i'm mainly posting this to ask if you'd rather people lie to you or tell you the truth. personally, i'd rather someone tell me the truth. letting me know how you truly feel is far more helpful than lying to me.