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Is it harder to be kind or clever?
November 11, 2017 at 3:13 pm
"It's okay if you disagree with me, I can't force you to be correct."
Vs
"Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice."
Being clever must be pretty spectacular but I'm of the opinion that it's better to be a kind and average intelligence person vs a clever and unkind person. After all if it weren't for the kindness of many different people we wouldn't even be alive this very moment including the kindness of a lovely mom and dad but also many others we haven't even heard of..
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RE: Is it harder to be kind or clever?
November 11, 2017 at 3:22 pm
What about, 'clever and kind,' and 'average asshole'?
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RE: Is it harder to be kind or clever?
November 11, 2017 at 3:45 pm
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I don't find either to be difficult but if they did require effort I'd choose clever. I find I waste far too much kindness on assholes.
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RE: Is it harder to be kind or clever?
November 11, 2017 at 5:01 pm
It depends on your abilities and tendencies.
If you're born/raised up to be an intelligent bastard it's probably easy to be clever but difficult to be kind.
If you're a retard raised with kindness and empathy it's going to be nearly impossible to be clever but easy to be kind.
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RE: Is it harder to be kind or clever?
November 11, 2017 at 5:14 pm
I try to be kind, it's hard work sometimes, and people sometimes are not deserving of kindness.
I find it really hard to sound clever, basically because I'm really not. I'm working on both.
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RE: Is it harder to be kind or clever?
November 11, 2017 at 5:18 pm
I'm usually focusing too much on being honest to bother focusing on being kind. I just say what I think and trust that if I'm a nice person the mind I reveal to the world will be a pleasant rather than unpleasant personality more times than not.
Oh, I am certainly kind in my actions though. When I have something to give.
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RE: Is it harder to be kind or clever?
November 11, 2017 at 5:41 pm
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In the long run I think you only cause more harm by lying. And it's not like I have a choice anyway. I'd also harm myself if I lied. I have no memory of lying about anything.
Failing to spare someone's feelings is a small price to pay when they get far more hurt when they discover you lied to them and they can't trust you anymore. And lying does more harm to oneself than anyone else. I also think that the easier it is to lie to others the easier it is to lie to yourself and then that allows you to buy into fallacies more easily and makes it more difficult for you to be a consistently logical person.
