RE: Should I tell my girlfriend that I'm an atheist?
November 15, 2017 at 1:20 pm
(This post was last modified: November 15, 2017 at 1:25 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 15, 2017 at 1:11 pm)Kernel Sohcahtoa Wrote: You might be right. However, it is interesting that such an answer would be straightforward and honest from my pov (that is how I would describe myself in a nutshell on such matters), but from another person's pov, it could be easily perceived as negative.-and here there's a not so subtle implication of mis-perception and a conflict between straightforward honesty and negativity.
It -is- straightforward and honest...it's just that straightforward and honest isn't synonymous with positive. That's why we have the term "brutal honesty". A perception that such a comment was negative is an accurate one. Ah communication....a field of human landmines if ever there were one. Ultimately, we're only discussing whether it;s better to giggle out "lolbullshit" or couch that very same thought in derisive euphemism. Brutal honesty or sweet deception? I suppose there's room and utility for both.
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