Gwanosh
Gwanosh t1_itzm84p wrote
Reply to comment by Yuna__707 in Most of society’s problems derive from people holding everyone else to higher standards than they hold themselves by Scatterbrained247365
While all true, it doesn't invalidate that the reverse happens. We could argue percentages but it's ultimately futile.
I would generally agree that you're a better judge of your own intentions than others, but I would suggest that being open to the possibility that you misread your own intentions is critical to being better. My only observation, empirically, is that I see too many people either maliciously misrepresent their intentions or fail to perceive them. There's another pointless percentage discussion which is how often my own perception is wrong.
Gwanosh t1_itzk6hs wrote
Reply to comment by Yuna__707 in Most of society’s problems derive from people holding everyone else to higher standards than they hold themselves by Scatterbrained247365
I would argue someone who knows you well and is comfortable and close enough with/to you can make you realize intentions you didn't realize you had at times. Whether directly by seing them where you fail to or indirectly by giving you a different perspective.
Gwanosh t1_itzip8l wrote
Reply to comment by Yuna__707 in Most of society’s problems derive from people holding everyone else to higher standards than they hold themselves by Scatterbrained247365
To be fair, most people can't or won't honestly analyze their own intentions most of the time
Gwanosh t1_iuh7aas wrote
Reply to ELI5 How did knights participate in tournaments like jousting without killing themselves? by QuantumHamster
This, but with combat sports, american football, etc.
The answer is they do die: normally slowly and painfully, out of sight and sometimes much after the not-apparently-lethal injury.