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What's a quote that has stuck with you for your whole life? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too

Edit: Usually these kind of posts only used to have excerpts from books or ancient proverbs, but now I am seeing a lot more quotes from shows/movies/games are also resonating with people. It's pretty cool to see.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grey's Law: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't that just Hanlon's razor reworded?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In a certain sense it is the opposite of Hanlon's razor. In the face of difficult behavior, Hanlon's razor encourages even-mindedness ("they probably mean well") whereas Grey's law encourages conflict ("even if they do, so WHAT").

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hanlon's razor, but with 50% MORE EDGE!

In person, the pain in my voice does the job anyway. I'd also point out that a lack of malice isn't the same as meaning well. Usually people mean nothing, and fuck each other over mindlessly.