On 09/11/2007, Daniel R. Tobias dan@tobias.name wrote:
On 9 Nov 2007 at 10:39:57 +0000, "David Gerard" dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
If you act in a manner perceived by others as being jerklike, they are likely to perceive you as being jerklike.
...which still doesn't justify being a jerk back to them. Two wrongs don't make a right.
Oh, definitely.
The counterpart to "Don't be a dick" is "Try not to come across as a dick to others." This is a pair like "be liberal in what you accept, be conservative in what you send."
Most people understand "don't be a dick." However, "Try not to come across as a dick to others" is a lot more work. I suspect it's the essence of "civility" in a social environment.
- d.