[ SECRET POST #2556 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2556 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Critical thinking etiquette

[(Anonymous)]

If you know they're just looking for sympathy and not advice, and yet insist on trying to dole out the latter, then you're really only invested in what you want and you should be able to draw your own conclusion on what kind of person that makes you.

Apply all the critical thinking you want... on your own time. Maybe your friend will want actual advice later when the emotions have settled down.

Re: Critical thinking etiquette

[(Anonymous)]

Meh. I don't have any useful advice. I just wish people wouldn't keep telling me obviously one-sided versions of stories as if they're objective truth.

Re: Critical thinking etiquette

[(Anonymous)]

It's just something you do for your friends. Deal, or stop broadcasting availability as a listener to these people.

Re: Critical thinking etiquette

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds like you're being overly judgey.

Re: Critical thinking etiquette

[sarillia]

Depending on how bad it is, I sometimes stand up for the other person they're demonizing in the story. You have to be careful about it though. There are some situations where it's okay (though you have to be prepared for the other person to possibly get annoyed) and others where you should really just stand by your friend.

Re: Critical thinking etiquette

[(Anonymous)]

I'm bad at diplomacy, so I just... nod and mm-hmm.

Re: Critical thinking etiquette

[(Anonymous)]

DA

You're right. How dare someone not be completely objective about something they experienced that obviously upset them! Everyone should be totally objective about all their experiences.

Re: Critical thinking etiquette

[(Anonymous)]

Especially when pretty much everyone does it with varying frequency and when it's your turn, you'd expect your friends to be sympathetic.

Re: Critical thinking etiquette

[(Anonymous)]

Except they're not expecting their friend to be completely objective; they just have a suspicion that their friend's story bears the same relation to what actually happened as Mr. Wickham's story of his dealings with Mr. Darcy.