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True. My first reaction to the directive, was that it was rude. Reading more of the context attenuated that impression, but I still think it could have been phrased less ... paternalistically?


You could be onto something there, yep.


Communication is hard.


It is, but there are some easy heuristics before you get to the hard stuff.

One is that telling people how they should feel about things is usually irritating.


It certainly is.

Here's a (probably totally unrelated) comment that I think is good food for thought: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29917158


Interesting.


:)




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