Comment by akerl_
6 hours ago
The whole point of making it a rule is so those people can learn it and avoid accidentally putting other people down.
6 hours ago
The whole point of making it a rule is so those people can learn it and avoid accidentally putting other people down.
Is being surprised somebody doesn't know something putting them down, or is being unsurprised they are ignorant putting them down?
> Is being surprised somebody doesn't know something putting them down
Yes.
> is being unsurprised they are ignorant putting them down
Again, the whole reason to just declare this as a rule is so that you’re not put in a position to try to decide if somebody is ignorant or not. You set a social guideline, and if people break it, you point it out, and it doesn’t matter why they did it.
By demonstrating an assumption that everybody knows nothing? I fail to see how that is beneficial. It is rude to everybody.
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