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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:17:39 PM EDT
[#1]
Because you're being an asshole.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:18:17 PM EDT
[#2]
Time and place. Also, some assholes confuse being “blunt” with being “cunt.”
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:18:39 PM EDT
[#3]
This is a stupid fucking question.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:20:32 PM EDT
[#4]
Because everyone wants a fucking safe space and a cookie and can't deal with their feelings because their mom was a drunk and they didn't know their dad
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:20:55 PM EDT
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People who call themselves blunt and “I call it like I see it” are assholes trying to excuse their behavior. Unless you’re something special, like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, or Mark Cuban, you better learn to be nice.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:21:36 PM EDT
[#6]
Maybe where you work. I work in an engineering shop and being blunt and literal is just par for the course.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:22:20 PM EDT
[#7]
some people don't like to hear the truth. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:24:21 PM EDT
[#8]
Are you offering solutions? Or just calling people out?
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:24:30 PM EDT
[#9]
Because
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:25:20 PM EDT
[#10]
Quoted: This has nothing to do with this board. But overall being blunt in today's world usually puts you in the shithouse. Why is it better to be coy instead of allowing yourself to express yourself? Because people are pussies |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:25:24 PM EDT
[#11]
hurt feels
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:25:26 PM EDT
[#12]
You can tell the truth without being an asshole. Usually when you run into someone who says they are blunt they are just an asshole that no one likes.
Building relationships built on honesty and trust means you need to tell people the truth but you can do that in a constructive way. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:26:04 PM EDT
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People want to be lied to. I know its Cliche that "people cant handle the truth" but fuck if it isnt accurate. I learned I had to be brutally honest with people in a lot of situations because if not you could watch them begin spinning a story in their head on how to deal with the situation at hand. Its human nature. One partner asked if she was wrong in a situation and she was expecting me to say no thet she was correct and was shocked when I told her the guy correcting her had it right.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:27:03 PM EDT
[#14]
some of my best friends are pariahs
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:29:01 PM EDT
[#15]
I don't think it does in my experience
The people you're calling out think you're a dick, but leadership acknowledges the gains If not, find a new job |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:29:11 PM EDT
[#16]
It's a rather abrupt disruption of someone's cognitive dissonance. Most humans hate the disruption of them fooling themselves, and more so when it is abrupt.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:30:32 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryThis is Nicholson's best impression of William Devane. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:30:52 PM EDT
[#18]
There is a difference between being blunt and being straightforward, have to at least have some sense of delivery in the message.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:31:44 PM EDT
[#19]
 The Big Chill, movie clip, rationalisation discusion |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:32:50 PM EDT
[#20]
There's a VERY fine line between blunt and asshole. You're just not very good at it yet.
Youtube it, youtube has all the answers. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:33:23 PM EDT
[#21]
Something I learned about twenty years ago, and which I actually repeat to myself is "Always remember that no matter what they say, or how sincere they seem, nobody really wants to hear your fucking opinion."
It has served me particularly well in meetings that are sponsored by Human Resources. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:34:32 PM EDT
[#22]
We are not allowed to be honest. We are supposed to worry about others feelings.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:38:22 PM EDT
[#23]
Im a piranha
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:41:01 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This is a stupid fucking question. I respect that. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:49:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: hurt feels you have to be sensitive to other's feelings |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:55:29 PM EDT
[#26]
I freely admit that I am an asshole.
I’m pretty much an expert at it. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:59:32 PM EDT
[#27]
There is the fine art of telling someone to go to hell eloquently, with smile on your face, that leaves them wondering "maybe he/she's right".
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:01:51 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Because you're being an asshole. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:02:53 PM EDT
[#29]
I don't give a fuck what cunts think!
Is that blunt enough? |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:03:02 PM EDT
[#30]
Because we have a skin shortage today.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:03:05 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You can tell the truth without being an asshole. Usually when you run into someone who says they are blunt they are just an asshole that no one likes. Building relationships built on honesty and trust means you need to tell people the truth but you can do that in a constructive way. Bingo. Respectful, tactful, professional. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:06:36 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Time and place. Also, some assholes confuse being “blunt” with being “cunt.” But they sound the same. It's all so confusing. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:08:04 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe where you work. I work in an engineering shop and being blunt and literal is just par for the course. That's because engineers are on the autism spectrum.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:09:05 PM EDT
[#34]
Because no one is interested in unpleasant truths. Well, almost no one.
If I'm blunt with you, it means: A. I care about you enough to say anything at all B. I respect your intelligence enough to take things without sugar coating. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:09:45 PM EDT
[#35]
"People who pride themselves on being brutally honest usually enjoy the brutality more than the honesty..."
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:10:03 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You can tell the truth without being an asshole. Usually when you run into someone who says they are blunt they are just an asshole that no one likes. Building relationships built on honesty and trust means you need to tell people the truth but you can do that in a constructive way. That's a bingo. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:12:49 PM EDT
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I was taught that you should consider three things before speaking about someone...
Is it Kind? Is it true? Is it necessary? Just saying.... |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:13:07 PM EDT
[#38]
You can tell the truth without being an asshole but most people can't tell the difference.
Here's another true cliche' No one who says they want your "frank opinion" actually means it. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:13:40 PM EDT
[#39]
 "Not so far..." |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:15:58 PM EDT
[#40]
If you have a large enough vocabulary and the skill to use it you can say the same thing without being a dickhead.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:19:06 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryThis is the correct answer. Most folks can't handle being served facts , it usually interferes with their feels and makes them frown. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:21:36 PM EDT
[#42]
There's a line between being blunt and being an asshole.
Most people who think they are blunt usually are just assholes that can't see the line. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:23:31 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You can tell the truth without being an asshole. Usually when you run into someone who says they are blunt they are just an asshole that no one likes. Building relationships built on honesty and trust means you need to tell people the truth but you can do that in a constructive way. This. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:24:57 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you have a large enough vocabulary and the skill to use it you can say the same thing without being a dickhead. Having a large vocabulary does not make the truth more pleasant ... It just gives you more ways to articulate it. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:25:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:26:43 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: People who call themselves blunt and "I call it like I see it" are assholes trying to excuse their behavior. Unless you're something special, like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, or Mark Cuban, you better learn to be nice. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:26:47 PM EDT
[#47]
Pussification of the American Male.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:27:02 PM EDT
[#48]
I get told Im too direct pretty often, which is most likely the same thing.
Its difficult dealing with retards at work though, especially when they are my "superiors." |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:28:41 PM EDT
[#49]
A lot of people that pride themselves on being blunt are stupid and tactless. Few people enjoy uninvited interjections of stupidity stated with moronic certainty.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:28:45 PM EDT
[#50]
Blunt isn’t a problem. “Telling is like it is”, is just code words that identify people who are stupid assholes. Tact and discretion is an adult trait that some people never grasp.
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