GreyShuck

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My eyes betray my feelings, do you know techniques to mitigate that? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago

Not specifically for the eyes or posture, but for overall approach and attitude to situations like this:

  • Marcus Aurelius' quote: Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil. - and stoicism in general.
  • Imagine them sitting on the toilet. You can't take them too seriously like that.
  • Take a longer perspective: consider whether this interaction will be of any significance at all in 10 years time?
If someone is described as "good at something", in your opinion how good is that person at this activity? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Comments like that say far more about the person saying it than about the person being described most of the time, I'd say.

I'd need to know how good the describer is like in that area before I could make any assessment about the describee.