[HN Gopher] Is it my fault if you can't handle the truth?
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       Is it my fault if you can't handle the truth?
        
       Author : azefiel
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2023-04-06 22:39 UTC (20 minutes ago)
        
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       | paulpauper wrote:
       | Bill Gates was known to be blunt with his feedback. He still is.
        
         | kristianc wrote:
         | Odds are this guy is not Bill Gates, and therein lies the
         | problem.
        
       | geraneum wrote:
       | This reminds me of:
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       | "People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the
       | brutality than out of the honesty."
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       | Richard J. Needham
        
       | the_snooze wrote:
       | >Even if my words are accurate, rational, and true, the way I
       | deliver them may color that truth with an entirely different
       | message.
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       | A doctor can deliver bad news of a terminal diagnosis with
       | seriousness and sympathy. Or they can just glibly say "Don't
       | bother buying green bananas."
        
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