ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat sounds like a double standard but isn't?message-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down15
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-squareWhat sounds like a double standard but isn't?ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squarenomy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 day agoWhy assume you have something to offer them when the opposite is likely truer.
minus-squareMothmanDelorian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 day agoI don’t think I have anything to offer which is why me not being included is fine. That’s the whole point.
minus-squareqarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·15 hours agoIdk if even they have understood the position they’re taking. Their “Why should I be barred from taking advantage of anything that might benefit me?” vs Your “I am have nothing to give and no way to meaningfully help, so I’ll stay out.” Is very telling.
Why assume you have something to offer them when the opposite is likely truer.
I don’t think I have anything to offer which is why me not being included is fine. That’s the whole point.
Idk if even they have understood the position they’re taking.
Their “Why should I be barred from taking advantage of anything that might benefit me?”
vs
Your “I am have nothing to give and no way to meaningfully help, so I’ll stay out.”
Is very telling.