Cultures That Value Niceness - by Vincent Trang
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maybe empty compliments aren't so empty after all
one - blobheart culture A while ago, some of my MOP friends were complaining about “blobheart culture”—in particular, they disliked the surface-level niceness and empty compliments. But I think even that part can be valuable. What does a culture where people just give each other random compliments that don't necessarily mean anything look like? It looks like a culture that values niceness. Even if a lot of these compliments don't have any substance, and are completely neutral to the recipient, they still have a super important second-order effect: collectively, they make…
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