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Pentakles t1_isxtn1z wrote

Reply to comment by gamerthrowaway_ in It's time for the Humpdaily thread! by CopOnTheRun

Thank you for taking the time to talk about the difference between nice and kind. I feel very much the same, especially as someone who also not given the 'nice' name often.

Don't expect me to coddle you over something pointless, but don't ever let me know you didn't have dinner. I will fight you to take care of you.

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gamerthrowaway_ t1_isxvka6 wrote

Exactly. I once heard it said that in NYC, people are kind, not nice. They will chew you out for blocking the side walk, but if your kid doesn't have a hat in January, they will give it their own (and then chew you out for being a bad parent). In LA, they are nice & polite to you, but will ghost you at the earliest inconvenience/time of trouble. It's an oversimplification and a stereotype, but there are elements of truth in it in my experience.

ninja edit: I once had a job working with surgeons. That's the only group of people I've met who (as a collective average) were both more kind and less nice than I am...

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