American brain washing... "thank you for your service"... I mean, yes, thank you! But war needs to be feared not celebrated!

profound truth

Also, I am closer to being a long-term BP commentator than a long-term professional writer 🤷‍♀️

And neither do good people.

All non-human babies are, for some reason.

I have a professional qualification where you have to have said "sorry, I can't answer that question" to qualify. My boss primed the customer to ask something silly.

This needs to be higher. So many pretending and then putting nonsense on internet...It's dangerous.

Fun fact: Statistically, it's the most said sentence in Sweden.

Also “I do not know it. I think that it can be X but I am not an expert so don’t take me seriously”. Like you might be able to express a belief without pretending that you are an expert and have the truth.

Google it.

It's better to say that rather than pretend to know the answer

"I don't know" opens the space to LEARN what you don't know.

Have had to say "I don't know" when I was teaching, qualified by "but I will find out and tell you tomorrow". You can't know everything about a subject and I've been asked some daft questions, but if you really don't know, it is better to say so than spin some bull which is later proven wrong.

I never trust anybody who won’t say “I don’t know”. You’d be surprised to know how many there are.

The sign of a true leader, is admitting when you do not know something. I cannot stand when I ask someone a question, and they give me a response that is totally irrelevant. Don't overstate the obvious, either you know or you don't.

Or as my friend was fond of saying " Don't get me to lying."

Wish more people would acknowledge this. Life would run much smoother if we knew right off to go ask someone else.

"Good Point” is a good answer to many statements.

I do not know is almost never a valid answer. "I am not sure but will see if I can find out", "Right now I don't have the answer but if there is one I shall attempt to obtain it", " Interesting question, it's above my pay grade right now but should that fact change you will be the first to know". All are better options.

So is 'No'. The simple answer of 'No' is a full sentence in itself. No explanation needed especially if you don't want to do something that's asked of you.

reminds me of those days when my kid asked me random things like: what's that persons name? why is this thing green? why are girafes called giraffes? sayind you don't know as a parent is so important

And whenever I say that when I'm talking about my anxiety to a parent they say "just think abt it"

Well in the Netherlands they firs give you stuff like Ventolin, a short period of steroids etc. If that still does not work they'll sent you to a specialist.

It is a sign of a very evolved person IMO. Also, very Buddhist. We truly "know" very little

Yes, but It is not said by "smart" (well educated does not mean smart) people! We dumb ones are the ones who dig and find the answers, because we WANT TO KNOW. Mr. well educated states he already knows but doesn't!

When I first started a car sales job I had a great Manager who was actually ethical. He told us if anyone asked a question you didn't know the answer to respond with "I don't know but I will find out." and follow through no matter if it was a customer of your own or they were there for service. That manager left for a better job and I quit because I can't lie to people to save my life! But I am good at researching to find answers! 🤦🏻‍♀️

When the state inspectors come in and they ask questions, if you don't know, you tell them, I'm sorry I don't know, but let me find someone who does.

Professional, “that information is not available at this time” just got annoying

I’ve said that to my parents many times and they’ve rarely believed me.

Yes even on tests

I don’t know about that.

Ha! This is my son's answer for everything.

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Rubbish. This is an unacceptable answer. “ I don’t know but let me find out for you” is better. “I don’t know but I’m on a journey”. “I don’t know and I’d love your guidance”. Without a qualifier, “I don’t know “ is a pathetic, helpless response.

Mistakes are unavoidable. Failure is unavoidable. We cannot run from it and need to stop being so afraid, because it's ok to not get everything right all the time, and like this says, sometimes it's out if your control

I don’t have kids and don’t want them and it’s simply because I don’t want to spend all of my adult life looking after and raising a child, I just want to live my own and not worry about that.

Unfortunately, social media has made a lot of people forget this rule.

You don't like everyone, so don't expect everyone to like you.

When you look at the impact of 7 billion humans at a time on the surface of the planet, yeah. This is probably true.

Nepotism is the guarantee of a job.

After the 1918 influenza epidemic came the roaring 20's which was revolutionary for both the arts and society, a similar thing happened with the renaissance, so who knows, maybe it will never be the same again for the better ( for those who have lost jobs/loved ones to Covid i am not minimising ur suffering)

This should be way higher. It's important to be at peace with yourself otherwise you will never be happy.

and you will often learn it the hard way: when you would need them the most - they will disappear.

No. You're part of the main cast for some.

Niceness, kindness, small random acts, these are one of the things I love about life. Even if they are few and far between. And doing them always feels good so it's a win win ^-^

I live in Phoenix, where 200 people move to every single day. Also, where it will be uninhabitable within 20 years because of the rise in temperatures. Don't move here.

Very true

I read this as "corporation," doubted it, then realized that was probably true too.

Just like covid.. would never have imagined lockdowns precovid

And please do not go to people in a bad situation and tell them that x “happened for a reason”. It doesn’t matter what you believe. Telling them that their mum just died, they lost they lost their job or they are severely ill “for a reason” is extremely invalidating and rude.

And that's a good thing.

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