I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too
Edit: Usually these kind of posts only used to have excerpts from books or ancient proverbs, but now I am seeing a lot more quotes from shows/movies/games are also resonating with people. It’s pretty cool to see.
Grey’s Law: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice
Isn’t that just Hanlon’s razor reworded?
In a certain sense it is the opposite of Hanlon’s razor. In the face of difficult behavior, Hanlon’s razor encourages even-mindedness (“they probably mean well”) whereas Grey’s law encourages conflict (“even if they do, so WHAT”).
Hanlon’s razor, but with 50% MORE EDGE!
In person, the pain in my voice does the job anyway. I’d also point out that a lack of malice isn’t the same as meaning well. Usually people mean nothing, and fuck each other over mindlessly.