• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetentance

    Is the saying, but it’s definitely not always true.

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      3 days ago

      It’s more like some of the best evil can be hidden behind incompetence for quite a while

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        3 days ago

        I mean, the phrase is for associates and random people you run into for one specific interaction

        Basically:

        Give em the benefit of doubt

        It doesn’t mean if your neighbor kicks you in the balls everyone morning, you still try to shake his hand tomorrow.