I forget the name of the phenomenon but essentially when you do a questionable act, you had a perfectly valid reason. If someone else does the exact same act, they’re a selfish asshole with no respect for other people.
This leads to people doing things that upset others because those other people then think, “well that’s a selfish asshole…”
Also zipper merging brings out the worst fucking line monitors that don’t understand the world they live in.
I forget the name of the phenomenon but essentially when you do a questionable act, you had a perfectly valid reason. If someone else does the exact same act, they’re a selfish asshole with no respect for other people.
This leads to people doing things that upset others because those other people then think, “well that’s a selfish asshole…”
Also zipper merging brings out the worst fucking line monitors that don’t understand the world they live in.
Probably Fundamental attribution error. Basically, that we judge others by their actions but ourselves by our intentions.
Exactly that.
“We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behaviour.” ― Stephen M.R. Covey, The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything
Humans are incredibly good at justifying behavior they did on impulse