Bit of a shower thought: Outside of limited circumstances, like interviews or therapy, nobody is really expected to give you honest feedback on how you come across.

This sucks. I've been told I come across as unfriendly once, but I have no idea if I was just nervous and tired at the time. I still cherish that one moment almost 10 years ago when someone told me I was funny in some corporate team building bs.

Now, I could ask friends and family, but I believe they would probably not tell me the full, honest truth. After all, they (hopefully) like me and I would probably avoid being too harsh to everyone but very close people in private.

At the same time, I know plenty of people who really should get some feedback, who probably believe they are funny while everyone is bored and annoyed and hopes they talk a little less and the like.

So, are there socially accepted ways to get feedback on how you come across?

I realize that people are strange, relationships are hard, P!=NP and anime is not real. Still, it would be nice to have.

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[–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

There's a quote I like about how you can tell someone's your friend because they're willing to stab you in the front. Unlike, you know, the other way...

I'll have to see if I can find that quote-image I have and share it to !quotes@quokk.au, sometime. That's the only semi-active quotes community across the known Fediverse, and yet is still on life support of sorts. :S

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    That isn't necessarily a friend. There are a lot of unhealthy relationships that would do this also.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Sure there are. But once you rule out the obvious gits, you start to reach the loam, as it were...

    In fact it was a shorthand quote, like almost all quotes. One often has to fill in context to catch the meaning.

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