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comment by lil
lil  ·  3801 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: An open letter to privileged people who play devil’s advocate

    if they have something to say, it is almost always to one-up someone else.
There's no question that people communicate badly. I can see how their behaviour might lead to this:
    its pervasiveness is part of why I've all but given up on having a professional presence whatsoever.

I hope in the long run you will have a full life which includes a professional presence. People who need to one-up others instead of authentically listening definitely grind us down -- We can talk further about this in a PM if you like.