I believe that
sublety and
tact are the causes of at least, oh, 75% of the world's
sociological problems.
It's why
guys miss out on
girls'
signals. This subtlety is unfortunately
necessary, as saying what you really feel is usually grounds for
sexual harassment in today's world.
It's why people spend years in
dead-end jobs with no chance of improvement or
promotion. They're too afraid to just tell their
bosses what they really feel, because someone might actually get
offended. We can't have that. Not that anyone wants to hear the
truth anyway.
Political correctness.
It's why you have to deal with people you don't like, because today's
wisdom dictates that you put up with it to avoid being
rude and telling them to get the
fuck away from you.
It's why
messages that get sent between multiple people are usually wrong by the time they get to the
recipient. Each person decides to helpfully
rephrase and
twist it to be more "agreeable" to their own
motives.