Ill take things that didnt happen for 1000, Alex…
But lets role play this, and see if we can say something other than “nice” that doesnt make the person look like a fucking prick that sniffs their own farts.
“What type of guy are you?”
“I am a debonair guy!” = A prick.
“I am a winsome guy!” = A prick that will buy you lunch.
“I am a Pulchritudinous guy!” = A prick that doesnt just huff his own farts, but expects you to huff them as well directedly from his arsehole while he fucks your sister.
“I am an Amiable guy.” = Not a prick, but a push over. And you will treat him like hes a prick.
“I am a Blandishing guy!” = A prick that says nice things.
Using these words over “nice”, clouds the meaning rather than clarifying it. It tells me the person Im speaking to values impression over clarity of communication, and instead of conveying honesty, tells me they wish to project that they are superior. Its performance. Vain theatre that confuses style with substance. And ultimately tells me that the person isnt being honest about who they are or what they want from me.
Or to put it another way, if “I pride myself on possessing an innately benignant disposition. A temperament both debonair and complaisant, such that those acquainted with my congenial sensibilities frequently remark upon the winsome, even pulchritudinous, quality of my gracious interactions, which, I daresay, are nothing short of blandishing in their amiable intent.” is preferable to you than “Im a nice guy.”. Then you are fucking weird as fuck. Or should I say, “One cannot help but observe that your existential frequency oscillates at such an aberrantly non-Euclidean register of comportment that the very geometry of ordinary human temperament appears to bend, quiver, and ultimately collapse beneath the centrifugal absurdity of your personhood.”.
Ill take being direct and simple over being a performative prick any of the day of the week.
kreskin@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
My english teacher did the same this about the verb “to be” or “is”. If you used it you lost a grade off your paper. He was and probably still is a bit of an ass.