Cucumber Salad (xe/they/he/she) @thecucumbersalad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026People say hurtful things because they’re insecure, jealous, or trying to feel bigger by making someone else feel smaller. That’s not truth. That’s self-protection. The opposite is true as well. A kind word can be completely genuine. 100
Cucumber Salad (xe/they/he/she) @thecucumbersalad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026If nice things were always fake, friendships couldn’t exist and nobody would ever sincerely admire or love anyone. I also find it interesting how some cultures pride themselves on being “direct” and look down on others for using more polite formulas, as if kindness were dishonesty. 100
Cucumber Salad (xe/they/he/she) @thecucumbersalad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026But I think they’re often just misreading each other. The “polite” culture may genuinely mean the kind words, while the “direct” culture has its own unwritten rules about what should and shouldn’t be said. 100
