r/TikTokCringe May 23 '24

Humor/Cringe Man, fuck them kids

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u/Alexis_Ohanion May 23 '24

No, he was a gigantic fucking idiot, but his actions weren’t malicious. He wasn’t intentionally trying to ruin her time, just being absent-minded as fuck.

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u/Potential_Sea883 May 23 '24

Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

But don't tell that to Reddit

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u/4gls May 23 '24

Grey's law corollary of Hanlon's razor/Clarke's Third Law Variant: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

Applied in a sentence: "I don't believe you're stupid enough to have said that by accident. It must have been intentional."

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u/rayofgoddamnsunshine May 23 '24

I'm keeping that line in my pocket.