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So, do you hold yourself to the same standard?


Yes


OK, that's good.

I assume then, when you've had a massive positive influence on the world, employed hundred of thousands, brought electric vehicles to the mainstream, built a rocket company and blanketed the entire planet in affordable, high speed internet, etc... then you'll agree with the people on the internet that attack you because you claim to be a better video game player than you actually are.


In your hypothetical you are asking that if I was a lier would I be ok with it. One would have to presume that I wouldn’t be a lier if I wasn’t also ok with it. I am neither a lier and if somehow I had lied I would also not be ok with it and would hope others hold me to a better standard.


So, there's no such thing as degrees?

When someone asks you casually "Hey, how's it going?" Do you tell them about your terrible day, or say "Not bad, and you?"

There are differences in degree. No one is 100% honest all the time, thankfully.

I think it's strange to be so hostile towards someone for something so relatively minor compared to his other achievements.


Here is a joke that explains it https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A85ipUgy5B4

Doing great deeds does not give him nor anyone else a licence to lie.




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