mage-cat:

aprillikesthings:

tinsnip:

froborr:

tinsnip:

Don’t assume malice. Assume ignorance. Life is easier, the world is kinder, and you can educate. Actual malice is pretty rare, I find. 

Always remember Hanlon’s Razor–”Never assume malice when incompetence will suffice as an explanation.”

That’s said, never forget Fred Clark’s Law, either: “Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.” There’s a certain point at which ignorance becomes malice–at which there is simply no way to become that ignorant except deliberately and maliciously.

Time to cross-stitch!

sealioning is malicious intent masked as ignorance

A good rule of thumb is to assume ignorance the first two times and start questioning it the third time around.

Once is an anomaly. Twice is a coincidence. After three times it’s a pattern and needs to be addressed.