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I ordered Chinese food today for when I was working in the labs. I finished it off then broke open the fortune cookie.

Be direct, usually one can accomplish more that way.

Now, lately I have been getting some pretty lame fortunes, but for some reason this one didn’t seem too bad. Sure, you can usually get better advice from a good friend then from a cookie (although, that can be iffy!), but sometimes hearing a ‘wise’ saying kinda gets your mind ticking.

Beating around the bush never helped anything. Of course, sometimes it is tactful to be subtle, but usually being direct is an appreciated change to todays really passive, polite culture. I personally can’t think of time where it is truly better to be indirect with someone… short term yes, but nothing really in the long term. Anyone have any ideas?

….and I just got an idea for a comic.. hmmm. Stay tuned!

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