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an acceptable compliment

🌱 This post is in the growth phase. It may still be useful as it grows up.

compliment people subjectively, not objectively.

“i love hearing you sing. i think you have a beautiful voice”

vs “you have a great voice!”

i feel the need to correct your account of my deficiencies in the latter. but in the first, i can enjoy that you enjoyed my work