Stop Being Nice, Start Being Kind. A Words MADDER word battle!

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024

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  • @FoxtrotYouniform
    @FoxtrotYouniform 11 месяцев назад +4

    I misread the instructions, have been being Kind of Nice

  • @sunderark
    @sunderark 10 месяцев назад +2

    My Pappy always said, If your actions are a town in France you're living in a river in Egypt.

  • @Dismythed
    @Dismythed 11 месяцев назад +4

    You hit the nail on the head.
    "I realize that's all redundant ..." HA! 😃

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you! At least we are full agreement on this topic. 😉

  • @jakoolaboo
    @jakoolaboo 11 месяцев назад +12

    Hi
    Your video had a huge impact on me! I realised how NICE I am! But after watching this video I resent that word. I want to change.
    You know I was always dumb with social interactions and didn't fully realize the difference between toxic positivity and genuineness. So with that said, please recommend me books or practices or just anything for a transformation.

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад +3

      A great RUclips channel I recommend is @Psych2go - I think their videos are accessible and great starting point for self reflection. I recommend exploring a lot of the topics there. This one might be immediately relevant:
      ruclips.net/video/iCCnsSII18k/видео.htmlsi=IEOyXPB6frz7VfKA
      Also, the book I mentioned in my video really is helpful:
      www.amazon.com/Crucial-Conversations-Tools-Talking-Stakes/dp/1260474186/
      I am glad the video was useful, thanks!

  • @jamesburrelljr.8561
    @jamesburrelljr.8561 11 месяцев назад +9

    Damn good video I learned something. Please keep this up.

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад +3

      Thank you! I can't stop myself anyway... 😉

  • @jeffholland3502
    @jeffholland3502 11 месяцев назад +3

    - The inflections in your voice as you explained these differences, give me the impression that you are kind.

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад +1

      Not consistently, but I'm practicing. 😉

  • @Broganshire
    @Broganshire 11 месяцев назад +7

    What a lovely video.

  • @hey_its_travis
    @hey_its_travis 11 месяцев назад +1

    This made me of something unrelated to this Norm MacDonald said. Its one thing to make someone laugh, it's something else if you can make them smile.

  • @RepublicDave
    @RepublicDave 11 месяцев назад +4

    Nice!

  • @omargoodman2999
    @omargoodman2999 10 месяцев назад

    I agree with about 90% of it. I've always tried to explain to people that "nice" and "kind" are different, and I consider myself a kind person rather than nice. I can certainly act nice when I put forth the effort, it's just that I can rarely logically justify that effort. But being kind comes naturally to me; my _reflex_ response to most situations is "how can I help" or "oh, I can answer that question" or "Oh, I can explain that". I just naturally want what's best for people; not what's best for "a person", necessarily, because sometimes being kind has an element of pragmatism and utilitarianism to it; I have to consider how much kindness I can give to one before it starts becoming cruel to another by contrast. In fact, I'm often so reflexively primed to help others, I have to *actively* hold myself back from acting _against_ my own interests and allowing others to take advantage of me. Even when I _know_ another person is manipulative and exploitative, if they ask me for something, I sometimes just agree on autopilot before I can really consider, "is this going to come back to bite me layer?"
    *BUT...*
    And that's a big but, I cannot lie, I disagree with the notion that "nice" is always an act or that "kind" is always genuine. Different people are different and driven by different mentalities. We may all have the same hardware, but not necessarily the same firmware or the same OS. Just as you brought up with psychopaths, they don't exhibit genuine kindness because it just doesn't come naturally to them. And most can certainly put on the social mask when they need to. But does that make the "niceness" disingenuous? If we're defining "nice" as the art of socially "smoothing over" situations, the dance of give and take of gratuity, the game of scoring social interactions, there are many people for whom that whole routine requires no particular thought or effort; it comes as naturally as breathing. Sure, *I* may have to deliberately do that, as if driving manual, but that doesn't mean no one has "nice" on an automatic transmission. And, likewise, while being "kind" takes no effort for me, and in fact I have to go through the extra trouble of "turning it off" when it's too detrimental to me, I can reasonably determine that there are _some_ people for whom being "kind" may *not* be automatic, but it can still be manual; something they can _get_ themselves to do by deliberate choice rather than reflex.
    And I think that's the biggest thing to consider here: kindness can be either automatic and reflexive, a "genuinely" kind person, *or* it can be a person who _acts_ kind by actively deciding to do things in the best interests of others even if they don't _automatically_ consider such things. While, on an entirely separate axis, some people are _genuinely nice_ in that the social dance is second nature to them; they couldn't even *conceive* of another way of interacting with others or doing so takes considerable mental toll and gymnastics. Or "nice" can be an _act_ for them; they have no natural inclination or motivation for it, it's just something they do because of the benefit it brings. If being nice earns you a favor, why wouldn't you? It's just a social, non-monetary transaction at that point; that's *real* social credit. Oh, you want to get some social favor? Don't have the social standing to pay for it outright? Charge it to your "social credit" by being "nice". Saying, "you do this for me, and I'll pay you back with a favor layer" may be unaffordable to you, but "you do this for me, _please,_ and I'll do that later for you, _thank you,"_ can possibly get around that. But while "nice" is a transaction, "kindness" is an investment. It _may_ go up in value, it _may_ pay dividends later on down the line, but there's a good chance you're going to get "nicely screwed" if you make a poor investment. I can justify wanting to do good for others because that improves humanity in general. I may not have much _individual_ interest in individual people, in fact, for the most part, I can be just a touch misanthropic. But improving things for *everyone* improves things for me, too, because I'm part of everyone. And doing these things just feels "natural" for me. I dont explain things, like in this long post, in hopes that any specific person will read it. In fact, there's a fair chance it will go completely unread; and those that *do* read it won't necessarily give any indication they did so. So it may be read by no one, or hypothetical, unknown thousands. But I *love* the idea that it's here, available to _be_ read by _anyone_ and if they derive benefit from it, so much better for them. I'm kind automatically, by my nature, I want what's best for people, but I don't really feel I "care" about them, specifically. And I never feel compelled to be "nice", but I'll accept and acknowledge that there are others out there not necessarily like me, who very well *may* be "nice" as automatically amd reflexively as I am "kind".

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  10 месяцев назад

      Great thoughts. What I care about most is that people are thinking about it. When you do a short video like this, it is always erroring on the side of hyperbole and oversimplification.

  • @mikeyb7263
    @mikeyb7263 11 месяцев назад +2

    Kindness is what happens when you cut cut the strings on niceness and allow it to stand on its own.

  • @GrapplingwithPhysics
    @GrapplingwithPhysics 11 месяцев назад +1

    Lying by Sam Harris is a great book based on the premise that it is never ok to lie. Many times people lie to be Nice, but it’s not Kind.

    • @gaetanomontante5161
      @gaetanomontante5161 11 месяцев назад +1

      And yet, I could swear that sometimes when I have lied I have been thoroughly kind. Go figure. But overall, I agree wholeheartedly that to lie is not the best policy.

  • @Welcometomychannel10172
    @Welcometomychannel10172 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks so much for the video💘💘💘

  • @spacey_432
    @spacey_432 11 месяцев назад +1

    Learned this through and through the past 2 years. In 2021, I was "nice" and only kind to close friends. Now, I apply it to everyone. This, is a good video that a lot of people need to see. Lot of truth in here, keep it up.

  • @jopalmer1510
    @jopalmer1510 11 месяцев назад +2

    Great video. Reminds me a lot of Buddhist Philosophy around building compassion and looking at our own egoic tendencies.
    Great work 👏🏽 also as an unsolicited idea it might be worth seperating your science and words content onto two different channels to help the algorithm push each one to specific audiences.
    Either way, love your videos

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks so much. It has been my experience that "the algorithm" seems to run on a mostly per-video basis. I realize I am going to scare off certain subscribers, but my intention here is far too expansive. If I broke all my ideas into channels, I will managing a dozen channels. I'm not a big "stay in your lane" person.

    • @gaetanomontante5161
      @gaetanomontante5161 11 месяцев назад

      Thank you Jo. You are a good sport. And yes, I also hope that Cris's viewership can increase over time. @@jopalmer1510

  • @josefheinz5309
    @josefheinz5309 3 месяца назад

    Please make more videos, this channel deserves more recognition.

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  3 месяца назад +1

      Working on it. The next video is really difficult, but thanks!

  • @meccamiles7816
    @meccamiles7816 11 месяцев назад +1

    Beautifully articulated.

  • @matthewhughes4316
    @matthewhughes4316 11 месяцев назад +3

    Excellent video! You've provided some good reasoning and terminology to something I've been thinking about a lot over the past few years, so that's very helpful and satisfying.

  • @Charlie-Em
    @Charlie-Em 11 месяцев назад +1

    This is badass! It's all so true!!

  • @benjaminbeard3736
    @benjaminbeard3736 11 месяцев назад +1

    You do good work man. I'm m glad i subbed you after that first gravity video.

  • @gg1648
    @gg1648 6 месяцев назад +1

    It's nice to accept people in society, but it isn't kind to enable unhealthy behaviors. 🎉

  • @sd6gaming367
    @sd6gaming367 11 месяцев назад

    Great work. Keep it up. You two are doing amazing things. May the algorithm gods smile upon you.

  • @EvenTheDogAgrees
    @EvenTheDogAgrees 11 месяцев назад +1

    Ooh! This video is kind of nice!
    Yeah, nope... Not scrolling down to see how many dozens have beaten me to the punch already. 😂

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад

      😄

    • @gaetanomontante5161
      @gaetanomontante5161 11 месяцев назад

      Hey, Dog, I did. You are the first one that put it precisely that way. Congratulations.

    • @EvenTheDogAgrees
      @EvenTheDogAgrees 11 месяцев назад

      @@gaetanomontante5161 Lol, you're certainly having fun in the comment section. 😂

    • @gaetanomontante5161
      @gaetanomontante5161 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@EvenTheDogAgrees hehehe, you have to admit that some are easy fit. Hehehe

  • @mhmdghfr
    @mhmdghfr 11 месяцев назад

    Very good distinction between two sorts of act and emotion:
    Nice is more about appearance but not knowing if the shown goodness is internal.
    [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: 'stupid', from Latin nescius 'lacking knowledge', from nescire 'not to know']
    Kind is about internal affection and regarding others as your kin.
    [OE gecynde 'natural, native', in ME 'well born or well bred', whence 'courteous, gentle'.]
    So one might interpret something as nice but to realize it being genuinely kind later.

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад

      Thank you. It's true, when looking at a single act, something "kind" and something "nice" can look the same. The distinction comes through habit and relationships.

  • @joshuamorris9597
    @joshuamorris9597 11 месяцев назад +1

    Chris, a while back, over on your second gravity video I asked if you could lower the bg music during your explainer sections. You did on your next one, and I noticed.
    That was *kind* of you to do, and I wanted to say that I appreciate it. I'm very glad I subbed here--lots to think about from this video, especially before a week of dog and pony show job interview stuff. How can I push myself to be better than just "nice"? 🤔 Thank you for surfacing this distinction.

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад

      Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, we have been trying to be mindful of the music vs. voice volume.

  • @EverythingCameFromNothing
    @EverythingCameFromNothing 11 месяцев назад +1

    Never thought about this, but it makes sense
    Thanks 😊

  • @th3tiby
    @th3tiby 11 месяцев назад +2

    While I came here to learn about your view on dimensions, matter, etc I really appreciate this series as well.
    As a personal feedback, even though I am old though to remember American Idol, I do not know many of the movie references you used to illustrate different behaviours or jokes and I found them distracting from your otherwise coherent and interesting presentation, even though I could figure out some of these references on the spot via the context.
    Would you consider using less of such clips, please?
    Thank you

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад +1

      We're always refining the format. I did try to find a good Jimmy Stewart clip. 😊

  • @Paruthi.618
    @Paruthi.618 11 месяцев назад +2

    perfect explanation..

  • @jamesrutherford
    @jamesrutherford 11 месяцев назад +2

    great show

  • @cornoc
    @cornoc 11 месяцев назад +1

    a little kindness for you: your mic was crackling a bit at times, probably rubbing on your tie or shirt. now you'll know for next time
    i agree with the main thesis though; being kind is better but it's really tough. the hardest part is threading the needle of saying what needs to be said without being overly harsh or direct

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад +2

      Well, it seems like you are practicing it well. At some point, I just need to get a good mic for the desk.

  • @michaelkaliski7651
    @michaelkaliski7651 11 месяцев назад

    Clearly the reason my teachers marked down any work that contained the words “nice” or “kind”. Their excuse was that these words were such catchall expressions that they represented lazy thinking and an absence of the ability to express oneself clearly. So anyone using the words “nice” or “kind” is either an idiot or is being deliberately duplicitous. Decades of experience since leaving school has proved this to actually be correct.

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад

      I tend to agree, but of the two, I think "nice" is the most intentionally vague.

    • @gaetanomontante5161
      @gaetanomontante5161 11 месяцев назад

      You all can agree all you want, but when someone IS or is described as "kind" he (generic "he", no ambiguity of gender here) is immediately understood to be compassionate, generous, helpful, sensitive, ... well, you get the drift, don't you?

  • @quinto3969
    @quinto3969 11 месяцев назад

    Hey Chris, can't say I watched this whole video. It wasn't my cup of tea. But, I have been chewing on the 'sphere'. That snake eating its tail keeps popping in my head for some reason? A battery trying to recharge itself, kinda stuff. The only thing I can decipher from that symbology is decoupling.

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад

      I use the ouroboros simply as a metaphor for circular reasoning: proving an argument by asserting its claims.
      "A is true because B is true; B is true because A is true."

    • @quinto3969
      @quinto3969 11 месяцев назад

      @@ChrisTheBrain well, don't think you can decouple the em from the electro else everything is grounded together. You would have to decouple them. As in a real scenario.

  • @jackawatts
    @jackawatts 11 месяцев назад

  • @LettersAndNumbers300
    @LettersAndNumbers300 11 месяцев назад

    I love you but we need you in physics!

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад

      If you see the very end of my last video, I explain that I am going to diversify my videos. The reasons are:
      1) The science videos take a LONG time to make. Releasing one video every 6 months or more isn't enough to grow a channel.
      2) I am a lifelong student who studies a lot of topics.
      3) I enjoy doing these.
      My brain jumps around no matter what, so a lot of these videos are "in pocket" and require a lot less work. Fear not, the science videos are my top priority.

    • @LettersAndNumbers300
      @LettersAndNumbers300 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@ChrisTheBrain awesome man, eagerly awaiting your vindicaTIOOOOOOONNNN!!!!

  • @FantasticOtto
    @FantasticOtto 11 месяцев назад

    I only partially agree with this video. To portray the word nice in an exclusively negative light, is somewhat off. Sure, you can be nice and still a douche. But niceness is a way of communicating your intentions, honestly or not.
    Kindness is intent, while niceness is a method. Not the only method, but one that is critical for certain people, especially those emotionally insecure.
    Oh, and if I wave and say good morning to someone and they ignore me, then yeah, I ain’t gonna do that to them. Saying good morning isn’t about kindness, it’s about communicating « I see you and consider you not a threat to me ». Not responding in kind speaks volumes and has consequences for future social interaction. These are primal human behavioral patterns. There’s no point in branding their importance to people into something as simple as shallowness.

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад +2

      Sometimes, a person can be deep in thought or internally troubled, so when you wave "Hi" their brain can't react fast enough to reply (It's certainly happened to me). Sure, we developed these habits out of survival and social instinct, but kindness is about evolving beyond base instincts. That's the point, to look past these unspoken rules of social engagement to leave room for grace.

    • @FantasticOtto
      @FantasticOtto 11 месяцев назад

      @@ChrisTheBrain I applaud your intention of seeking to change basic human instincts related to acknowledging greetings, and I understand your desire for more authentic and meaningful interactions with others. There is an importance of sincerity in social exchanges, I agree.
      However, it's essential to recognize that greetings is a universal human behavior rooted in evolutionary history. It’s an instinctive practice that is crucial when interacting with individuals from diverse backgrounds and different cultures, especially when language barriers may exist. It serves as a non-verbal bridge, conveying respect and good intentions, even when spoken language fails.
      There may be occasions where the need for acknowledging someone’s greetings might come across as superfluous among familiar people. But that’s a momentary convenience, and one not worth the sacrifice of what I consider a fundamental human behavior.

    • @EvenTheDogAgrees
      @EvenTheDogAgrees 11 месяцев назад

      @@FantasticOtto He does have a point though about not reacting to greetings because you're so preoccupied you don't even register them. I have something similar where if I'm in the zone, and someone greets me, it's just something that happens in the periphery. I am aware of it, but only in a vague sense, and I file it away because it's not relevant at that point in time. It usually takes me a couple of seconds for it to bubble up, and wake me from my trance, at which point I finally respond.
      That's not because I am trying to be an a-hole or anything, it just takes my brain a couple of seconds to realise what happened and respond appropriately. The feeling is kind of similar to when you hear something but didn't understand it, so your brain replays the auditory stimulus, at which point you suddenly understand it clearly. If this never happened to you, it's kind of hard to describe Kind of like how would you describe colour to a blind person? But for me at least, it's a regular occurrence.

    • @gaetanomontante5161
      @gaetanomontante5161 11 месяцев назад

      Here you go again, Dog, trying to dot every "i" or cross every "t" you come across. You seem to be doggedly about it. @@EvenTheDogAgrees

  • @NeoShameMan
    @NeoShameMan 11 месяцев назад

    That mean you need another channel don't mix subject on RUclips, i came for 5d not being nice to words

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад +2

      Sorry, get ready for a rollercoaster

    • @NeoShameMan
      @NeoShameMan 11 месяцев назад

      @@ChrisTheBrain I meant youtube algorithm will bury you if audience nterest are mixed, because uneven engagement

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад +2

      @@NeoShameMan In marketing, there is a thing called "the hidden demographic" - basically the idea that interests intersect on complex factors not identifiable in traditional "stereotype" thinking.
      Since the algorithm is based on "people who watched X also watched Y" more than keywords, I think I can train it to be more expensive.
      It will take longer, but I'm not in a hurry. Also, doing this now means I'm not pigeon-holed later.
      I might be wrong, but I have manipulated algorithms for 2 decades.

    • @NeoShameMan
      @NeoShameMan 11 месяцев назад

      @@ChrisTheBrain I hope you are right about the overlap, the more successful the more of that interesting theory I get to see animated, if you are wrong about that theory it still massively inspiring, I might base my technobabble on it!

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад

      @@NeoShameMan Thanks so much!

  • @FoxtrotYouniform
    @FoxtrotYouniform 11 месяцев назад

    mumble mumble 9th doctor is best doctor mumble mumble

    • @gaetanomontante5161
      @gaetanomontante5161 11 месяцев назад

      no response to you. It would be defective in substance.

  • @depausvandelilithkerk5785
    @depausvandelilithkerk5785 11 месяцев назад

    Your words mean nothing without a definition of what "good" is, looking "good" and doing "good" are relative concepts.

    • @ChrisTheBrain
      @ChrisTheBrain  11 месяцев назад +5

      One thing at a time...

    • @depausvandelilithkerk5785
      @depausvandelilithkerk5785 11 месяцев назад

      @@ChrisTheBrain 👍

    • @gaetanomontante5161
      @gaetanomontante5161 11 месяцев назад

      Funny how certain quips remind me of a promiscuous president of the USA who in order to dodge a train trying to splatter him was known to derail the whole argument of his accusers by attempting to redefine what the word "IS" was. He was also notorious for trying to change the meaning of what "having sexual relations" was. ...or was not. Stop it already Kerk57.

  • @elfeiin
    @elfeiin 11 месяцев назад

    It is _nice_ to use preferred pronouns...

    • @elfeiin
      @elfeiin 11 месяцев назад

      sorry

    • @sudd3660
      @sudd3660 11 месяцев назад +1

      pronouns is something other people call you, not what you can make other people call you.

    • @elfeiin
      @elfeiin 11 месяцев назад

      @@sudd3660 so it is nice and not kind?