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I wouldn't dare defile Douglas Adam's memory by not mentioning that you should keep a towel with you at all times, but my second contender is a surprisingly short three-parter:

  1. never lie.
  2. never tell the whole truth.
  3. never pass up a chance to use a real bathroom.
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[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago

Leave it better than you found it.

Goes for your home, your neighborhood, or something you've borrowed. It can be applied to the planet, the beach, the trail, the car, the job.

Hell, it even goes for people. Leave them a little happier, a little wiser, a little more prosperous than before.

Second rule, give people the benefit of the doubt and don't attribute an action as the person. Did they cut you off on the road? They're having a bad day and made a mistake. They're speeding? Maybe they are on the way to see a loved one without much longer to live. Don't call someone an asshole just because they made an asshole move. People are so much more than that one interaction with them.

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Funny enough, these have analogs in programming!

Leave it better than you found it.

The Boyscouts rule! Clean up bad code if you can!

Second rule, give people the benefit of the doubt and don't attribute an action as the person.

Sometimes you gotta write janky code to meet a deadline. That is not a personal failure. And give folks a break who do it too.

[-] InternetPerson@lemmings.world 3 points 1 month ago

Hell, it even goes for people. Leave them a little happier, a little wiser, a little more prosperous than before.

I like that. Thank you. I'll try.

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