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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I don't think I've ever been asked to define fairness. Lol

Apparently this person gets asked that both ironically and unironically. So like every day they're having to explain to people what fairness is. Hmm.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's probably not in those terms. The phrasing "what sounds fair to you" seems like a reasonable thing to ask.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Sure, but that sounds like a different question to me. The original question sounding philosophical, whereas yours sounds contextually specific

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

Maybe they create these scenarios by talking about fairness a lot.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Happens to me everytime in my made up scenarios

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And then everyone claps right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I prefer getting hundreds