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submitted 7 months ago by Nero@sopuli.xyz to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 7 months ago

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

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Happens to me everytime in my made up scenarios

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And then everyone claps right?

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I prefer getting hundreds

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 5 points 7 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.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

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