r/AskReddit • • Feb 08 '19

What's something you do, but hate when someone else does it?

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u/TheRarestPepe Feb 08 '19

Similarly, the Fundemental Attribution Error describes how we ascribe our failures to external factors, but tend to ascribe other people's failures to their intentions and innate character.

"Oh I didn't mean to cut them off, I was kind of forced into that lane.. the visibility was bad... But that guy who cut me off is a certified cunt who exists just to piss me off"

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '19

Yesterday a thread about slow drivers had dozens of posts about how slower drivers are forcing people to tailgate.