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The phrase “fair enough” is versatile and can be used in a variety of contexts. It is often used as a response to a statement or question, indicating that the speaker understands what has been said and accepts it as reasonable.
- Rule #1: Life Is A Competition
- Rule #2. You’Re Judged by What You Do, Not What You Think
- Rule #3. Our Idea of Fairness Is Self Interest
- Why Life Isn’T Fair
That business you work for? Someone’s trying to kill it. That job you like? Someone would love to replace you with a computer program. That girlfriend / boyfriend / high-paying job / Nobel Prize that you want? So does somebody else. We’re all in competition, although we prefer not to realise it. Most achievements are only notable relative to others...
Society judges people by what they can do for others. Can you save children from a burning house, or remove a tumour, or make a room of strangers laugh? You’ve got value right there. That’s not how we judge ourselves though. We judge ourselves by our thoughts. “I’m a good person”. “I’m ambitious”. “I’m better than this.” These idle impulses may com...
People like to invent moral authority. It’s why we have referees in sports games and judges in courtrooms: we have an innate sense of right and wrong, and we expect the world to comply. Our parents tell us this. Our teachers teach us this. Be a good boy, and have some candy. But reality is indifferent. You studied hard, but you failed the exam. You...
Our idea of fairness isn’t actually obtainable. It’s really just a cloak for wishful thinking. Can you imagine how insane life would be if it actually was ‘fair’ to everyone? No-one could fancy anyone who wasn’t the love of their life, for fear of breaking a heart. Companies would only fail if everyone who worked for them was evil. Relationships wo...
Feb 7, 2015 · No, 'fair enough' is not completely equivalent to 'OK'. 'OK' means many things and is very frequent. It can mean 'I agree' or 'I accept what you say' or 'Yes' or similar affirmatory things.
Macmillan defines two flavors of the phrase fair enough: 1 used for saying that you understand and accept what someone says: 'She said she didn't want to work for anyone else.' 'OK, fair enough.' 2 used for saying that something seems reasonable but you do not agree with it completely.
Hello! I remember reading that fair enough means "okay" and that fair point is used to acknowledge that what someone has just said makes sense and that you hadn't though of it before. I don't think that's 100% right, though. Take this sentence, for example:
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Jun 26, 2020 · This would be one good mechanism for increasing social mobility. Fairness matters: systematic unfair discrimination increases conflict and tension in societies and international community.
