#niceness

[asmallorthodoxblog]

[rapha-reads]

Been rereading my thesis on folktales, rewritings and Beauty and the Beast to prepare for writing my PhD thesis proposal, and although it's not a part I need to save for that, I reached that passage and felt like sharing, because it's a little paragraph I'm quite proud of:

There is a crucial distinction to be made between the notion of kindness and that of niceness. In the simplest of terms, being kind implies a conscious choice to go towards others and help them for the sake of helping them, while being nice is a social act that expects a reward. One can be kind without coming off as nice, and nice people are not necessarily kind. Niceness comes with social repercussions and expectations: I will be nice to these people so that they will talk positively about me, and it will bring me popularity and social standing. But behind closed doors, the mask falls and all these actions turn out to be pretence. On the other hand, kindness is often invisible, and does not offer any compensation. Being nice is acting as society expects you to because you are afraid that if you do not, you will not be accepted. Being kind is acting selflessly for the good of others without thinking of society’s requirements, nor even thinking of one’s own self.

[itsmythang]

Trump gets distracted: Accidentally tells what we all knew. Be nice to him and he is your's for the taking. Regardless of who/what you are.

"We have a regime change. They said 'what do you mean you have regime change?...' My friend, great show... I love this guy, He's so nice to me. Every time I watch... you know, we're not supposed to be seduced that way, but I am. When someone's nice to me, I love that person. Even if they're bad people!"

[grrl-beetle]

Niceness

[jolitl]

people not believing in friendship being powerful is really hard because like. I've seen this! everyone around me that was mean about my transition grew to be less mean about it when i was nice to them eventually. Some didn't but its okay. But immediate family ended up less mean over time and some even supporting!. Friendship is powerful and friendship works! but people seem to have given up on it completely as a force of good. Didn't you learn from my little pony as a kid? You can't change everyone, but friendship does change some people

[beardedmrbean]

US FDA approves Merck's combination HIV treatment

April 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Merck's once-daily, oral, combination regimen for HIV infections, th

April 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ‌approved Merck's once-daily, oral, combination ‌regimen for HIV infections, the health ​regulator's website showed on Tuesday.

The two-drug combination of doravirine and islatravir was approved to replace the ‌current antiretroviral regimen ⁠for treating HIV-1 infection in some adults.

While islatravir ⁠is an experimental treatment, Merck's doravirine is already approved and ​sold in ​the U.S. ​under brand name ‌Pifeltro for HIV-1 treatment in combination with other antiretrovirals, and as a single-tablet regimen, Delstrigo.

About 40.8 million people are living with ‌HIV globally, with about ​1.3 million new ​infections occurring ​annually, according to National ‌Institutes of Health data.

The ​drugmaker ​did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.

[doppleganger-rental]

Nice is good.