That's the double edged sword of absolutes.
Once someone has a reputation, they can do almost anything and people will still consider them based on their previous reputation.
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That's the double edged sword of absolutes.
Once someone has a reputation, they can do almost anything and people will still consider them based on their previous reputation.
Yes it can fail to apply new behavior as well. People can change. We can stop doing what we formerly did. That's when someone is no longer a dick lol. They don't want to be, so they aren't anymore, at least not intentionally, maybe some slip ups hehe. Sometimes people don't want to change, and other times we do. But to trust someone again, we need their demonstration of a persistence and repeatability to their changed behavior.
Reputations blind both ways indeed, to focus on the bad rep and ignore the change towards being better after, and focusing on the good rep and ignoring the bad someone is doing.