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>When a parent asks friends "look at this photo, isn't my baby beautiful?" the answer is information-free as everyone will say "yes, that is a cute baby".

One of my life goals is to always answer this question honestly.

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Please don't. Nothing good can come of it.

Perhaps they'll initiate less meaningless smalltalk with me once they realize that I prefer to engage in honest, substantial conversations.

Don't want to know what I think? Don't ask me.

They'll probably initiate less talk of any kind with you after pulling that.

That's fine with me. They sound like the type of people I'd rather not spend much time talking to anyway.

People who would get offended if you called their kid ugly are not the kind of people you'd want to spend time with? That's basically every person on earth.

Thinking that something is not beautiful is not the same thing as thinking that something is ugly. And there is a pretty obvious (though not to you, apparently) difference between being asked that question and me responding honestly, and me simply remarking, unprovoked, "boy, that kid sure looks pretty damn ugly, don't he?"

The kind of people I want to spend my time around are those who prefer honest questions and honest answers, as opposed to those simply soliciting me for a bit of verbal fellatio.

Is that clear enough for you?

Not being able to see the beauty in another human being is just sad.

You could spare us and stop initiating useless and argumentative smalltalk yourself.

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