Put-down humor, such as telling friends an embarrassing story about another friend, is a socially acceptable way to deploy aggression and make others look bad so you look good.

比如告诉你的朋友关于另一个朋友的尴尬事情，目的是想显示出你比较好，而其他人没你好。

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My life has been good and bad, easy and difficult, lonely and filled with friends and family.

在我的生活里，有过好的，有过坏的；有时顺利，有时也会遇到坎坷；有时会孤单，但是有时也会因为朋友和家人的陪伴而感到充实。

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The good news is that you don't have to work 9 to 5. The bad news is that some friends and family may assume you don't have to work at all.

在家工作的好处是没有朝九晚五的工作时间限制，坏处是有些朋友和家人可能以为你根本不需要做事。

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So, investors will have a tendency to try to hide -or people who sell investments will try to channel the good investments to their friends and dump the bad stuff on other people.

所以,投资者倾向于掩盖,或者说是投资产品的销售者会试图,把好的投资产品卖给自己的朋友,而把那些差的留给外人

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If we are good to our friends and bad to our enemies, we will know how to reward our friends and punish our enemies.

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