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People who don't understand things often get cranky when they're told it's easy. Seems fair though, it does seem rude to tell someone missing a leg it's easy to run... But it also seems rude to get upset at someone who's good at something they've studied so perhaps everyone is bad at understanding the person they're talking to, and people should assume more good faith.


That’s why I prefer to use “straightforward” rather than “easy.”

People seem to take that much better.


I also like "simple". Lots and lots of very hard things are not at all complicated.


Hitting a homerun is straightforward, but it’s not easy.


I would argue the concept of hitting a homerun is straightforward, but the preparation, training and execution are not.

You’re arguing semantics.

The two words are synonymous in most casual conversation where you would be in danger of offending by saying something is easy or simple.


I think I was trying to agree with OP. Just giving an example that came to mind.

Conversely, setting up Jira is neither straightforward, easy or simple.




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