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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 07 May 2012 05:23:32AM *  1 point [-]

Not a bias, just a desire to avoid projecting low status.

duckduckMOO's suggestions amount to spinning the situation in a status neutral way. I find that I can spin almost anything I do as status neutral if I think for a little bit.