"Elitism" vs "Casualism"

[Goji1639]

The comparison is poor to begin with - you will presumably need to work with coworkers in the future, DF pugs are people they're unlucky to encounter again and thus there is no lasting stigma to them being corrected in front of them.

The point remains, if anyone's ego is that fragile they should probably figure out what's going on with them to make it so.

This is just something to keep in mind.

When you're giving advice to someone in a public setting it's not just "I'm being so nice and helpful, yay me!" What you're actually doing is singling someone out and announcing their shortcomings in front of a group of strangers. Understand what that means; why it will often be received poorly and why it's something you probably shouldn't do for frivolous reasons.

I think it helps to give people the benefit of the doubt that they're giving the advice out of a desire to be helpful, and not be an arse. I could be very wrong, but I feel like you believe the opposite to be true.

I mainly just don't like unnecessary drama in my runs.

Regardless of your intentions, calling someone out in front of other people will always be a contentious thing to do. That's why it's considered common courtesy offer critiques in private; picking someone apart in public has always been considered rude and likely always will be.

I'm not saying there's no context that would justify you speaking up; just don't do it for petty reasons.