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Someone who installs smoke detectors in your house and a flamethrower in theirs.

means Someone who acts as if they hold certain moral standards or beliefs while behaving in ways that contradict them.

from From Greek 'hypokrites,' meaning 'stage actor' or 'pretender' — literally one who 'answers from under,' tied to 'hypokrinesthai,' to play a part. Greek actors performed behind masks, voicing characters they weren't, and the word slid from the theater into moral life: the hypocrite is someone still wearing the mask after the play is supposed to be over, performing virtue rather than living it.

original meaning
greek for stage actor playing a role
brain quirk
judges others' actions, excuses own by intentions
spotting tip
check what they do when unwatched
universal truth
everyone is one about something, unknowingly
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