I still don't understand why this is so cool. But maybe it will grow on me.

yesterday is a female.patient in the clinic come that such.fear before tooth doctors had that she.during the examination to scream begun.has then upstood and out the building run. It's like if the Amish wrote Shakespeare.

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the pitch: AI will advance science and bring us world peace. the reality:

Accuse fast, update fast, backtrack fast, and most importantly, destroy any evidence that you were ever wrong. It's a winning credo I've followed from a young age.

Remember when this was a cool site to connect with people you met the first week of freshman year?

it's crazy how teachers all around the USA were (are?) using this exact same wording. like where does this spread? are they going to other teacher's classes? is this a sheet they hand out in in-service training?.

THE BELL DOESN'T DISMISS YOU, *I* DISMISS YOU.

I do understand why non-New Yorkers think we navel gaze too much

Just saw someone point out that a lot of zoomer slang is narrativizing/self-mythologizing:. arc.era.lore .for the plot.side quest.main character. I wonder why. Narcissism? Playing too many RPGs growing up?.

"Maybe social media was this aberration in a way, or a detour. And this idea that every normal person should share their life in public was kind of flawed from the beginning.".

Personal updates are moving towards private group chats instead of public social media, which is ditching social and just becoming "media", a place for brands to market to people. I called this years ago!.

I turned these into a post to make them more readable:. Working on a much more comprehensive social skills guide based on these - stay tuned.

Thanks all for the feedback on the social skills rules. I've long found pop literature on social skills to be subpar and have been been thinking of writing a comprehensive guide similar to my others: Now I have the momentum to do it. Watch this space!.

You can just drop threads that don't serve the conversation, like:. - anything that leads towards discord or bad vibes .- anything well-meaning that might cause (hidden) psychological harm to someone participating. Back to #2: this is much easier if you're the one driving.

34. You win many more hearts playing the curious and thoughtful midwit than the lecturing genius. In most cases, your interlocutor should best feel that they're either slightly smarter (= they're teaching you) or of similar intelligence to you (= you're riffing together).

33. Don't ask to exchange contact information, God forbid LinkedIn, unless you actually had a meaningful conversation. (No, a five minute dry convo about work is not a meaningful conversation.).

32. If you're smart and successful, you'll win far more favor by downplaying your intelligence and achievements. Signal humility, always.

31. If making references that are outside someone's context, do so only if they're curious, and make it come from a place of genuine interest in teaching rather than bragging.

30. Share sensitive information about yourself first and gauge someone's reaction before asking them the same level of question.

29. Avoid all repetition: telling the same joke twice, telling a story that someone has already heard even if you and they are just one part of a larger group conversation, etc.

28. References should be framed within your conversation partner's cultural context. No one wants to feel dumb or out of the loop.