• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    It’s often said that people like to hear their own name, so once you know someones name, if you want them to like you, use their name frequently when addressing them.

    But I mean, when you’re apologizing for a violent death cult, I guess it helps to use as many cheap psychological tricks as you can to justify all the fucking abuse, gaslighting, and hate.

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        10 months ago

        Speaking as a guy who often gets lost in a conversation and can’t think of what to do or say, personality mirroring is my goto. It makes conversations easy. Just copy them. Gotten positive results.

        also, about the handshake. So you just hold the guy’s hand until he gets uncomfortable a pulls away? I haven’t tried that.