• Kefass
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    2 年前

    I learned to combat this with 3 simple questions:

    1. What kind of job do you do? (Or study)
    2. Where do you live?
    3. Do you have any kids, dog,…

    Be interrested in their answers and add some simple follow-up questions that show you are listening. Add some content of your own as a follow-up.

    Posing that first question can be a bit weird, but the rest is as simple as it sounds.

      • Lemisset
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        That’s where I rely on “fake it till you make it”.

        • Fuck u/spez@sh.itjust.works
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          What if, completely hypothetically of course, I’m pushing 40 and only moderately depressed but still prefer the company of my dogs to most people?

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              2 年前

              Sweet, dumb, wonderful shelter mutts.

              What are we using to post videos to Lemmy at this point? It still doesn’t seem to work from Voyager.

                  • Cryophilia
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                    Brave, android

                    As a general rule, I don’t like apps. I like to have as much web traffic as possible routed through my browser, which I can then use to block cookies, trackers, etc. Generally speaking, apps are much worse on privacy.