• @Kefass
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    318 months ago

    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.

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      138 months ago

      Be interested in their answers

      Yeah, so, that’s where I usually drop the ball. What if I’m just… not?

      • @Lemisset
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        118 months ago

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

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          98 months ago

          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?

          • @Cryophilia
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            128 months ago

            What kind of dogs do you have?

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              28 months ago

              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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                    18 months ago

                    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.