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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I found a secret. Normal people also feel like this, they are just better at reading the ambient rules.

It turns out, if you project your own mindset with enough confidence, they will sync to your rules. No need to figure out the rules, when you've already redefined them to suit yourself.

[–] phar@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You say that but when I took my pants off on the airplane, they arrested me when we landed.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Agreed, it has its limits. Trying to get a library karaoke session going, to reduce exam stress also ends poorly.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Or just be me, ADHD as hell, and be oblivious that there are rules that I'm unaware of until like age 30 :D