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on a lifelong pursuit of answering the same question framed in a million different ways: "why do people do what they do?"... also, working as a product manager

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@Pras_fpl @LetsTalk_FPL no way the reverse jinx works Pras

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a lot of the time “cute” isn’t really a compliment, it’s just a nicer way of saying “harmless” or “mid”

a lot of it comes from babies and baby-adjacent stuff (small, innocent, harmless)... basically our biological caregiving instincts kicking in

but we use it way beyond that too, for pretty much anything small, non-threatening and approachable

it does have a legit positive side too in the shape of aesthetics and approachability, something you can let your guard down around, which is where the intimacy bit comes from

but the negative side is the patronising one - harmless in the blunt sense. easy to walk over, no romantic spark, basically the opposite of Peterson’s whole “be dangerous” idea

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@ahmedehab_01 moreover it also ignores the idea of retail therapy and the dopamine rush of buying something. although minor things like figuring reliability, reviews, which seller to trust etc for commodities and product + usecase comparison are interesting agentic use cases tho.

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so much potential in using ai chat like house talked to his team in a generative capacity

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the generative element of AI chat is similar to how House needed his team while working through a case. bounce stuff, connect different ideas, light up dormant ones or just welcome a new one

he still orchestrates the discussion, he still decides the final call with his own judgement. but the group brainstorming lets him access parts of his own brain that are hard to get to alone

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paying a premium adds to the experience itself by inflating brand, perceived quality and a bit of personal ego boost

but there’s a specific point beyond which it’s very very hard to meet the product expectations inflated by the pricing which is the tipping point between niche and overhyped.

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@itsteddyg @FabrizioRomano @BeanymanSports At the very least has close relations with them and he doesn’t want to piss them off because this is definitely not neutral from this standpoint

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@itsteddyg @FabrizioRomano @BeanymanSports City players and ex players defending the matter*

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@itsteddyg @FabrizioRomano @BeanymanSports Everton one wasn’t official then? also he later only tweeted the City player quotes and not other reactions on this matter, looks sus

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on some level everyone is shilling something. i guess it comes down to whether the storyteller cares if the story is true

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that's partly my bias or negativity bias in general talking tho. it's not black and white. some people are world class storytellers and keep their integrity intact

but it’s such a double edged sword tho. for every jobs we've had plenty of theranos. same skill can sell snake oil, start a cult, or get people to care about climate change

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i notice myself being skeptical of anyone who calls themselves a storyteller

partly because it's become a buzzword. but mostly because have seen it used as a crutch to cover for a lack of substance. sometimes to the point where substance stops mattering at all

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@itsteddyg @FabrizioRomano @BeanymanSports No I meant Fab

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This you?

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a big precursor to people setting their egos aside is an environment where it actually feels safe to do so, where you can be wrong, ask the dumb question or change your mind without it being held against you. that means actively nurturing that kind of trust (Ted Lasso style) and/or weeding out the bad actors who make it unsafe or take advantage of the good intentions.

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when a company culture is described as low ego, it almost never means people there don't have egos. in fact it's often the opposite. it means they try to set whatever ego they have aside, so they can optimise for long term gains (the team/company doing well) over short term ones (winning arguments, never looking dumb).

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@itspsneha I basically make the same thing but curious why almond milk tho?
also can split the milk with some greek yogurt to make it more gooey and dessert like

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a day in the life of a passive aggressive old couple:

person 1: wtf there is glass in my bowl of oats
person 2: see?? this is why i always tell you to buy the other shampoo brand
person 1: shut up no its because you keep hanging out with that shady friend of yours

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@shapegrifter a crap ton of ice + lemon makes it pretty refreshing tho

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s2 not being the same is logical tbf, anyone would play it safer, and the show isn't underrated anymore, it has mass appeal now. but a lot of great performance art relies on embracing uncertainty, even not knowing how a joke will land

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i feel like what made Latent s1 fun was that it could go off the rails any second, and Samay enjoyed that tension as well. in s2 he still goes on wild tangents with contestants but pulls back before it gets there, the jokes feel templatised, stuff that's known to work

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used to watch his chess streams which worked well because of his humour + taste + naturally reacting to things on the spot. no one could predict where a stream would end up and he embraced that uncertainty. Latent was a culmination of his journey where he got to maximise his strengths by scaling it upwards from his streaming days