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My Recommendations Always Get Ignored (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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No one ever reads or watches what I recommend (that's a lie, one person does). I usually don't expect others to engage with my interests, I wouldn't hold a grudge if they don't. But it upsets me when this occurs in the event of exchanging recommendations with someone who ends up not reciprocating. This has happened on four separate occasions with different people. While I'd actually read the book, give my opinion and genuinely engage with them, they would postpone doing so and constantly make excuses until they think I've forgotten. One time I made a promise with a friend to watch a series of their choice and vice versa, guess who did and who didn't (“My internet connection is so bad” you're literally watching other shows as we speak...)

This begs the question: are my recommendations this bad? I'd like to put that to the test. Here are the recommendations in question:

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If you can find it in your heart at this point, this is a really good place to not take it personally. I have really good friends who never take my recommendations. There are all sorts of good recommendations for activities, media, business deals, and advice (solicited or otherwise) that we're all ignoring all the time. Personally, as a rule of thumb, if someone asks to be taught something, I agree but don't go out of my way until they follow up because the likelihood it falls through is that high.

The whole schtick behind (good) sales is trying to push people into saying for themselves why it's important that they get a product and why they want it. They make the process behind desire into a wretched sith-like art. "What'll happen if you don't watch Avatar and all your friends want to talk about it? deeper-sadness "

Taking recommendations makes you a good friend. And it's a special thing for those with eyes to see. Part of my career at the CIA monitoring leftists who post too good has been seeing people who would benefit (profit) easily and obviously who seem interested simply become unresponsive. We've had a dozen ideas fall through.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Part of my career at the CIA monitoring leftists who post too good has been seeing people who would benefit (profit) easily and obviously who seem interested simply become unresponsive.

Nice try, FBI, you can't fool me

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well, ThermonuclearEgg, I've seen your work. Let's just say you have nothing to worry about.

From 1 year ago:

If it makes you feel any better I'm at Langley monitoring leftists and I haven't given your details to my handlers yet. Maybe step up your posting game.

P.S. here's one where I'm venting about work at the CIA

https://hexbear.net/comment/5639413

LMAO I follow up with

Well, I already have to be an imposter on leftist boards. That's not technically correct - my boss tells me that I'm not supposed to post in the places I monitor cause "I might get compromised." But he's a piece of shit anyway and if I had a union he'd change his tone. But anyway, the point is that I get a lot of CBT therapy in regards to imposter syndrome. My crotch is always sore but it seems to help.