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What are you always tired to do? (piefed.social)
submitted 9 hours ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Celebrate holidays. Cool, it's halloween, eh I'll eat a couple pieces of candy. Cool, it's christmas, let me chug down at least some egg nog. I just can't get into the habit of decorating because to me, it's just more work.

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[–] 3 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Code switch?

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  • [–] 6 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

    Code-switching is a linguistic tool. In short you change the way you present speech to better communicate with specific audiences. Easiest example is when you swap from a casual tone that might include slang with your friends to a "professional" or formal tone when talking with your employer.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 hours ago

    I've never heard that term before, even though it's pretty much how I've survived as long as I have. I always just called it Chameleon, and I think I must be pretty good at it, because I can see how bad other people are at it.

    I worked in sales for 10 years or so, and honestly, I was a shit salesman. (I had a job to do, but I NEVER wanted to pull any shady shit) But, I was good at mimicking the people who were in front of me. I became a bro when the frat boys walked in, I was a polite young man when the church crowd showed up. I grew customers by being whoever they wanted me to be, and just being helpful.

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