I felt real goofy realizing I’m showing up as myself and other ppl were just giving me a show …
2026-07-04 14:05:22
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attention_span :
social scripts are a way to rest the brain and save energy. Just press play and do the whole thing on autopilot. Then use your limited energy and social battery on people you actually care about
2026-05-16 21:01:41
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ivylur29 :
The crucial part for us is trying to have a good community and try to understand who really means it and can actually be part of our life, and people who don’t mean it. When I found my people and they actually wanted to catch up and stay in my life or see me after years of living afar and just talking, well, that felt good.
2026-05-17 09:46:09
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Khawaja💚 :
I feel like seeing someone in person compared to seeing someone on socials are different. Idk. I also don’t tell ppl we should catch up tho 😂 I just say “it was nice seeing you”
2026-05-17 00:31:05
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Ann-Kathleen 🧬✨ :
Omggggg I’m such a literal person 😂😂😂 I take everything to heart
2026-07-05 15:14:27
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dortea :
Pls let me save this . This had to be my everyday alarm😭 just a lil reminder
2026-05-17 11:20:57
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Captain.Cucumberhead :
How can I download you as an inner monologue please?
2026-05-16 19:12:20
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CherryChimesIn🍒🎙️ :
Oh my gosh you explained this so perfectly well I know exactly what you're talking about
2026-07-13 18:44:40
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SarahDB :
I realized this a few days ago 🙈
2026-06-13 09:57:55
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olivengarten :
what I love doing is asking them after their performance when they want to meet up and then see how they're trying to justify how they don't have any time and don't actually wanna see me without sounding rude xD
2026-07-15 16:04:23
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Mr. Nobody :
Preach!!!
2026-07-02 13:40:32
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dark_heart_queen :
Thanks for explaining because I am very confused 😭
2026-07-05 02:13:41
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Joi Smith68 :
This!!!!
2026-07-03 00:59:25
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✨️🎵🌻☕️🎀 Diana 🎀☕️🌻🎵✨️ :
love all of this 👏 and vibin to the background tunes lol
2026-05-28 17:16:27
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ATLGuy89 :
Thank you for this!!!!
2026-05-22 15:00:36
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sacrificial.lamborghini :
Exact same thing - gotten myself into awkward situations because I thought they mean all of that :))))
2026-05-17 18:31:54
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AshTanya :
I was just having this conversation with someone. It’s so exhausting taking it literal that someone wants to hang out, suggesting a plan and watching them panic/ flake. My decision has been to continue taking what they say at face value, and the people who actually do mean it and do want to then hangout, have revealed themselves and I’m slowly making more friends that way
2026-05-17 08:06:00
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Rose :
I promise this confuses me so much. I'd run into the same person over and over again and they would say that. I actually started telling people no which my sister would say was rude but we'd never actually get together. Thanks for this because im very literal.
2026-05-16 19:45:51
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connie00000x :
omg you just made me realise that is a performance!!! i was confused why they didn’t reply omg i didn’t realise and i’m 24😭😭
2026-05-17 09:14:23
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Lyly :
There’s just one thing I’d add to that :)
Not sure if it’s intentional but the way you described it sounds like “it’s not real, they don’t really care about you”.
But they aren’t doing this as a way of strategical “social climbing”. They do it because their way of showing love and appreciation is much more momentary. They don’t require deep and intimate connections like ND people do, their way of making friends is a series of shared experiences. And when they show this “performative” warmth, it’s just their way of making sure that your shared experiences are positive. The reason reaching out to them later may come off as a bit strange is because they don’t get stuck on this experience and reflect on its meaning for a long time, they just focus on what’s in front of them. So their “performance” followed by avoidance doesn’t mean they don’t like you, it means you two haven’t had enough “performances” together to have a strong tie yet. But that doesn’t make their interaction fake, it’s just their way of showing appreciation towards others. Just like your way of showing appreciation is sticking to the person you like and finding out more about them on a personal level.
2026-05-17 15:55:45
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Nora Hayden :
It’s similar for me when I first came to the US. It took me at least a week to understand “how are you doing” just means hello and is not a question
2026-05-17 10:55:47
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❤️paulette❤️ :
It’s so extra
2026-05-16 19:15:08
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Lizbassface :
Yes but this makes me feel so sad how do you get past that? Cos if everyone was genuine surely we’d be solving problems not perpetuating / avoiding them if that makes sense
2026-05-17 14:39:36
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rekim304 :
The part where u said I don’t even really know why they do it 🎯
2026-07-05 05:52:25
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