Ivemer: If there was such a thing as an existential detective that you could hire to become an expert on you and then give you feed bag, that would be fascinating. I think one thing people don't spend enough time thinking about is, ok, if i can't change this aspect of my personality, what could i do so that it doesn't have a negative impact on my life or on other people? When i figured out that people can't tell when i like them, i learned i have to like, explicitly tell people, i had a really good time last night, you know, i i enjoyed it. But i haven't necessarly got a lot better at that
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