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The Importance of Saying No
No is a socially dispreferred response because no one wants us to say no to them. I think we've all experienced that when a family member or friend made a like a pretty heavy ask, right? You're like, Oh geez, that's going to really be inconvenient. And even if it's a big ask from someone important, if it's really a hell no for you, then it should not be something that you engage in. The acquaintance trap is essentially this idea that we have different relationships with different sorts of people.