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jesse-taylor t1_jecn307 wrote

Reply to LPT How can I get better at being more approachable and making eye contact? by SuccessfulManifests

Use your friend group to help you. In a situation with people you don't know, have one of your friends work with you and introduce topics into the conversation... asking your opinion on something, for example. Then you can begin the interaction by looking at and interacting with a person you already know well and feel comfortable with. Then that friend can engage a different person and bring them into the conversation and you can follow their interaction with your eyes on the stranger. Look at the person and nod or whatever when appropriate, even if they are not looking directly at you, and listen. If you relax and focus on what they are saying, while they are talking to (and looking at) your friend, you will likely become more comfortable talking to (and looking at) that new person. It's a place to start, anyway.

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TimeTruthHearts t1_jecm1pj wrote

Reply to comment by Kirahei in LPT: After a good haircut, take a photo of your hair to show to the barber next time you go, it makes life much easier for them and for you. This especially helps if you're going to a new barber for the first time. by bongingnaut

This is anecdotal experience from barbers/salons I've been to.

Some people use clippers more, some don't use scissors, some only use scissors. Some don't need guards, some do. Some aren't good with straight hair, some don't know curly. After years of getting cuts and talking to barbers I've realized there is a lot of nuance to cutting hair and no two barbers cut the same or have the same set of skills. And that's not even touching on styling like perms, dyes, waves, etc.

It's all on what the barber was around when learning, was the population/instructors mostly white, latin, east-asian, middle eastern? All races have different kinds of hairs and ways to cut/style them. I don't think there is a set guideline on what you need to know, you just have to fulfill the hours and pass the test to get your license.

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Ling0 t1_jecljw0 wrote

Reply to comment by josh35767 in LPT: Since April 1st is coming up. A good tip to live by is that everyone should be able to laugh at your prank at the end. If everyone ends up laughing at the person getting pranked, and they are just the punchline, chances are you're just being a jerk. Don't be a jerk. by moosepooo

I know I crashed your car into your house and burnt it down, but I sure did get you that I was texting and driving! You think I would really do that?? This phone isn't even real. You shoulda seen your face!

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john-witty-suffix t1_jecl6v0 wrote

Reply to LPT: It's only a harmless prank/practical joke if everyone is laughing at the end by bozitybozitybopzebop

The bar I always use for "prank" is:

Something you can do to a complete stranger, and that stranger willingly acknowledges the humor value -- beyond "it was funny for other people to laugh at me" -- after the fact.

(They may not personally think it was funny, which leaves some gray area for failed/bad pranks, but they at least acknowledge that it had humor conceptually.)

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cffhhbbbhhggg t1_jeckz7l wrote

Reply to LPT: How to support someone grieving: the process is not linear and often takes longer than people think (even, and sometimes especially, when the relationship with the deceased was painful or estranged). A year may seem like a long time since a death, but to the grieving, it can feel very recent. by survivalothefittest

A year? My dad died when I was a child 13 years ago, and I’m only just starting to grieve it now. Didn’t cry at all for at least five years after it happened

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OldNavyBoy t1_jecj2zw wrote

Reply to LPT: Since April 1st is coming up. A good tip to live by is that everyone should be able to laugh at your prank at the end. If everyone ends up laughing at the person getting pranked, and they are just the punchline, chances are you're just being a jerk. Don't be a jerk. by moosepooo

I appreciate this tip after I messed up last year. Last year, on April 1st I decided to do a prank on my wife at night. I thought this was a good idea bc everyone is on high alert in the morning/day.

Anyways, I texted my buddy to pretend he was a rando chick texting me dirty things. I changed his name on my phone to Karla. (initially I was going with Karl and was gonna have my buddy send dick pix and all this other sh like I was a gay but decided against it last min) We were laying in bed watchin tv and i timed it up by textin my buddy to start sending me dirty text. As soon as I texted him that, I put my locked phone upright on the bed visible in front of my wife and got up to go to bathroom and brush my teeth. I was just looking at the mirror brushing/waiting and sure enough here she comes and starts asking me who the FUCK Karla is (she is shaking and red) I looked at her like a deer in the headlight and yelled APRIL FOOLS!!! Dumbass move……Welp, thanks for the life tip!

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