Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation
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Today on Something You Should Know, why sarcasm and email really don't mix well. Then, why we love cute things and why cuteness is so powerful.
Cuteness attracts our attention very quickly, within one seventh of a second. Then it acts as a releaser of social emotions like well-being and empathy and compassion and things like that.
Also, the biggest reason car tires blow out and how to prevent it. And the anatomy of good conversation and why every conversation is important.
You never know what you could uncover, even in a seemingly sort of shallow conversation. And you never know when something that seems like a small talk conversation could become something more.
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It's been a tough couple of days, so I'm glad we're pretty much at the end of it. Hi, welcome to Something You Should Know. We're going to start today talking about one of the pitfalls, big pitfalls, of email and texting, for that matter. And it has to do with sarcasm. For people to understand another person's sarcasm, they have to share context. If two people are about to walk out into a rainstorm and one person says, gee, what a lovely day for a walk, well, everybody gets it. Everybody understands the sarcasm because they all share the same context. But in an email or a text message, the person may not share this common ground, so any sarcasm could easily be misunderstood. In fact, it might even be offensive.
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