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Cashiers interact with hundreds of strangers per day, but seem to treat them all like one person. As a result, they seem to laugh at just about anything you say. “Hi, what can I get started for you?” “I’ll take a breakfast muffin.” “Haha, nice! Anything else?” “That’s everything.” “Haha, alright, there you go, sir. Your total is $3.24.” “Okay, here’s $5. Keep the change.” “Haha, no you’re good, haha.” If you want to feel like a stand-up comedian, buy something.
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― The Goodbye Song
― The Goodbye Song
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[...] The hope is that research can find ways to improve a faulty social brain. There is already evidence that practice can help people overcome at least some of the motor deficits I've just described. Remember Temple Grandin, the autistic woman who learned how to approach people properly, without bowling them over, by walking through a supermarket's automatic doors over and over until she got the steps down? She overcame a social problem that was really a motor problem. [...]
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― A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain
― A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain