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Make friends by gaslighting people into thinking you already know eachother (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to c/crazyideas@lemmy.world

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I'm not actually recommending this, it would probably backfire more often than not, but I bet someone has done it

Just think, if you've met a lot of people at various schools, workplaces, clubs, etc..., there are probably people in your past you don't remember. Just go up to someone and start talking to them like you know them, they'll probably pretend to know who you are to avoid embarrassment and then you can reminisce about fake memories of when you were in school together. It wouldn't work on everybody, but there are some people who are very suggestible and easily convinced they remember things that didn't happen

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[–] teft@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Do you not already do this? I talk to every person on this planet the same way. Doesn’t matter if you’re rich, poor, known, unknown, or just plain weird. I’ll talk to anyone because most people will just talk normal to you. Some places in the world this doesn’t work all that well though since some cultures are more standoffish than us americans.

How do people make friends if you won’t talk to a stranger? A stranger is just a friend before they know you.