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SAYING “THAT’S INTERESTING” WHEN YOU’RE HAVING A CONVERSATION AND THE PERSON SAYS SOMETHING INTERESTING

in the depths of the pandemic i was roasting coffee in a warehouse in sand city, ca, basically in my airpods for 18 months straight, and i listened to thousands of hours of interviews. the best journalists, podcasters, writers, speakers, comedians, really eloquent folks of all types, all do this. check me on it. sarah koenig of npr / serial fame is the goat, but everyone does it. reminding yourself to do this is reminding yourself to be present, to actually be interested in being interested. and, it feels good when folks find you interesting, so these people that you are now coincidentally more interested in will also like you more.

@buyingfireworks

Apr 28, 2025

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@vadoraa

see I kind of love this take, and I do this often, but if I’m talking to someone I find interesting I say it way too often and then eventually it sounds insincere to me even though I mean it. does it lose its value if said too often? and if so, what counts as “too often”?

Apr 28, 2025

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