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rincewind.run • 12 hours ago

Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids

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boogerbabe.bsky.social•12 hours ago

literally just got through this passage for the first time today hahaha

allanlear.bsky.social•10 hours ago

The older I get the more I feel that charging people for the privilege of listening to them bollocking on about nothing is a great idea.

madmaudlin.bsky.social•9 hours ago

The closest thing i will ever have to a religion

notthesmartestguy.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Pyramids is a wild read

rincewind.run•12 hours ago

honestly more than advice-givers I often feel like the very best therapists are Listeners above all else

beckya.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Actually we really aren’t supposed to give advice very often. Better to listen and guide the patient to figure out their own solution

zamackic.bsky.social•12 hours ago

That's spot on. We are actually getting trained in something called "active listening". It is not just listening but being able to reflect what is said by paraphrasing.

maiainmi.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I got that training way back when; it was useful in my career as an editor. It also made some people more than a little uneasy.

Which reminds me of this: "Lord Vetinari looked attentive, because he'd always found that listening keenly to people tended to put them off."

zamackic.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Oh yes. But I use that aspect with annoying family members.
Nothing shuts the person faster than question "And how that's makes you feel?"

signaltype.bsky.social•11 hours ago

"Hard to find twice" is perfection.

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