Yes its real. It was invented during covid so people on video calls could communicate they were in danger or needed help without having abusers overhear them.

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@steampowered.com fraudsters everyone of you. Gaben you're a pig.

@steampowered.com bait and switch scams are clearly allowed on Steam and the customer support team are wilfully ignorant. Valve just wants to profit further from criminal behaviour. Gaben for shame.

@steampowered.com so you support bait and switches now? That is what your customer service is essentially telling me.

Plenty at a NAMBLA meeting.

@playstation.com why are you so damn racist?

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,483,255!

Being in the ‘20s sounds so weird. It's so synonymous with the 1920s.

Sounds like a long time ago when women were fighting for their rights, the upper classes were living a life of hedonism and hoarding wealth, while people starved & the world was on the verge of economic collapse and war.

Wait

@stonekettle.bsky.social Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December... imgur.com/gallery/hrWf...

DISTINCTION BIAS a concept of decision theory, is the tendency to view two options as more distinctive when evaluating them simultaneously than when evaluating them separately.
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FRAMING EFFECT (PSYCHOLOGY) is a cognitive bias in which people decide between options based on whether the options are presented with positive or negative connotations. Individuals have a tendency to make risk-avoidant choices when options are positively framed...

LIST OF COGNITIVE BIASES, systematic patterns of deviation from norm and/or rationality in judgment. They are often studied in psychology, sociology and behavioral economics.
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TRAIT ASCRIPTION BIAS is the tendency for people to view themselves as relatively variable in terms of personality, behavior and mood while viewing others as much more predictable in their personal traits across different situations.
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NE SUPRA CREPIDAM, a Latin expression meaning 'Shoemaker, not beyond the shoe', used to warn individuals not to pass judgment beyond their expertise. Ultracrepidarianism: giving of opinions & advice on matters outside of one's knowledge.
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The best short video about ordering room service you will ever see.

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