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by dodorex 3213 days ago
Sounds like the Barnum effect[0]: "a common psychological phenomenon whereby individuals will give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically to them but that are, in fact, vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people"

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect