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by quantified 686 days ago
Individuality isn't always welcomed. I've had multiple managers tell me to use a narrow vocabulary, and intimate friends tell me I'm wrong for asking for "a pound and a half" of something at the deli counter instead of "one and a half pounds". The common thread is that I'm wrong for not fitting in. No one seems to win for being themselves if they're not within some tight band of acceptability, and reading a lot of works written before 1975 while growing up definitely places you on the fringe.

Maybe GenAI can prepare you for what real people can actually deal with.