• saltesc@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I ask, “So what do you do?”

    If they answer with hobbies and interests, they’re more my kind of person. If they answer with their job stuff, well that’s just their main life thing.

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      If you ask an American they will assume you MEAN their job, whether it’s their “main life thing” or not, because that’s how people talk here

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        you’re not giving much back in the conversation here. if probably respond to your response with something out of pocket like “oh is that like just sitting around and waiting to die or what”