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Followup to: Ask and Guess • Ask culture: "I'll be in town this weekend for a business trip. Is it cool if I crash at your place?" Response: “Yes“ or…

x Tell Culture — LessWrong Communication Cultures Frontpage 295 Tell Culture by LoganStrohl 18th Jan 2014 3 min read 230 295 Followup to: Ask and Guess Ask culture: "I'll be in town this weekend for a business trip. Is it cool if I crash at your place?" Response: “Yes“ or “no”. Guess culture: "Hey, great news! I'll be in town this weekend for a business trip!" Response: Infer that they might be telling you this because they want something from you, conclude that they might want a place to stay, and offer your hospitality only if you want to. Otherwise, pretend you didn’t infer that. The two ba

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