• toynbee@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    That person has not yet allowed it, but I’m interested in what heartfelt compliment you have to offer them.

    I know less about them than I do you (I’ve seen a few of your other posts on lemmy) so I’m genuinely curious. Complimenting strangers is a big part of my life and I’d like to learn from you.

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      27 days ago

      Hah, I mean, I don’t know them at all lol, my approach would just be to have a bit of chat about how their life has been going recently, and I’d bet I could find some admirable trait or accomplishment.

      Or maybe they just dress particularly well, maybe they have a pleasant voice… possibilities are endless, so long as you keep and open mind and more or less just politely say what you really feel.

      … Its funny, I am quite a cynic at a broad societal level, but actually person to person? Still tend toward naive optimist.