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An illustrated office funeral scene with colleagues gathered around a smartphone on a tiny bier and a ribboned robot officiant.

Social Survival Deep Dive

5 funeral rites for outdated group chats you should perform with an LLM

Five theatrically different ceremonies (the Quiet Archive, the Flame Emoji Burial, the Roast & Release) with exact AI prompts and a script so you can ceremonially retire group threads nobody replies to anymore.

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Illustration of a playful machine labeled 'Fibometer' combining a dial, magnifying glass and human silhouette, with little icons for eyes, hands and a speech bubble orbiting it

Social Survival Deep Dive

The Fibometer: a clear guide to what body language can — and can’t — tell you

Body language is a seductive detective: a raised eyebrow, a clipped sentence, a flash of a smile feel like evidence. This deep dive separates the usable behavioural red flags from theatrical guesswork. We cover microgestures, vocal cues, the need for baselines and clusters, and the cognitive traps that turn ordinary signals into a courtroom in your head.

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Five people around a living room table, one holding a claim card and another dunking a biscuit into a teacup; a laptop and kitchen timer are visible.

Social Survival How-to

How to host a Fact‑Tea: dunk claims, read sources and embarrass a manifesto politely

Turn a viewing party into a live fact-checking salon: five simple steps to prepare claim cards, brew suspicious tea, time answers, compare sources and award polite biscuit-based verdicts so every dubious Reform UK line gets a proper dunking

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Illustration of speech-bubble stairs leading to a poised goat in a blazer at the top, representing a Capricorn receiving carefully structured compliments.

Social Survival Deep Dive

The stair-by-stair compliment: an anatomy of praise that persuades a Capricorn

Compliments are not spontaneous confetti; they are tiny negotiations. This deep dive breaks praise into three rehearsable treads—validation, utility, forecast—and explains why that architecture persuades a pragmatic, status-conscious person (the Capricorn archetype). Readable theory, timing maps, sample scripts and a single illustrated “compliment choreography” show how to make praise feel earned instead of gratuitous.

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An absurd miniature courtroom on a kitchen table: two people in a mock trial with a spinning coin, a handshake that resembles a pause button, a cookie on a small plate, and a stopwatch at 30 seconds.

Social Survival Listicle

7 micro-rituals to end a 30-second argument before it hires a lawyer

Seven tiny reset moves—coin flip, mutual pause handshake, snack swap—with exact scripts and timings so fights fizzle into a comic anecdote instead of an archived feud. Ranked by theatricality and likelihood to demote an argument from ‘litigious’ to ‘laughable’ (a knowingly ridiculous editorial judgement). Use these precisely: each ritual has an exact line and a stopwatch-friendly timing so the quarrel never gets a retainer.

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Two people in a kitchen conduct a small signing ceremony at a velvet cushion with an index card, pen, tiny frame, and a jar labeled 'Pacts'.

Social Survival How-to

How to craft a two-sentence 'Gobsmacked Agreement' you'll actually remember

Five clear steps to distill any household promise into a two-sentence pact, a ridiculous mnemonic, and a theatrical signing spot. Result: fewer 'you said' reruns and more remembered tiny covenants.

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