• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    Humans do this unconsciously! I was on a first date and thinking, “Pretty sure this woman likes me.” So I mirrored her for a little bit then started purposefully changing my posture, and she went right along with me! Had to stop before I laughed out loud and had to explain myself.

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      I guess this is why they did it. A clumsy, overdone imitation of human behavior that reflects his ambition to appear as human as possible.