#language-softening

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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

Psychology says people who instinctively soften their language in emails and texts are not being polite. They are running a real-time calculation about how much honesty the relationship can survive. - Silicon Canals

Softened language in communication reflects a calculated assessment of relationship capacity to handle directness, not mere politeness, functioning as a survival mechanism to protect relational dynamics.
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