19-10-07 Culture Tells

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1. Body Language (Too much to list here)

1. Movement of their eyes
2. Clothing
   1. Type, Branding
3. Word Choice
   1. Shibboleths abound
4. Dialect
5. Body Type
   1. Musculature / Build
   2. Ex. Obesity, the slight build of nerds
6. Grooming
   1. Makeup
   2. Facial Hair
   3. Haircut
   4. Hygiene
7. Race (strongly predictive, not infallible)
8. Objects
   1. Ex., Backpack, messenger bag, purse, book, earbuds / headset
9. The People They’re With
   1. The culture tells of the person they’re with
   2. Interaction between their culture tells and others’
10. Smell
11. Voice
12. Tone
13. Volume
14. Depth
15. Pitch
16. Fullness
17. Reverberation
18. Speed
    1. Pacing
    2. Rhythm
19. Articulation
20. Emotional Response / Felt Sense
    1. Relaxedness

Uses:

1. In order to emulate a culture, list its tells and train on every axis.
2. In order to understand the way that people react to you, describe what tells you give off in detail.
3. In practice, this is a decomposition of the experience of a person. All of influence is here.

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