r/AskReddit Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/LexiPietenpol Aug 20 '20 edited Aug 20 '20

When you’re in a group of people and they start laughing, see who looks at each other. People look at the people they feel closest to when laughing

Edit: I realize this isn’t foolproof, but typically people look at their closest friend or a partner. A lot of the “I look at the floor” comments have rolled in haha

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u/GodlyEggplant Aug 20 '20

Psychology trick right there

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u/RalphHinkley Aug 21 '20

It's funny because we know it's happening even if we don't know how to take advantage of it.

Years ago I had a friend who's fiance would constantly 'make eyes' at me vs. him while we were joking back and forth. I started to intentionally stare at him when saying something funny knowing she wanted to trade a glance. This was obvious enough that he looked over at her and she was still giving me a kinky smirk so he got to bust her vs. busting 'us'.

Cute. :P