Vinted seller tried convincing me she was selling genuine goods.. submitted by /u/ZestyRacing

Am I right to try convincing my cousin not to travel to Somalia? I have a very close cousin (M30) who is a world traveler. He likes to do more extreme types of backpacking trips, and has on occasion gotten really sick because of a bug bite, or gotten lost and water depleted. He says he’s learned since he was younger to be more prepared for those kinds of scenarios, but yeah that’s the kind of traveler he is. …

YouTube tries convincing record labels to license music for AI song generator submitted by /u/TheUtopianCat

What Elon Musk’s Convincing Win Means for Tesla Investors voted overwhelmingly to reinstate the C.E.O.’s multibillion-dollar compensation package, inextricably tying the car maker’s future to the tech billionaire.

‘Good Luck’ Convincing a Jury: Cameron Winklevoss Rebuts DCG Court Filing His Gemini crypto exchange and conglomerate Digital Currency Group are battling – in and out of court – over the failure of Gemini’s Earn lending service.

LPT: don’t try to script conversations beforehand. “Improvised” talk is more natural, convincing, and genuine. Whether it’s with socializing, flirting, sales, or just about anything to do with dialogue, don’t try to map out what will be said as in: “I will say X, he will say Y, and I will respond with Z”. It almost never goes the way you imagine or “plan” for the other person to say. Even if the person does magically say exactly as you planned it won’t b…