Solidarity. Relating to the shared human experience that we all have instead of only the differences, as we’re all human after all. Talking to people with an intent to grow and learn, and that also means knowing when an argument is worth pursuing and whether or not posting or commenting is worth it. Understanding people whose views might seem completely alien and opposite of your own, even if it’s difficult. You don’t have to believe the same things, but trying to understand where people are coming from at least helps in humanizing them, and in effect, ourselves as well.

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I’m sensitive to rejection so both in person and online I try to be agreeable and also find common ground with people. If someone’s stressed out at work and takes it out on me I tend to give them a bit of time to cool down then come and apologise and that seems to go a long way. It may seem silly but I think people refuse to apologise cause they don’t feel they’re in the wrong but I find it calms people down quickly and then I can bring up my viewpoint highlighting that it’s just how I view things and that doesn’t make their view any less legit.

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Food. I work with a pretty diverse bunch of people from all different places and we always end up talking about food. What we ate recently, what we’re having for dinner, what someone made that surprised us, what we ate at recent functions, what our favourite childhood foods were, something new we tried recently… it goes on and on as an endlessly varied topic. It really does seem to be a great unifier of people. I never ever get sick of talking about food!