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52 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 May 2011 09:57PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 May 2011 10:24:58PM 3 points [-]

Exercise: Say "Greetings" or "Salutations" instead of "Hello" or "How are you", because people don't sneeze often enough. Also note that "How are you" itself is an unusually autopiloted question.

(From Shannon.)

Comment author: [deleted] 28 May 2011 08:22:48AM 7 points [-]

Or one could carry around a satchel of black pepper.