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Got it! Thanks for taking the time to answer (:

Thanks for the answer! If I understand you correctly, you're saying that these statements from the tell culture post are reveal culture statements as well? If so, I'm still failing to see the difference between tell and reveal cultures - it sounds like reveal culture is just some clarification on tell culture, if it indeed agrees with the examples given in the tell culture post.

5Raemon2y

I mean, that’s what he said reveal culture was. The point is that in real life, people heard the phrase ‘tell culture’ and went off to do something unhelpful, and the goal of ‘reveal culture’ was to make it more likely for people hearing about it to go on to do something helpful.

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Could anyone please provide clear examples for this, maybe even exact variations on the ones given in the tell culture post, to make the distinction clearer? I'm having trouble translating the first-principles definition to concrete uses.

9Raemon2y

Taking a look at examples from the origina: All of these feel fairly solid as reveal-culture statements. But, I have heard people do variants on these that are like: "I'm finding this conversation aversive." No elaboration or followup to take on the emotional labor of fixing it, or bidding to share the emotional labor. Sometimes said with cold expression, that sounds a little like a threat. And I think that's the sort of thing "Reveal" culture is pushing against.