For instance, if someone tells you to pick up a pencil and you do, they’ll call you a “good boy.” If they tell you to look at them and you oblige, expect a “good boy” to be hurled your way.

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Otherwise, “You’re not only name-blanking them, but also face-blanking them, which I think is more uncomfortable—when you just blank stare at someone and have zero recollection,” Farley says.