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I loved the chatbot where you can haggle a bit. I really need that back and forth in my online shopping experiences.

Chatbots could be useful for Middle East haggling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taarof https://profarsi.com/understanding-taarof-in-persian-culture...

This dance of insincerity infuriates me as a concept. Imagine how utterly exhausting it would be if every social interaction was characterized by so much wasted time pretending.

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