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The “revving up,” the “working up.” Hopefully wrong on average. Shameless. Started @getcognito and @bloom

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    John Backus‏ @backus Apr 11

    Dang it. I've used "black hole" as a metaphor in conversation like 5 times in the last 2 days. Absolutely because of the new image. Language is a side-channel attack. Every sentence I speak embeds tiny clues about where my mind has been in the past few days/weeks/months.

    4:41 PM - 11 Apr 2019
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      2. Soham Chowdhury‏ @mrkgrnao Apr 11
        Replying to @backus

        predictive text/autocorrect is a version of this, I think a more readily, er, exploitable/legible one

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      3. bowser‏ @browserdotsys Apr 11
        Replying to @mrkgrnao @backus

        I’d love to see a solid forensics paper about what you can extract from a predictive text model stored on someone’s phone

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 11
        Replying to @backus

        profile channel attack

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      1. Jimmy Neuron‏ @NeuronJimmy 21h21 hours ago
        Replying to @backus

        Boobs

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      1. nick‏ @NickXiotis 19h19 hours ago
        Replying to @backus @TheBrowser

        Gravitas

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      1. diachronist‏ @diachronist Apr 11
        Replying to @backus

        The unconscious hides in language like a thief hides a diamond in a chandelier.

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      1. +‏ @apesimulator 13h13 hours ago
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        language be shaping reality n shit

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      2. Mouce‏ @Mouce_5 16h16 hours ago
        Replying to @backus

        @ssssttteeefff

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      3. stef‏ @ssssttteeefff 15h15 hours ago
        Replying to @Mouce_5 @backus

        I’m on a roll bro

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      4. terror‏ @theehof 14h14 hours ago
        Replying to @ssssttteeefff @Mouce_5 @backus

        Good way to dissect people

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      1. voidbrood‏ @voidbrood 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @backus

        I've been using black hole as metaphor for years, I feel like I should stop now that everyone else does, too

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      1. Elias Simos  🌿‏ @es21e8 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @backus

        Always happens when you learn sth new and interesting. Somehow finds its way into conversations effortlessly over the following 24hrs.

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      1. Marco Fok‏ @mfok 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @backus

        isn’t it marvellous how thoughts become words which become sounds coming of our mouthes? even if two people think the same thought, the language and tone will be completely personal to that individual

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      1. Evan Plaice‏ @evanplaice 23h23 hours ago
        Replying to @backus

        I'd like to see the frequency of use for the word 'unprescedented' before and after Obama. I feel like it's like a subliminal thhat says "I'm a Liberal and smart enugh to be an authority to you." I don't know if I'm just imagining this but I hear it everywhere now.

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      1. @luqui‏ @luqui 24h24 hours ago
        Replying to @backus

        Yeah it's a dick of a problem. Happened to me sex times today. Baba is impressionable.

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      1. CloseApproximation‏ @closeapproximat Apr 11
        Replying to @backus

        I really pussy this tweet.

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      2. Aftab 'DCinvestor' Hossain‏ @iamDCinvestor Apr 11
        Replying to @backus

        I've often noticed the phenomenon myself. A fairly obscure word or term is used somewhere prominent, and all of a sudden, everyone starts saying it all of the time. Or am I just noticing that people are saying it more as a result of being triggered myself? 🤔

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      3. Ilango  💻  🎮  🎵‏ @RajagopalIlango 23h23 hours ago
        Replying to @iamDCinvestor @backus

        It could be both. Humans are known to notice things that they themselves are interested in. It's a form of selection bias.

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