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This is so funny to me. For all the "absolute mode" haters, here's the exact opposite. 🤣
Wikipedia says it "promotes equality in a hierarchical culture". But really, if you're like me and you're only trained 2 replies deep, you're going to get taarof mogged every time.
You'll be walking out of people's houses with their food and furnishings bc you can't say no.
It _is_ fun when you win though. As for LLMs, I can only imagine it's a great way to boost those token sales numbers.
If you're not familiar with the Persian practice of Taarof, it's basically courtly etiquette: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taarof
It's this huge catalog of formality trees that are constantly evolving. I've always assumed it's an artifact of Iran's millennia of monarchy.