CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@skinnylatte I sometimes have trouble recognising acquaintances when they've code switched, especially out of context.

I know a lot of London ballet people but take them out of a studio and put them speaking Brazilian Portuguese with some friends in an opera house and I'm not sure enough it's the same person to go and approach much younger women to say hi!

Expressions are different, body language is different and the girls all look different out of leotards and tights.

@siracusa radioactive nostrums, cocaine* in your soft drinks, nfts …

(* I’d look up the correct details but I’d have to wade through too much slop.)

@siracusa @vmachiel and yet they (and you) will manage to rationalise using it.