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What's your professional deformation? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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When reflexes acquired in your job are invading your daily life.

-When i was an intern in a retail, i had to fight against the urge to store the shelves during my own shopping sessions.

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[–] 34 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Graduated a couple years ago with an English PhD: when I go to read anything, I always pick up a pen or pencil as if I’m going to annotate it. I still have to hold one but don't click it out, like a security blanket, otherwise I feel immensely guilty.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    Did a literature Master's. Cant not skim unless I'm actively stopping myself from it. Also, the internal literary critic never shuts off, but I think that it's a good thing to always be in critical thinking mode in this day and age, even if it means I can't "it's just a story" anymore.

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