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Research shows ‘compliment sandwich’ no longer effective (news.westernu.ca)
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[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We call it a shit sandwich here

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pretty sure everywhere calls it that. The article euphemizing it by renaming a sandwich for the bread and not the contents in the middle is just a lack of creativity.