Ingratiate

to try and win favor by flattering someone or trying to please them (perhaps even giving a gift).

stəˈnɑːɡrəfər

stəˈnɑːɡrəfər

@stenographer26.bsky.social

Don’t ingratiate yourself with women, pander to them, or fawn over them

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Luke

Luke

@godfreyyouth.bsky.social

Seeking to ingratiate yourself with the most boring regressive members of a group for whom you will only ever at best be a novelty or token is a sad hill to die on. Like the little brother doing wheelies while the eye-rolling older boys cough on cigarettes.

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Tech Policy Press

Tech Policy Press

@techpolicypress.bsky.social

Public Citizen’s Rick Claypool documents how Big Tech firms have engaged in deliberate campaigns to ingratiate themselves with the Trump administration, heaping excessive praise on the President while going along with his unpopular and authoritarian policies.

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