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Hello and welcome to The English we speak. I'm Feifei.
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And I'm Rob. Now Feifei, can you help me with
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this social media post I'm trying to write?
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I'll try. What do you want to say?
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Well, I want to post something about how tired I am
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because I've been working so hard and how I just can't go on.
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Hmm, it looks like you're looking for sympathy.
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Sympathy? No, I just want to tell
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people how exhausted I am because
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I'm so hard working. You just don't understand.
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I completely understand - you are sadfishing.
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Sadfishing? I don't even like fish.
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No, Rob! You're fishing for sympathy.
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When someone is sadfishing they're
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exaggerating their emotional problems,
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particularly via social media, so they
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get sympathy or attention from others.
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Hmm, that doesn't sound like me. Right, well
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I'm going to send my post now. There, done.
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Good luck. Let's hear some examples of sadfishing.
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He got lots of likes for his post about
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having no friends, but I think he was
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sadfishing - he's got loads of mates.
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I don't know if Heidi really
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has a problem with her skin.
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I think she's just sadfishing and wants attention.
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Some people say there's a growing trend
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for sadfishing and people just share
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their worries online to get noticed -
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but I wonder if it's a cry for help.
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This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning
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English and we're talking about the expression sadfishing, which describes
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when someone exaggerates their emotional problems particularly on
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social media to get sympathy or attention.
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It's not a nice thing to do.
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So Rob how's your sadfishing going?
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It's not
sadfishing Feifei, I'm just telling people
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about my terrible life so they understand.
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Oh and look, I've received a comment already.
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Oh, who it's from?
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It's from Roy. He says 'stop moaning, I work even harder every
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weekend and every evening - but it's OK
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because I love my job.'
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It looks like he's fishing too.
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What sadfishing?
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No, fishing for compliments - trying to get
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someone to say something good about him.
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No, he's just sad - working at the weekends!
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Perhaps my life isn't so bad.
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Hmm, I think I'll delete my post now.
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Good idea, bye Rob.
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Bye.
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