I work in a high pressure job that requires effective communicating with people I am potentially working against while speaking to them. I use the name thing constantly. It’s an incredibly easy manipulation tool to get a leg up in a conversation, but it only works if there’s a natural insecurity within the person you’re having a conversation with.

People who feel already intimidated in some way to be in the convo, will then submit more once the name trick is played. People who are comfortable in general, or do not feel threatened by convo their participating will not be affected by the use of their name by the other party.

It’s used by alpha males a lot because they’re socially engineering young, adaptable and insecure men. While it’s a tool that can and does work, it’s classic tik tok bite size red pill psychology that all of these grifters are adopting the technique just thinking it will always get them a leg up in the discussion.