You will know them by their fruits

Just want a quick reminder that unintentional exaggeration is a reliable tell for those who lean more towards r than K.

The guy who boasts about the amount of ammunition and guns he's hoarding?

The gal who boasts about how few men she's slept with?

The guy who boasts about the power the engine in his vehicle produces?

Bragging is one thing, but when the brag goes beyond what is contextually feasible, that's the tell, because the r folks will be intimately familiar with the lexicon, but not how to use it properly. They'll know what mannerisms to adopt, the tone of speech and how to tailor their physical appearance, but there is a genuine disconnect between them and the topic which would only be bridged by experience that they've never had, and so without that practical grounding their claims lose a sense of scope.

The unfortunate reality is that the most obvious examples of this phenomenon are the most infrequent, and represent the least skilled mimics plying their trade. The more skilled ones do pick up the nuance of a topic more easily, and will not show their hand quite so easily.

If folks are constantly trying to make things sound better, or worse, than can possibly be true, that alone isn't evidence, but is a prompt to look a little closer to see what you can find.