Eugine_Nier comments on Sayeth the Girl - Less Wrong

47 Post author: Alicorn 19 July 2009 10:24PM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 21 February 2013 11:44:27PM 4 points [-]

Taboo "actual person".

Isn't reductionism fun. ;)

Comment author: jooyous 22 February 2013 12:00:08AM *  1 point [-]

A person is reduced to their status when if they were to no longer signal status, they would become of no interest to you.

An "actual person" typically has other qualities in addition to those that make them a status symbol. An actual person is also frequently aware of these qualities and therefore often doesn't appreciate being just a status symbol.