pjeby comments on Sayeth the Girl - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: pjeby 22 July 2009 06:06:19PM 5 points [-]

And it was from one the people interested in discussing pickup on LessWrong

Denotationally, the statement above is true, but connotationally, it's false. My only "interest" in this area is correcting misconceptions and answering questions. If there are no questions to answer and no attacks or mistakes to correct, I am perfectly fine with never bringing the subject up myself. To the extent that PUA overlaps with topics of my interest, those topics also apply to marketing, and other less-controversial subjects.

Comment author: HughRistik 22 July 2009 06:36:48PM 4 points [-]

Thanks for clarifying. The point I was using you to try to make was that people motivated to discuss this topic (for whatever reason) and who have some level of insider creds (which I accord to you because you actually know what you are talking about on this subject and have experience) already police each other in ways not acknowledged by the original post, which also contradicts the panic about LessWrong threads turning into locker rooms.

Comment author: pjeby 22 July 2009 06:41:38PM *  2 points [-]

I understand that, but I also don't really want to be the PUA police any more than (I understand) Alicorn wants to be the feminism police.

(Also, it's inaccurate to describe me as having PUA experience. I simply have some experiences that support the usefulness of certain ideas proposed by PUAs. Amongst actual PUA's I would be considered a "keyboard jockey" or "rAFC" at best.)