blacktrance comments on Let them eat cake: Interpersonal Problems vs Tasks - Less Wrong

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Comment author: blacktrance 02 January 2014 07:33:04PM 0 points [-]

The reason bars bore you, is probably that you lack the social skills. Practice happens to be a way to develop skills.

Not the grandparent commenter, but bars bore me because I don't find socializing with strangers in a bar setting to be particularly interesting. For me, it'd be like riding a unicycle - something I don't know how to do, but I can tell I wouldn't enjoy that much anyway

Comment author: [deleted] 02 January 2014 08:44:15PM 0 points [-]

Not the grandparent commenter, but bars bore me because I don't find socializing with strangers in a bar setting to be particularly interesting.

What about going there with people you already know?

Comment author: blacktrance 02 January 2014 08:57:13PM 0 points [-]

If I want to spend time with them, a bar is far from the optimal place to do it.

Comment author: ChristianKl 02 January 2014 08:25:46PM 0 points [-]

The post you quote doesn't advocate going there for the purpose of enjoyment but to achieve secondary objectives.

If you have a goal, and path A to the goal is boring, that doesn't mean that going down path A is automatically out of question.

You might find a better path than A, but if A is the only thing you are left with, go down A even if it's boring if it brings you towards your goal.