SilasBarta comments on Ureshiku Naritai - Less Wrong

119 Post author: Alicorn 08 April 2010 08:08PM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 09 April 2010 09:22:23PM 4 points [-]

Cultivate social spontaneity. This one is hard to define, so I'll give an example. I was waiting for a bus and a woman I'd never met before in an awesome homemade knitted cloak tottering along on crutches said she loved my jacket.

WARNING. If you're male and you attempt to talk to a woman on public transportation, you may very well end up making her extremely uncomfortable. This xkcd comic triggered a major backlash.

Comment author: SilasBarta 09 April 2010 09:41:19PM *  2 points [-]

The way you avoid negative outcomes or ill will in such situations is to only approach people who will appreciate being approached by you.

And how do you determine that? Um, implementation issue. Yeah.