Perplexed comments on More art, less stink: Taking the PU out of PUA - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Perplexed 11 September 2010 11:15:10PM *  3 points [-]

Upvoted. But the right to feel bitter does not automatically imply the right to express bitterness. And even if you posit the right to express bitterness, expressing bitterness may still not be a rational response to the situation.

ETA: This probably-volatile comic-strip link suggests one reason why bitterness over one's own unattractiveness is often the result of a deficiency in epistemic rationality.