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Comment author: Blueberry 16 July 2010 05:10:33PM 5 points [-]

Do you ever just associate with people you find attractive at first sight? (I can't tell if you're referring to a strip club, or what kind of dancer you mean.)

You may find Prof. Richard Wiseman's research on what makes people "lucky" interesting: his research has found advantages to seeking marginal connections with people you meet.

Comment author: whpearson 16 July 2010 06:00:04PM 3 points [-]

Do you mean sexually attractive? Or just interesting looking? I'll initiate conversation with interesting looking people (that may or may not be sexually attractive).

By dancer I just meant someone who does modern dance, she was a friend of a friend (I have some odd friends by this websites standard I think).

Oh I know I should develop more marginal connections. It simply feels false to do so though, that I am doing so in the hopes of exploiting them, rather than finding them particularly interesting in their own right. I would rather not be cultivated in that fashion.

Comment author: Blueberry 21 July 2010 12:11:45AM 0 points [-]

I meant sexually attractive (you described the dancer as "cute" and "pretty"). Though I guess either would work.