Wilka comments on Vanilla and chocolate and preference judgements - Less Wrong

29 Post author: Swimmer963 18 April 2011 10:14PM

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Comment author: Wilka 19 April 2011 09:38:52PM *  2 points [-]

person A wanted X level of neatness and was uncomfortable at Y level, and person B wanted Y level of neatness and was uncomfortable at X level.

I've had a similar experience of somebody wanting a (small) amount of mess. The explanation was that if a house didn't look 'lived it' it wasn't really home, and therefore not a conformable place to live.

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 19 April 2011 09:57:15PM 4 points [-]

I actually am such a person, if anyone wants to ask relevant questions. I grew up in a very messy house - my father didn't care, and my mother was disabled enough to have trouble keeping on top of things - and I find living-places that are too clean to be anxiety-inducing.

Comment author: Swimmer963 20 April 2011 02:26:16AM 1 point [-]

I expect my best friend's son (now 6 months old) may grow up this way. They live with her mother-in-law and I have never in my life seen so much stuff in one house. The overall impression is of abundance rather than clutter, but there's still a lot of clutter. It's the kind of house where a student like me goes empty handed and leaves with a bag full of food and old clothes to try on and extra Tupperwares.