MichaelVassar comments on Rational Romantic Relationships, Part 1: Relationship Styles and Attraction Basics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 06 November 2011 07:01:31PM 10 points [-]

at first.

Um, for many people (e.g. me) , it is hard to stomach at all, and I'm a het male, the sort of entity he is nominally writing for. The reason for this is simple: at a certain point style does reflect substance, and moreover, Sapir-Worf issues come into play.

Comment author: MichaelVassar 16 November 2011 01:03:27AM 1 point [-]

Agreed. There's a sense of futility in life there that doesn't really have an upside, or even a non-downside