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

48 Post author: lukeprog 05 November 2011 11:06AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 24 November 2011 12:06:52AM 5 points [-]

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I would be totally ok, if certain aspects of PUA were taught instead as general social skills. Not “how to seduce women”, but rather “how to strike up conversations with random people and have them like you”.

Comment author: [deleted] 24 November 2011 12:30:18AM *  6 points [-]

I can talk to anyone, you're engaging, he's a creepy PUA?

Comment author: [deleted] 24 November 2011 12:33:57AM 1 point [-]

I don't understand the question, sorry. Will you rephrase?

Comment author: [deleted] 24 November 2011 12:38:45AM 0 points [-]

I'm playing the usual game: I'm <something positive>, you're <something neutral>, he's <something negative>. It's not really a question.

Comment author: [deleted] 24 November 2011 12:51:57AM 1 point [-]

I still don't really get it. Are you opposed to repurposing PUA soft technology to help teach social skills?

I don't care if people use PUA otherwise and I certainly don't want to get caught in this thread's quagmire.

Comment author: wedrifid 24 November 2011 01:25:08AM 6 points [-]

I still don't really get it.

It's a lighthearted cultural reference (which does have something of a useful moral embedded within). A common form is "I'm strong willed, you're stubborn and she's pig headed". It is just a comment about the same thing being labelled differently depending on how closely we associate with it. It tends to be approximately neutral to the subject matter.

Comment author: [deleted] 24 November 2011 01:37:53AM 0 points [-]

Ah, ok. Thanks for the clarification.

Comment author: [deleted] 24 November 2011 12:56:02AM 0 points [-]

I don't have an opinion on PUA. I'm just playing a game.

Comment author: [deleted] 24 November 2011 11:10:49PM *  0 points [-]

I'm still chewing this one over. Can you give me an example of persuasion that doesn't follow this format in some way? How would I convince <someone neutral> to stop doing <something negative> without first qualifying my idea as <something positive>? Is it bad if these categories are personified?