pedanterrific comments on Rationality Lessons Learned from Irrational Adventures in Romance - Less Wrong

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Comment author: p4wnc6 07 October 2011 02:13:01AM 5 points [-]

I agree with you. It probably is a certain amount of moral judgement. The way I experience a distaste in flirting is that it seems annoying and counterproductive to beat around the bush. I don't personally derive enjoyment from it. If I did, or wanted to, I might feel differently about it. Flirting would by no means be the worst thing to end up having as a preference. But I still think some self-hacking would have to happen before I would want to enjoy flirting.

Comment author: pedanterrific 07 October 2011 02:17:37AM 5 points [-]

it seems annoying and counterproductive to beat around the bush

Now I get it! Okay, that makes perfect sense to me.

Comment author: p4wnc6 10 October 2011 03:18:26PM 0 points [-]

Also, for anyone who is interested, I am really curious what LWers think of the long passages at the end of David Foster Wallace's posthumous novel The Pale King that describe the character Shane Drinion.

Comment author: MatthewBaker 20 May 2012 04:07:01PM 0 points [-]

I will read it and get back to you.