Eugine_Nier comments on 2012 Survey Results - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Epiphany 02 December 2012 05:49:22AM *  1 point [-]

If you have to go looking, you're lucky.

Haha, I guess so. I am very, very nerdy. I had fun getting worldly in my teens and early 20's, but I've learned that most people alienate me, so I've isolated myself into as much of an "ivory tower" as possible. (Which consists of me doing things like getting on my computer Saturday evenings and nerding so hard that I forget to eat.)

If you want to find them in person...

Not really.

the latest Twilight movie is still in theaters, although you've missed the people who made a point of seeing it on the day of the premier.

What did they do when you saw them?

How do we distinguish the difference between the kind of fanaticism that mentally unbalanced people display for, say, a show that is considered by many to have unhealthy themes and the kind of excitement that normal people display for the things they love? Maybe Twilight isn't the best example here.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 02 December 2012 06:04:42AM 4 points [-]

How do we distinguish the difference between the kind of fanaticism that mentally unbalanced people display for, say, a show that is considered by many to have unhealthy themes and the kind of excitement that normal people display for the things they love?

What distinction are you trying to make here?