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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 18 May 2013 07:49:55PM *  7 points [-]

How do you guys feel about sharing hacks to increase your status, given that status can be a bit of a zero-sum game? I think I may have identified a nootropic that has the effect of making one feel and act higher status, but I'm not sure I want to just tell the entire world about it, given the positional nature of status.

Edit: see here for more.

Comment author: beriukay 19 May 2013 10:25:17AM 2 points [-]

I'm curious as to how you went about identifying such a nootropic.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 19 May 2013 11:26:38AM *  4 points [-]

I didn't deliberately set out to find it, really. I'm also not quite sure how well it works yet. The effects are supposed to be cumulative, meaning the longer you have been taking it, the more of a confident jerk you become, and you continue being a confident jerk even after coming off of it (maybe). I doubt it's that much of a game changer really, it's a pretty commonly used nootropic and not many people list improved confidence as one of the effects--perhaps because the effects are subtle and only come with continued usage, or perhaps because they simply aren't very strong effects to begin with. It might be useful for people who have chronic social awkwardness though.

(if anyone reading this ever sees me act like a confident jerk, please tell me)

Comment author: Bugmaster 19 May 2013 12:11:07PM 1 point [-]

How do you know it works better than a placebo ?

Comment author: Baughn 31 May 2013 05:02:16PM 0 points [-]

This description doesn't really make me want to use it. At all.