army1987 comments on On manipulating others - Less Wrong

-4 Post author: Jonii 16 June 2013 05:44PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 20 June 2013 04:41:08PM 0 points [-]

Never feigned interest in some of what a romantic interest was telling you, even if in fact you couldn't care less?

Huh, no I haven't -- my romantic interests have tended to tell me things that I was genuinely interested in, or at least to be able to shortly realize when I wasn't and change the topic consequently. Which is probably a large part of the difference between a romantic interest and someone I'd like to have a one-night stand with.

Comment author: Kawoomba 20 June 2013 04:43:24PM 0 points [-]

Not even as a teenager?

Comment author: [deleted] 21 June 2013 06:28:03PM 0 points [-]

Now that I remember about it, I did that until I was about 17 -- towards people of the gender I'm not attracted to; for example, I would force myself to watch soccer matches even though I found them boring as hell.

Then I started hanging around people who didn't give a damn either (mainly females, the kind of people whom Paul Graham here calls freaks, etc.).

Comment author: [deleted] 20 June 2013 04:48:00PM 0 points [-]

Not that I can remember of, but then again I was a helluva dork back then.