btrettel comments on Open Thread for February 18-24 2014 - Less Wrong

4 Post author: eggman 19 February 2014 12:57PM

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Comment author: btrettel 20 February 2014 02:19:21AM 1 point [-]

Great comment. I think your latter question is excellent, though I'm not sure that "drop hints" is the best way to describe guessing. I'll think about what might be better.

Comment author: Ishaan 20 February 2014 08:38:41PM *  2 points [-]

You could further simplify it to "How often do you directly ask for what you want?" -Almost Never, I hate asking for things, - Sometimes bla bla bla, - Almost always, clear communication bla bla bla

Also, some people take things really literally, so I'd take LukeASomers' advice and add the "almost" hedges