Vulture comments on 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Call For Critiques/Questions - Less Wrong

18 Post author: Yvain 11 October 2014 06:39AM

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Comment author: Vulture 17 October 2014 02:01:29AM 0 points [-]

I just thought it was important to point out, because there's a significant difference between humoring people who are pretending to be easily upset and handling people who are actually easily upset.

Comment author: Azathoth123 18 October 2014 02:18:05AM 2 points [-]

If you refuse to humor someone who is easily upset, he will (possibly after a tantrum) become less easily upset. If you humor someone who is easily upset, he will become even more easily upset.

Comment author: Vulture 18 October 2014 06:23:44PM 0 points [-]

Interesting. My experience dealing with easily-upset people is limited, so this is good to know.

Comment author: Azathoth123 19 October 2014 10:14:46PM 3 points [-]

The amusing thing is that even liberals apply this knowledge when dealing with easily upset people who are in their actual outgroup.