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Comment author: [deleted] 08 October 2010 07:56:19PM 1 point [-]

A list of pro-nice tastes, as I understand them:

  1. Decoration vs. plainness.

  2. Fantasy, romance, or lyricism vs. realism.

  3. Innocence vs. experience.

  4. Agreement vs. disagreement.

  5. Bubblegum pop music vs. heavy metal music.

  6. Comedy vs. tragedy.

  7. Sunshine vs. storms.

  8. The "inspirational" vs. the "critical."

For some reason I'm also finding the "pro-nice" side more stereotypically feminine.

Comment author: steven0461 08 October 2010 09:41:42PM 2 points [-]

This looks like it corresponds closely to what's usually called "beautiful" versus "sublime".

Comment author: Perplexed 10 October 2010 02:39:35PM 0 points [-]

For some reason I'm also finding the "pro-nice" side more stereotypically feminine.

Definitely. Nice == sugar and spice. Not nice == snips and snails and a fascination with dinosaurs. With repeated emphasis on the word "stereotypically". Most people are a mix. I notice I have become more nice with age - a process which I analyze as becoming less insecure about whether I am perceived as sufficiently macho.

Some additional random comments:

  • Comedy can be either nice or not nice. Same goes for tragedy.

  • Is this a 5th dimension to add to the 4 Meyers-Briggs dichotomies?

  • Would an OkCupid test be an easy way to collect empirical data?

  • Would this make an interesting case study to supplement EY's old postings about "rubes" and "bleggs" and naive Bayes classifiers?

The predictive power: people who have "pro-nice" tastes in one arena of life ought to have "pro-nice" tastes in others, and vice versa.

It would be interesting to find out for sure ...

Comment author: whpearson 09 October 2010 02:02:14PM 0 points [-]

I like agreement in general, especially in real life.

I favour heavy metal/alternative music.

I like playing with kids and fluffy animals. I am unsure of exactly why, I think it is because of their innocence and simplicity of motive and emotion.

I like both sunshine and storms.

Where do I fit on the spectrum?

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