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23 Post author: Raw_Power 17 June 2011 12:52AM

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Comment author: cousin_it 27 June 2011 10:17:21AM *  3 points [-]

Being unafraid in social situations is useful, but it seems to be most effective if you combine it with another skill: the ability to accurately read people. Here's a beautiful Reddit comment explaining that skill. Disclosure: I only recently realized that I'm bad at reading people, and I'm going to follow the advice in that comment.

Comment author: XFrequentist 22 January 2012 07:16:30PM 0 points [-]

That comment deserves its own post!