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Bugmaster comments on Why do people ____? - Less Wrong Discussion

25 Post author: magfrump 04 May 2012 04:20AM

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Comment author: Bugmaster 04 May 2012 05:53:20AM 5 points [-]

I'd never understood how the whole bar-mating thing is supposed to work (among my fellow straight people, at least). I could never get it to work, probably because I never particularly wanted to. Am I the only one ?

Comment author: RomeoStevens 04 May 2012 10:11:35PM 5 points [-]

people closer to the center of the bell curve are easier to match with one another, thus random combinations are more likely to yield success.

Comment author: FiftyTwo 06 May 2012 12:57:37PM 1 point [-]

You engage in conversation with people while you are both in a frame of mind where you are disposed to social interaction, you interact and based on that interaction either bond or don't. What is it you don't get?