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army1987 comments on Open thread, July 29-August 4, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 31 July 2013 05:24:47PM 3 points [-]

Note also that the same action may be interpreted as a sexual advance if the recipient is available (or at least there's no common knowledge to the contrary) and as a sincere compliment for its own sake otherwise; therefore, if someone is willing to do the former but not the latter for whatever reason (e.g. irrational fear of creep- or slut-shaming due to ethanol deficiency)...