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Clarity comments on Open Thread, Jul. 6 - Jul. 12, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Clarity 12 July 2015 05:59:43AM 0 points [-]

How does one overcome the illusion of control over others? I feel like I think a lot about people I have crushes on because I feel like I can affect their decision to like me more than I can influence others.

Comment author: ChristianKl 12 July 2015 11:30:08AM 1 point [-]

Real world feedback. If you actually ask out girls for whom you have a crush you might very soon learn that you don't have much control over their decisions.

Comment author: Clarity 12 July 2015 04:43:25PM *  0 points [-]

Getting to yes

edit: It turns out all this stuff I thought was pick is mainsteam, it's on wikihow. I don't feel like a manipulative weirdo creeper anymore :)

Comment author: ChristianKl 12 July 2015 06:48:48PM 2 points [-]

In general it's useful to not use concrete names of people in public conversations like this due to privacy issues.

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