Alicorn comments on Love and Rationality: Less Wrongers on OKCupid - LessWrong

19 Post author: Relsqui 11 October 2010 06:35AM

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Comment author: Relsqui 13 October 2010 07:04:59PM 5 points [-]

Honestly I think this is the smartest sentence in there:

When women discuss what they want in a man, remember that they might not be fully aware of what really turns them on.

Of course they aren't. Most people don't think much about what they really want, just like they don't think much about who they really are. It's possible that het men and het women are so different that the men aren't also clueless in this regard, but I doubt it. And each set treats the other like its members are stupid about relationships at best, and deliberately conniving at worst. No wonder we get this ridiculous, overblown sense of adversary about dating. : \

This woman thinks the reason men get bad advice is that they're not asking the right questions. I don't agree with everything in that article, but overall I think it's on the right track.

Comment author: Alicorn 13 October 2010 07:19:47PM 3 points [-]

I like that link.

Comment author: Relsqui 13 October 2010 07:28:44PM 3 points [-]

Me too. But we're just women, what would we know about how women work. ; )

Comment author: CronoDAS 13 October 2010 11:56:15PM 4 points [-]

How much does the average customer know about how to be a successful salesman?

Comment author: Relsqui 14 October 2010 01:30:08AM 1 point [-]

They know whether they're getting good customer service. But I don't particularly agree with the analogy. Men and women should be working with each other, not against each other. I don't tolerate potential partners who treat me otherwise, and I don't have much sympathy for people who do.