This is an old post, but I can't resist answering the question...

IF/IE (Yandere/Tsundere): Alice (the Yandere) pretends to like Bob but in fact is trying to manipulate him into doing what she wants, while Bob (the Tsundere) pretends to hate Alice but in fact is totally on-board with her agenda. This description is a bit of a joke - I can't even imagine what this mode would look like, let alone think of any real-world examples. This is the place where the model diverges most from reality and common sense. If we still want to salvage the model, my working theory is that the Yandere/Tsundere discourse is "unstable" in the sense that if a conversation enters this mode, even if the participants don't realize it, the conversation will become so incoherent that they'll either stop talking, or shift into a different mode.

This mode of interaction is called "playing hard to get": Alice is trying to manipulate Bob into something Alice wants. Bob is willing to accept being "manipulated" into an outcome he wanted all along, but Bob is going to make Alice work for it first.

The song "Baby It's Cold Outside" is probably the classic example of the dynamic. The "Wolf" is insincerely expressing concern for the "Mouse" when what he really wants is to sleep with her, and the "Mouse" is insincerely refusing because she doesn't want to get a reputation for being the kind of person who accepts such proposals even though she wants the same thing as the "Wolf".

Well, I guess we're different. I always want to pet all the dogs and all the cats too.

I take it you think nuclear winter is unlikely?

Also, how are you going to get the phosphate fertilizer to grow crops after a nuclear war?

Possibly stupid question: what do you think would happen if you tried to connect with and talk to literal children?

How do you feel about cats?

Is it okay to hang out at a bar if you don't drink?

So, are you turning into Linus Van Pelt, who said that he loved humanity - it was people he couldn't stand?

I think most people have trouble finding people at conventions they can click with, at least for longer than a few minutes, simply because of how hectic and overwhelming things can get...

Maybe you should try an anime convention or Comic-Con instead? (Assuming you have any interest in geeky entertainment topics...)

But yeah, having an experience akin to being a world class musician listening to a middle school band and cringing at how bad they sounded must not have been pleasant.

When I'm talking in person, I'm much, much worse at expressing myself precisely and handling sophisticated ideas - and objecting to stupid ones - than when I have all the time in the world to write something and post it online. :/