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WCDT - 6-10 September 2010 (1746-1750)
fifthfiend:
--- Quote from: Akima on 07 Sep 2010, 01:08 ---Granted, but the key words are "most appropriate/effective". If a man approaches me in a manner I find repellent, how is his approach effective? In choosing it, how has he demonstrated the ability to communicate with me?
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Well he's communicated that he's a douchebag.
Many douchey people seem to successfully get together with each other, this seems like it'd be an important part of doing that.
Arancaytar:
It seems almost inevitable that Marten will run into someone else tomorrow, particularly after his "angst solstice" line.
But who will it be? Steve? Marigold? Cosette? Hanners?
Kugai:
Angst Solstice?
Once in a blue Moon? :-D
J:
--- Quote from: Akima on 07 Sep 2010, 01:08 ---
--- Quote from: J on 06 Sep 2010, 23:59 ---second of all you're speculating on someone else's internal internal motivations. this is all well and good with a hypothetical straw-man, but not with an actual human being.
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Er... Speculate is all one can ever do about other people's internal motivations, no matter how well one thinks one knows them. Only their behaviour is observable.
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true, but what i was trying to point out there is that you appear to be holding your own speculation (based off of very little information) against them. this seems unfair to me.
--- Quote from: Akima on 07 Sep 2010, 01:08 ---
--- Quote ---the fact is that we all adapt and moderate our behavior based on what we believe will be most appropriate/effective in a given context. you don't behave the same way on a date as you do at a job interview, nor do you usually speak to your coworkers the same way as your friends. this is how humans function as social animals. how a man approaches a woman is no diffrent.
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Granted, but the key words are "most appropriate/effective". If a man approaches me in a manner I find repellent, how is his approach effective? In choosing it, how has he demonstrated the ability to communicate with me?
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actually, the key word there is believe. if you find his approach repellent, then it was not appropriate or effective, nor does it demonstrate an ability to communicate. therefor, he has failed in his objective because he miscalculated his strategy. essentially, he made a mistake, this does not make him a bad person.
brew:
I bet Dora followed Marten and heard him say he loves Faye and will freak out about it.
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