13 Sep 2021, 11:33 pm
Fnord wrote:
On the excessive end are the "classic" Narcissists, who have an exaggerated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others.
At the deficient end is the Anti-Narcissist, whose only difference from the "classic" form is an exaggerated sense of their own unimportance -- the "buggerly" personality -- while still retaining their deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others.
At the deficient end is the Anti-Narcissist, whose only difference from the "classic" form is an exaggerated sense of their own unimportance -- the "buggerly" personality -- while still retaining their deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others.
If you remove these two groups then social media will be too boring to use
13 Sep 2021, 11:50 pm
13 Sep 2021, 11:55 pm
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14 Sep 2021, 12:14 am
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14 Sep 2021, 12:29 am
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There are apps now that tell women (registered with the service) when they see you that you are a member of that service and they can use their phone to tell you if they are interested or not.
I wish they had these devices in my single days
I wish they had these devices in my single days
I guess in the old days you had to try to talk to them and figure it out that way.
I realize that this is a forum for mostly socially challenged people (including me) but I wonder if modern tech is really helpful. People as a whole these days seem less adept at understanding the social game. When high schoolers have breaks between lessons nowadays they just sit there quietly with their smartphones. At the risk of sounding like an old fart we just talked to each other - men and women. That's how we gauged whether you had a chance with each other or not. I mean I still failed but at least I tried and it paid off later.
Recently studies indicate average IQ is dropping in advanced first-world societies. It wouldn't surprise me at all if EQ is also dropping. Outsourcing one's smarts to the smartphone.
14 Sep 2021, 12:59 am
1986 wrote:
At the risk of sounding like an old fart we just talked to each other - men and women. That's how we gauged whether you had a chance with each other or not. I mean I still failed but at least I tried and it paid off later.
To be fair I'm talking about the step leading to chit-chat. I was pretty comfortable with women once they got to know me. The problem back in those days was meeting chicks.
The apps have one big advantage is that in a big city on any given day you can signal to maybe 30-40 girls in one outing, they can check you out and maybe 1-2 might want to say hello and talk. These are far better odds than meeting one single girl in 12months
14 Sep 2021, 1:27 am
14 Sep 2021, 1:41 am
14 Sep 2021, 1:50 am
Muse933277 wrote:
Whale_Tuune wrote:
Looks are somewhat important, but frankly they're not too important in the long run.
I still think they're very important.
Think about it like this. When you meet a potential partner, you're more likely to like them and take their personality into consideration if you find them cute, pretty, handsome, etc... If you don't find someone attractive AT ALL, it doesn't matter how nice they are, you're simply not attracted to them and will likely never consider them as a potential romantic partner.
So yes, looks are important. There's no question about it.
Sexual attraction is important in a sexual relationship, yes.
Platonic relationships, on the other hand, don't need this element.
In the skeme of things, "Platonic Relationships" are an anomaly or incidental in terms of the evolutionary process.
14 Sep 2021, 1:52 am
Muse933277 wrote:
I used to be a member of a church group that had several cute white girls. 3 of them were either married or dating someone. Can you guess what all of their boyfriends looked like? They were all 6 ft tall skinny white guys, every single one of them.
Looks don't matter my ass.
Looks don't matter my ass.
Agreed.
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Looking back at group pics, I objectively find all the other guys are more attractive than me, face and body wise; so I dunno. I don’t find much examples around me (not the internet) that “disapprove” to me the importance of looks.
Self-evident.
This type of discussion has been going on, literally, for years.
My POV has never changed.
If any 9's and 10's want to prove me wrong, this old skunk is available.
14 Sep 2021, 2:04 am
14 Sep 2021, 3:57 am
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14 Sep 2021, 4:27 am
Pepe wrote:
Muse933277 wrote:
I used to be a member of a church group that had several cute white girls. 3 of them were either married or dating someone. Can you guess what all of their boyfriends looked like? They were all 6 ft tall skinny white guys, every single one of them.
Looks don't matter my ass.
Looks don't matter my ass.
Agreed.
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Looking back at group pics, I objectively find all the other guys are more attractive than me, face and body wise; so I dunno. I don’t find much examples around me (not the internet) that “disapprove” to me the importance of looks.
Self-evident.
This type of discussion has been going on, literally, for years.
My POV has never changed.
If any 9's and 10's want to prove me wrong, this old skunk is available.
Also they're more charismatic while talking, with articulate voices, not monotone geek robotic like me.
14 Sep 2021, 4:37 am
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