@IssanCARefugee@Chairforce007 maybe bonding with someone's character is so hard to do /hence underrated/ because it's hard to so from a distance /revolves around actual real-life interaction/, plus the social norm of giving significance to shallow traits
@IssanCARefugee@Chairforce007 I struggle to imagine how one would find or click with someone without "hobby bonds", but I'm beginning to accept the fact common interests are not reason enough to be with someone
@beyngofbeing@CzarKingBilly@ByzantineBarbie maybe im wrong, but i think "theory of mind" implies being able to understand how someone(people?) would think/act ahead of time
understanding and empaty feels more like an apology after the fact
@MarikaSumiko point 2 made me realize that the other person had absolutely no theory of mind for me. any time i slipped up and said the wrong thing she'd react like im a stranger. in retrospect that's probably accurate
The greatest feat a father can accomplish with his daughter, is to through good example and instruction, teach her to yearn for and crave the warmth and kindness of the virtuous man.
He teaches her that the natural masculine dominance and ruthlessness she fears but is aroused by is beautiful only when wielded benevolently, but disgusting when wielded maliciously. That how a man wields his strength in great part determines how attractive he is, and that the mere presence of strength alone is not enough. We do not throw out the baby with the bath water by rejecting masculine vigour wholesale, seeking safety in the impotence of the most pathetic men, but instead ascertain the shape, propensity and general intention of a man’s power - because he must be dangerously
courageous in order to be capable - but he must be so in a way that does not make mere vanity, hedonism or sadism what drives him.
The father then is to spiritually purify his daughter’s innate love for the barbarian savage with a moral component. He conditions her to disdain the wickedness in man and instead adore the virtue in him, making her more beautiful as she helps create a more beautiful world, for no man will be tempted by his desire for her to corrupt himself to win her, no wicked man will get access to her, and the good man she eventually does choose will be encouraged by her in his desire to live up to her reverent image of him.
Plant a glorious seed within your flower, and as she sprawls and sprouts everything she touches around her will blossom beautifully with her.
@majamediaco its a dance-type of social dynamic that is meant to feel natural and enjoyable. at first I was very frustrated and refused to play "the game" but there is good reason to why it is that way, but gosh does it take a long time to understand if you're introverted or analytical.
@majamediaco very spot on, its 100% an education gap that is hard to bridge without having somebody to watch & learn from (which leads most down the horrible road of pick-up artists - though i admit i learned a few things)
once the dynamic clicks in your mind all the bad feelings go away
@fidi_fboy@majamediaco i mean, if a girl shames a guy for respectfully chatting her up, she's just a bitch. and you wouldn't want to be with one, right? so why care?
@Valla_llc@seventhmeal@chrislakin they do, but you have to be extraverted and set it up somehow. otherwise it's just weird, especially because some social dynamics are just they are
@seventhmeal@chrislakin flirting is testing whether the other party reciprocates, and if they do, then you shoot your shot
plausible deniability provides an exit pathway and avoids being creepy. basically an iq test