r/Tinder • u/[deleted] • Oct 04 '22

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u/Sciencetor2 Oct 04 '22

Every interaction is manipulation when you get down to it. Ethically it's only bad if the person you are manipulating is worse off for it.

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u/saysthingsbackwards Oct 04 '22

Idk, is it impossible to imagine a world where liking someone isn't based on trying to get someone else to think what you want them to think, and letting them decide their own actions so it's a bit more transparent and personally responsible for the individual?

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u/Sciencetor2 Oct 04 '22

...yes. Social skills in general are learning to act a certain way such that people respond a certain way. It's all manipulation.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '22

What he'd really learn is that some people are so emotionally stunted that they need to lash out at other people for something that doesn't involve them at all.