Certainly, I agree with this. But there are prominent pickup techniques that are manipulative and undesirable—you know, stuff like undermining someone’s self-esteem. That’s what I’m talking about. I’m using “manipulative” to refer to these “bad influences” or, if you prefer, “Dark Arts”.
Edit: Or, in other words, I’m not exaggerating all influence by calling it manipulation—I’m using the word to refer to basically the same thing you are (“influence other people by… doing something underhanded”).
Certainly, I agree with this. But there are prominent pickup techniques that are manipulative and undesirable—you know, stuff like undermining someone’s self-esteem. That’s what I’m talking about. I’m using “manipulative” to refer to these “bad influences” or, if you prefer, “Dark Arts”.
Edit: Or, in other words, I’m not exaggerating all influence by calling it manipulation—I’m using the word to refer to basically the same thing you are (“influence other people by… doing something underhanded”).