Saying “I do the socially normal thing” is pretty good evidence that you don’t do the socially normal thing.
In a sense, yes. Normally you don’t announce you do the socially normal thing. But when you’re in a subculture where lots of people don’t do the socially normal thing...
Agreed. Very few of the positions on lying taken in this thread could be classified as “socially normal” outside of (or in a number of cases even inside of) LW-associated circles.
Saying “I do the socially normal thing” is pretty good evidence that you don’t do the socially normal thing.
Structurally, this post and its comments are extremely similar to the pua threads.
In a sense, yes. Normally you don’t announce you do the socially normal thing. But when you’re in a subculture where lots of people don’t do the socially normal thing...
Agreed. Very few of the positions on lying taken in this thread could be classified as “socially normal” outside of (or in a number of cases even inside of) LW-associated circles.