Why not? Lukeprog’s mistake, assuming you’re talking about what I think you’re talking about, seems to have been quite the opposite of trying to explain the benefits of an option from the other person’s point of view:
So I broke up with Alice over a long conversation that included an hour-long primer on evolutionary psychology in which I explained how natural selection had built me to be attracted to certain features that she lacked.
I imagine he’d have had better luck, or at least not become the butt of quite so many relationship jokes on LW, if he’d gone with something like “you deserve someone who appreciates you better”. Notice that from Alice’s perspective, this describes exactly the same situation—but in terms of what it means to her.
So I broke up with Alice over a long conversation that included an hour-long primer on evolutionary psychology in which I explained how natural selection had built me to be attracted to certain features that she lacked.
ROFL… An hour-long primer to explain “You should have gotten a boob job” X-D
Why not? Lukeprog’s mistake, assuming you’re talking about what I think you’re talking about, seems to have been quite the opposite of trying to explain the benefits of an option from the other person’s point of view:
I imagine he’d have had better luck, or at least not become the butt of quite so many relationship jokes on LW, if he’d gone with something like “you deserve someone who appreciates you better”. Notice that from Alice’s perspective, this describes exactly the same situation—but in terms of what it means to her.
Nah. Just meant that considering his posts on relationships, he might try that, so therefore, no lukeprog allowed.
In truth I was just trying to use reverse psychology to get him to do it and hopefully post some results.
And this is where this silliness ends before I get more downvoetes.
ROFL… An hour-long primer to explain “You should have gotten a boob job” X-D