LukkyKnight
Equal Opportunity Enjoyer
- Joined
- Oct 26, 2001
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The General Board is notoriously vulnerable to manipulation by emotion. However much the rationalist might resent this it is ALWAYS true in the short run. Whoever can post enough can sell them whores quickly for relief (i.e. cure their anxiety).
Escort services can do this. Hustlers can do this. "Insurance" companies do this.
Organized Crime very often does this.
Certain lit regulars most especially do this. By frightening people with Hell and then offering them Confusion.
The most ignorant and crooked individuals can "sell" a whole thread that cannot bear two minutes of rational analysis.
We are sheep, after all. And these type of scare tactics play to deeply ingrained parts of our psyche. It works for domesticated pimps just as they work for the uber primates, because they have, so far, been evolutionary relative successful.
Hey, it was my turn to drink...
Escort services can do this. Hustlers can do this. "Insurance" companies do this.
Organized Crime very often does this.
Certain lit regulars most especially do this. By frightening people with Hell and then offering them Confusion.
The most ignorant and crooked individuals can "sell" a whole thread that cannot bear two minutes of rational analysis.
We are sheep, after all. And these type of scare tactics play to deeply ingrained parts of our psyche. It works for domesticated pimps just as they work for the uber primates, because they have, so far, been evolutionary relative successful.
Hey, it was my turn to drink...