there is something gained working shit jobs, barely scraping by, partying all the time like nothing matters and you have nothing to lose
I'd imagine it to be similar. the big difference I notice between pua/trp successes and failures is the successes just kept...
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...doing it over and over until it became natural. to keep faking it so much that it doesn't even feel like faking it anymore
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normie socialization is probably much easier than pua tho, much lower stakes and they have no reason to be vigilant for frauds
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years of retail eventually gave me a feel for bullshit small talk (which is high noise to signal but fundamentally not complex)
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also helps that in hipster music circles flattened affect is a sign of coolness and main status game is esoteric trivia
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not that I was seen as "normal" per se, I had a reputation for being unusually intelligent and lecturing for hours on various...
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...topics when too intoxicated to keep up the front, but "normal" enough that I was ingrouped
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(that was the pleasantest surprise about aspie circles, that when I launched into "lecture" mode I'd get to have real convos...
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...w/ ppl just as interested in and knowledgeable about topics rather than just rambling at a rapt audience)
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