I am very good at it if I want to be manipulative. I know how to talk, where to hit, how to pressure on someone or persuade them.
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Anonymous
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Obviously. You're a woman. Men are violent. Men have committed great evil. We all know that. But the difference is women's crimes are nefariously hidden. But women are violent in a much quieter but no less damaging way. The ploy for help. Crocodile tears. All encompassing attack on a person's most vulnerable mental wounds. The whisper in the ears of a leader. The devil is female. Insidious.
The man may pull the trigger but the woman encourages him to do so and points the gun (the man) at a target she wants to kill. There's a reason for the Adam and Eve story.
Okay. Go ahead. Downvote me ladies. Deep down you know it's true would you not agree? Because you've been the victim of it too. The whispers and gossip and backstabbing. You're just unwilling to admit that womankind is not perfect.
I'm extremely good at recognizing and shrugging off manipulation. The first and foremost thing on my mind is "what does this person want?" which makes me more prone to analyzing if it really aligns with what I want. If not the defenses are up from the start and I have no problem becoming rude about it with pushy fucks like salesman.
When dealing with others on the other hand, it's always take it or leave it from me. So let's say a girl I want to bone doesn't want the bone, oh well whatever, next!
It depends on the kind of manipulation. If I need to lie in order to manipulate someone, definitely not because one, I hate lying and would feel guilty, and two, I'm bad at lying. If I'm trying to get out of something/or have someone do something for me that doesn't require lying, then yeah, I think I can be pretty persuasive in my wording, though I rarely rely on manipulation anyway, it just seems a bit unethical and again, I always feel guilty after doing it.
In person, perhaps. But I don't manipulate in the most selfish contexts. I'm used to studying psychology and maybe because I've been so idiotic most of my life, I recognize the same tendencies in people. So I usually manipulate people in order to make people feel better. I'm a "nice manipulator", unless I'm single and the girl is very pretty, in which case a little bit more selfishness factors in (not entirely though).
I've reached a point though of questioning my motives to the point where I see all human interaction as some form of manipulation or other, whether it's manipulating a child to behave or manipulating an adult to be happy and look at their life differently. It is all manipulation to me, and I seek to become as skilled at it as possible, not always for selfish gain.
@KezHarris There is so much nuance in what I'm saying that I probably can't communicate it properly short of us meeting and you seeing what I do. Externally it is still gentlemanly and kind, I was the type to stop myself and stop having fun when I saw even a stranger cry (male or female), but I must admit a little bit more interest on my part if the stranger was female, and pretty, and suddenly getting flirty, and that my only admission is that my original intent, while only to cheer someone else up, made me consider a few more selfish variables than usual, while simultaneously careful to make sure whatever interest they were showing to me would last, and not only be in response to the kindness I showed them that night (I would not take them home then and there, and would wait). That nuance I can't really communicate in words very well.
@KezHarris I would, I think, be, for all external purposes, considered a very decent guy in the way I act. But I am, internally, share something in common with villains, because I am a manipulator of sorts, even if what I am intending to manipulate is designed to help the person out and feel better with a genuine interest in seeing their lives improve even at the cost to my own time.
@KezHarris It is admittedly very hard to communicate. I'm self-absorbed and have recursively gone through all those questions like "what is the meaning of life?", "why do I want to be kind to strangers?", and I've ended up in a place where I can't use the language we generally use so effectively to express where I've arrived at.
I haven't really tried. I can get people to do what I want pretty easily, but that's just because I ask them. They generally just do it without needing any extra persuasion. I don't think I would like to manipulate someone. I would feel bad about it.
Let me be frank: You probably suck at manipulation, and I'll tell you why.
You're playing the game on easy mode. Probably desperate guys who don't get female attention, all you gotta do is throw them a bone and they go wild.
Guys like me don't fall for that, we've been there, we've done that and we stopped whining and just learned that tits and ass are honestly as plentiful as cock.
I can see ample amount of opportunities where I can be manipulating to the extent of gaslighting if I get to it but it's just mehh and I haven't got that mad on anybody that I would spend my time doing that to someone. Also it's a bit unethical for me to do so.
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Anonymous
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I hate it. I see it all the time and people try to manipulate me. I don't like the idea of manipulate someone. I just want help when I need it, and I'll give appreciation back and help them back someday.
People that take pride in manipulating others are psychopaths or sociopaths.
No, but only because I wouldn't want to. Manipulating people is doing nothing more than turning them into puppets. The feelings aren't real. Do it if you like, but there's a consequence to your actions that will need to be paid.
Its Its fairly easy tbh... but I tend not to go and do stuff like that, because it can hurt people and destroy self esteem if used in the wrong manner or wrong reasons...
Yes I know how to manipulate if I want to, but I don't need to manipulate people to get what I want. The only time I get manipulative is against someone who's clearly trying to manipulate me.
Not really, all I can do is to try not to be victim of manipulation, but it's difficult sometimes... certain type of girls tend to manipulate my very successfully, and I end up getting hurt.
Can't remember the last time I was promised a punishment I had to endure. I've talked my way out of people fucking me over, legal situations, tickets, trouble when I was a kid. Lying and feigning ignorance comes easily to me.
I can’t manipulate my girlfriend but she nos how to make me do things and I don’t even reelize what she is doin. I think its because she is smarter then me
I've noticed i have had this ability for awhile. Kinda scares me that people can't tell what im doing so i try to be as truthful as possible with people.
18 and very good at it? Wow... may god bless the guy! Anything you get from manipulation, those are just you playing with yourself and deceiving yourself
Nah if one wants to manipulate, you have to look at humans more as a computer with predictive and predetermined responses. Once you understand how the computer works and reacts, you can predict the responses and manipulate them to your advantage.
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