{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "So if it's the neighborhood discourse lately I'll say that while I never thought of myself really as doing PUA stuff my taking...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/690874044055257088/", "html": "<p>So if it&rsquo;s the neighborhood discourse lately I&rsquo;ll say that while I never thought of myself really as doing <i>PUA stuff</i> my taking human-interaction leads from <i>Veronica Mars</i> was just a more sophisticated, and productive walk in that direction really. That said I&rsquo;ll say what I saw involved some useful tricks to social interaction that were honestly &ldquo;tricks&rdquo; to inducing situations ripe for connection in the same sense group facilitators going around in a circle and having everyone say their name and one fact about them is. </p><p>Aside from that the &ldquo;advice&rdquo; often sounded like <i>descriptions of</i> the anxiety-free way I now interact with people, and not useful <i>instructions to</i> that could have been usefully applied by the old personality</p>"}