Social Dynamics at Arm's Length

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15 points | by surprisetalk 4 days ago ago

10 comments

  • elcapitan 36 minutes ago

    This reads like either a plot device for a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode or a report of what happened at some private party before one of the participants decided to kill all the others.

  • flax 2 hours ago

    This "game" sounds horrible. It seems designed to maximize anxiety and conflict, and extract kompromat. What is the upside supposed to be?

    • _ah 2 hours ago

      It's the same reason people go see scary movies. To feel the thrill.

      • HPsquared 2 hours ago

        Scary movies aren't real, though.

    • proof_by_vibes 42 minutes ago

      This is a very male attitude to have.

    • bwhiting2356 2 hours ago

      ever played 'spin the bottle'?

  • Modified3019 an hour ago

    The kind of people who find it exciting to publicly label/judge others, are exactly the kind of people I am not interesting in making myself vulnerable to.

  • ai_critic 2 hours ago

    Authentic relating, every time I see that it comes up, continues to be a red flag warning to expect antisocial behavior by bad actors. This article does not break that trend.

    I'm sure some people get utility out of it and improve their lives, but there seem to be quite a few people who seem to enjoy it for other reasons.

    • rcbdev 7 minutes ago

      Thank you for demystifying this "AR" term - I was honestly confused about whether the author was talking about Augmented Reality.

  • rexpop 30 minutes ago

    Party games for sociopaths.

    I've been to a couple AR scenes. It's mostly cultlike leaders breaking down others' boundaries through humiliation rituals like these. If you're enough of a psychopath, you can make your way to the top of the fleecing pyramid, eventually.