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The older I get the more I'm fooled by prospective partners. When I was younger, the girls I was interested in were people I'd gone through life experiences wit
by dionidium 11y ago
The older I get the more I'm fooled by prospective partners. When I was younger, the girls I was interested in were people I'd gone through life experiences with: school, general growing up, etc. But now, in my thirties, I'm meeting people randomly. And I'm realizing that character is pretty easy to fake (for a while). I knew that the girls in my past had character, because I watched them grow, overcome hurdles, and so on. But meeting people in your 30s removes all context and -- I'm finding, at least -- that people who lie and cheat and who are generally bad actors are really hard to distinguish from those people who don't act like that.
- Grishnakh 11y ago>I'm finding, at least -- that people who lie and cheat and who are generally bad actors are really hard to distinguish from those people who don't act like that. This is a great example of how easy it is to misinterpret stuff in English. If someone is really good at faking good character, doesn't that make them a "good actor"? :-)
- ionforce 11y agoWe could say that the phrase "(good|bad) actor" has a high collocation, so that it has a higher likelihood of meaning something specific. Also, we could disambiguate by using alternatives like "poor actor" (bad at acting) and "bad agents" (immoral people).