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Don't forget the importance of negging.
by vernie 7y ago
Don't forget the importance of negging.
- objektif 7y agoWhat do you mean?
- rolltiide 7y agoIts the practice of insulting someone to achieve the reaction you were originally looking for. It is a manipulative practice that aims to break down the self esteem of someone that would otherwise dismiss you, so that they want to validate themselves to you to remain attractive in their own head. All while you just wanted the attention to begin with. A little different from trolling, where you rile someone up just so they embarrass themselves. With negging, you want them to want validation from you and you want a relationship with them. It is a gender-neutral pick up art, more commonly taught by men in communities that want to meet women. Try not to fall for it. Try not to be manipulative. It also works. The pick up art community overlaps with the NLP community which applies their speech hacks in professional and career settings.
- ralmeida 7y agoOP is probably referring to a conversational technique where one person tries to gain rapport with another by (sometimes slightly) insulting them. It's more common in the hookup scene, "pickup artist" scene, etc, FWIW. I'm not aware of its usage in VC pitching, but does not sound like a good idea.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoIt’s a reference to this scene from Silicon Valley: https://youtu.be/N6Zz-Nkkaxc https://youtu.be/N6Zz-Nkkaxc
- objektif 7y agoAh got it. I had forgotten about this. What about bsack slamming? Does it work these days?