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I'd only feel insulted if it's someone I know who offers me cash - and even then it's only in a "dude what the fuck, why would I take your money" way that's for
by corin_ 13y ago
I'd only feel insulted if it's someone I know who offers me cash - and even then it's only in a "dude what the fuck, why would I take your money" way that's forgotten 10 seconds after we light up.
In all other cases I much prefer when people offer to pay for a cigarette, even though I've never taken their money.
- Jugurtha 13y agoYeah .. It's weird, The Psychology of Bumming (c) (I can see Norvig's future "Teach Yourself How To Bum in Ten Years" or ESR's "How to Become a Bummer"). But in all seriousness, I get your point: It's not that you want their money, just want the gesture. It happened I paid for their coffee, or gave a gum. Or proposed to buy it (for half of the pack's price). Reciprocity. On another note, there's an amazing book by Robert Cialdini called "Influence: Science and Practice" (the old one, not the new) which should appeal to hackers: It's about hacking people's brain. It is the greatest book I've read on the matter: All empirical data.