Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love
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#2"Psychologists believe this is because the man is showing that he knows how to connect, to share emotions and, possibly, to be vulnerable. He also is indicating that he is interesting and articulate and can gain resources and provide support."
Why this disconnect? Isn't storytelling the act of connecting, sharing emotions, and being vulnerable? The article makes it sound like storytelling is peacocking. Doing one thing to display a related ability. Like flexing to show strength. But this is the real act. Of course people who are better at interpersonal communication are happier because of it.
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#3"The men didn’t care whether the women were good storytellers, the research showed."
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#4"The men didn’t care whether the women were good storytellers, the research showed."
Men generally have lower standards.
A while ago, I ran two Tinder bots connected to CleverBot; one with a female account and the other with a male account (Both with attractive pictures). Female matches did not tolerate the male bot talking gibberish, while male matches went out of their way to try and make sense of what the female bot was saying.
Hilarious as it was, I had to cut it because it was immoral.
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#5"The men didn’t care whether the women were good storytellers, the research showed."
Men generally have lower standards. A while ago, I ran two Tinder bots connected to CleverBot; one with a female account and the other with a male account (Both with attractive pictures). Female matches did not tolerate the male bot talking gibberish, while male matches went out of their way to try and make sense of what the female bot was saying. Hilarious as it was, I had to cut it because it was immoral.
How did you account for a woman having many more times the matches of a man? Wouldn't this influence whether they would be willing to "spend" time on the match?
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#6"The men didn’t care whether the women were good storytellers, the research showed."
"women need reason to have sex, men need a place"
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#7So how does one become a good storyteller? Obviously it takes experience but is there a book that anyone can recommend to get an edge?
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Men generally have lower standards. A while ago, I ran two Tinder bots connected to CleverBot; one with a female account and the other with a male account (Both with attractive pictures). Female matches did not tolerate the male bot talking gibberish, while male matches went out of their way to try and make sense of what the female bot was saying. Hilarious as it was, I had to cut it because it was immoral.
How did you account for a woman having many more times the matches of a man? Wouldn't this influence whether they would be willing to "spend" time on the match?
I thought about that and the only thing I could do to address it was by making the male account really attractive. Couldn't think of a better solution.
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#9"Psychologists believe this is because the man is showing that he knows how to connect, to share emotions and, possibly, to be vulnerable. He also is indicating that he is interesting and articulate and can gain resources and provide support." Why this disconnect? Isn't storytelling the act of connecting, sharing emotions, and being vulnerable? The article makes it sound like storytelling is peacocking. Doing one thi…
To me it sounds more like the man is indicating he needs other people to provide support (and motivates them by the story telling techniques he developed). Most introvert men would probably be able to provide for things themselves.
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#10So how does one become a good storyteller? Obviously it takes experience but is there a book that anyone can recommend to get an edge?
Book? I got nuthin'.
Podcast however, there's "Writing Excuses". I've been listening for years. Totally amazing depth and breadth, hundreds of episodes covering all aspects of storytelling and authorship.