Every man in one or two points in his life chills in a scarry basement. It's manhood !
I want a basement... Never had one. Wait, that was an untruth. I had one when I lived in Richmond years ago. Threw some intense parties there.
A basement, to me, symbolizes the epitome of reclusive behavior. The master puppeteer who lives on this website I believe to be a serious social recluse with avoidant issues. I use the basement to accentuate its level of pathetic.
I can be very introverted also... and I'm not sure there is anything special about the way I view the world in general but when I am focused on someone else...
When I look into the eyes of someone I want to control... I make them feel very nervous... I've discovered it's what's called a preditorial gaze. A VERY intense focus on the person... Staring not just to hear their words but to read their haptic behavior also... to look almost inside of them... to understand their emotional/psychological state.... it is often simply described as "intense".
I Imagine this has to do with me mirroring them internally, putting myself in their psychological space so as to understand and fingerprint them from the inside.... this makes controling them easier...
Interesting. If you know you make them nervous, why do that? Anyone I am trying manipulate the first thing I do is become as unassuming as possible. I want them to be comfortable... Anything but nervous. I have often had people tell me I am anything but scary, I like that... no one should be scared of me, I don't like running after my targets. I want everyone to be nice and happy.
When the time comes when someone becomes scared of me, it's usually far to late at that moment...
1. i enjoy intimidating people.
2. when dealing with certain personality types to come off as intimidating can be a good thing. one thing that VERY attractive women look for is an intimidation factor in their mate because it makes them feel secure... to the point of it being arousing to them. and in males it is a simple way to establish dominance...
this isnt to say that its my go to method, but it is one i use reflexively...
OK. I get this. I have used intimidation as well. It is very effective with social group I work with. I don't get off on intimidating as much as I did say 10 or 15 years ago. You close off so many possible responses with this technique. But for the purposes you just described, yes I get it.
Because we understand the behavioral interactions bein discussed, do you ever allow someone to "establish their dominance" over you in order to sucker them in? I love surprising "badasses". They will mistake kindness for weakness and willful compliance as meek. Underestimation then occurs. good times...
ofcourse there are certainly times for ego suspension... it is one of the most powerful forms of manipulation especially when dealing with type A personalities...
but i will admit it is one of my weak areas...as i have alot of pride and ego... so to lower myself even for the sake of manipulation, it can be difficult... but yes its a very strong technique...