23-01-15 They are very close

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Bambikles
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Re: 23-01-15 They are very close

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Actually Ruby displays here an interesting and innovative way of how unappeased hormones make people stupid.

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Re: 23-01-15 They are very close

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Well, appeasing them can make people act pretty stupid, too. But at least you have some fun in the process.

There's an interesting comparison here with Yvan over on Ma3, actually. He and Ruby are apparently both nerds, but of very different varieties - but they both run into the problem that, although they have nerdish, restricted social skills, they do have hormones that make them interested in sex. So they've both got into the nerdish bad habit of thinking of romance, and hence of other people, as a practical problem to be solved. In other words, they end up objectifying people.

The difference is, of course, that this has only just happened with Ruby, and it'll hopefully be a minor, short-term problem with her. She's really not a bad person, and once she understands what she's doing wrong, she should be able to sort her head out and get back to treating people as people. Yvan, on the other hand, seems to be settled into that way of thinking, and has turned into a bit of a creep as a result. He could be used as a horrible warning for Ruby.
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