You know, if I read this thread a few years ago I'd instantly have said "this is schizophrenic nonsense."
Then again, cold and calculating manipulative people are probably most likely to take offense to the notion of being called a reptile... seems like a fun idea, so long as you don't mind them thinking you're a little nutty (and they will, but who cares?)
They're the ones who would try to steer the conversation away from their cold-blooded (not literally) nature in fear of being exposed. Because they're cold and calculating, they can do this without breaking a sweat (or at least try to.)
Because exposure is the thing they fear most, the only way to get them to actually panic is when their usual slick tricks stop working, and all of a sudden they have to actually start thinking about what might or might not work (again because all of their usual go-to tricks didn't work)
I can't even believe I'm saying this, but this thread is actually brilliant.
"A human will tell you no, a reptilian will dodge the question, get frantic, panic or say yes. Watch for the hate in the replies on this thread, that's most likely them."
If anything, the manipulator would try and take you absolutely 100% literally on the "reptile" aspect just to try and spin the conversation away from the fact that some people (like the reptile) are slippery and sneaky. He'd make a big scene about you thinking "reptile people" exist, just to make you look like a lunatic and make you need to clarify yourself lest you look like a crazy person (and that would surely get you to pull back on the argument!) That, too, is a trick the snake can and does use. All we have to do to render that trick useless is to acknowledge that from here on out, we see through the trick and acknowledge that it is useless.
First hand... where is the proof that they exist here? Give scientific, forensic evidence of their existence. Proof that can withstand scrutiny. I will wait.
You know, if I read this thread a few years ago I'd instantly have said "this is schizophrenic nonsense."
Then again, cold and calculating manipulative people are probably most likely to take offense to the notion of being called a reptile... seems like a fun idea, so long as you don't mind them thinking you're a little nutty (and they will, but who cares?)
They're the ones who would try to steer the conversation away from their cold-blooded (not literally) nature in fear of being exposed. Because they're cold and calculating, they can do this without breaking a sweat (or at least try to.)
Because exposure is the thing they fear most, the only way to get them to actually panic is when their usual slick tricks stop working, and all of a sudden they have to actually start thinking about what might or might not work (again because all of their usual go-to tricks didn't work)
I can't even believe I'm saying this, but this thread is actually brilliant.
If anything, the manipulator would try and take you absolutely 100% literally on the "reptile" aspect just to try and spin the conversation away from the fact that some people (like the reptile) are slippery and sneaky. He'd make a big scene about you thinking "reptile people" exist, just to make you look like a lunatic and make you need to clarify yourself lest you look like a crazy person (and that would surely get you to pull back on the argument!) That, too, is a trick the snake can and does use. All we have to do to render that trick useless is to acknowledge that from here on out, we see through the trick and acknowledge that it is useless.
First hand... where is the proof that they exist here? Give scientific, forensic evidence of their existence. Proof that can withstand scrutiny. I will wait.