#misperception-of-intimidation

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fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

Social psychologists found that the people others describe as 'intimidating' are almost never aggressive - they're simply present in a way that makes performative people uncomfortable, because authenticity exposes pretense without saying a word - Silicon Canals

Presence and attentiveness are often mislabeled as intimidation; genuinely dangerous people typically display charm and surface warmth rather than quiet composure.
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