Originally Posted by
BandD
I think Singu and Myst... you both are right really, it depends on the context and circumstance if its manipulative or not. A celebrity or therapist/social worker or somebody with a high power job being nice to you is often just being manipulative, but somebody on your level that has no drive or ambition or reason to step on you to get ahead... is probably not being all that manipulative and remember that genuine emotions can also be exaggerated for comedic effect, or because its part of that person's personality. I don't think they necessarily lose their genuine-ness when this is the case. And anyway, everybody is a *little* manipulative, if you weren't you would be dead lmao. I've seen even Fe polrs be manipulative with certain Te/Fi valuing ppl they look up to and respect. It is manipulation, even though they would never see it that way. Being Machiavellian is like anything else, the dosage dictates the poison.