[–] Had 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago (edited ago)
I do in very passive ways. I wish I could make a throwaway for this but oh well (edit thought registration was still closed from weeks back. Since I have been on vacation I must have missed it opening up again. Just tried to make a throwaway and it worked. Leaving this anyway, screw it).
So I do this to my daughter's mother. If I want something to happen I don't just come out and say it, I have to make her think it is her idea. I will drop not-so-subtle hints and lay out my idea over the course of weeks but never put it together. She thinks about it and comes to me with my idea and I just give her tons of praise on how good of an idea that is.
It sucks doing this but I tried just approaching her with good ideas and she disagrees just to be combative. If I want to change anything I have to let her drive the decision and she never even knows it was my idea. It works.
[–] PM_ME_EXPERIMENTS 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
If you consider asking people questions, in a polite way that would cause them to think critically about whatever it is they believe in that is in conflict with reality, a form of manipulation then yes. Because I value critical thinkers over those who give up thought for comfortable security.
[–] Nipsuffern 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I manipulate to get what I want but I never do it at the cost of someone else's happiness or wellbeing
[–] mintberrycrunk 0 points 14 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago
i'll tell you if you give me 5 bucks