killd0ll
Learned this in my physcology class.
Particularly works on males.
Go up to the desired person and insult or criticize something about their physical appearence, then a compliment, all in the same line.
What do you think of this, and what it says about human nature?
I think that humans are so obsessed with themselves, yet they feel so insignificant as they get older (and realise that they're not in the center of the universe/attention all the time), that they become increasingly desperate. In order to have self worth, a lot of people become very insecure about what ANYONE thinks about them, because one person who pays attention to them is one more in a billion million in the world.
This is where adolescence and teenage years come in. You're being pressured to become more and more of an adult and realise how insignificant you are compared to Everyone Else.
This is a key (and very vulnerable) time in development, because this is where the Self turns inward once again, and in order to establish a meaningful discourse with society/the Self, there must be acceptance and love of the Self. In theory, after this stage, a human being is much less suseptable to the whole "no one loves me" mentality, and will therefore not be fooled by this above approach.
However, a lot of teens will try to (futily) get the faceless "everyone"'s attention, which is why a lot of teens will hurt themselves/try to accel in school/get bad grades/etc. It's their way of saying "look at me! look at me!" for better or worse. They just want to be paid attention to.
So why would you find adults who ALSO fit this characteristic? SIMPLE! Because no one develops (or goes through these emotional/psychological stages) at the same rate or time. This is why you have supposed "mid life crisises". It's because someone goes through a stage a bit late, and it seems "weird" to everyone who has already gone (or has yet to go through) the stage.
So, basically, you're just saying to pick on the vulnerable/spineless people and turn them into your loving and devoted slave. Well, it may work on some people, but others become horrifyingly annoying.
People need to be whole and full in order to balance out a life. You can't just have someone hanging on you for your whole life. It's not healthy for either person. So I say, fine, you can get into a relationship with an emotionally needy person, but for goddsakes, teach them how to care for themselves, or you're just going to be in another fun version of the Abusive Relationship that is so in-vogue these days.