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07 Feb 2011, 12:12 am

Mindslave wrote:
They assume it because they aren't smart enough to know the difference between attention seeking and eccentric behavior. Most people that would *incorrectly* assume it's attention seeking are probably attention seekers themselves, otherwise they wouldn't make that assumption.



It's called lack of theory of mind, for them.


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