Braden Hall

We give them different personality inventories.

And then we asked them basically and across a bunch of different situations, like, how well do you think you flirt in these situations?

And they just kind of write on a scale.

And then we asked two people that knew them well.

So we asked people like, hey, go find two of your friends or your mom if she's seen you flirt or like your girlfriend or boyfriend or whatever.

And then they report, like, how well do you think this person flirts?

And then we can average all that together to get a pretty good idea or the best idea we can get about how skilled someone is.

Yeah, so the setting does matter for people who care about the setting.

So for like, yeah, hopefully me and you like we're not flirting with our bosses or like flirting.

Oh, I don't like in church or something like that.

But yeah, like in a bar at a party, we might be flirting like a lot more.

Or if we're, you know, just trying to get something from someone.

But people hiring these dark traits, they kind of view the situation as like a moot point.

So if they're at work, all they're thinking is if I get my boss to kind of think that I'm attractive and that I'm kind of into them, then that's a way for me to step up the ladder.

Or if they're at like the supermarket or whatever and they want someone to do something for them.

So the setting matters less for those types of people.

But there are definitely places where

It's like less socially acceptable.

Yeah, I would say pay attention to what they do after.

So if like you think a woman is really interested in you at the bar and you buy her a drink and then when you turn around, she's like gone.