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Hey! You there! Why don’t you take a seat? Just take a seat right over there. Now that you’re relaxed, why not find something to do? Oh, but you don’t wanna get up, you’re so comfortable! But hey, you’ve got a laptop right in front of you! Why don’t you check out this blog? C’mon, it’s free! Not to mention entertaining! C’man! C’maaaaan! C’maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! Did I persuade you to read this blog post about persuasion? No? Well, I wouldn’t say I’m the best at persuasion. I definitely wouldn’t make a great salesman. I think most of my persuasion consists of, “C’maan” and, “Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleeeeeeeaaase”.

And it don’t work none to well. Yeehaw. On the other foot, my friends are okay at persuasion. Or maybe I’m just passive sometimes.... Yeah it’s that second one. When it comes to where we go or what movie we see, I usually don’t care what the outcome is. Unless the movie’s terrible. Like, Bridge to Terabithia terrible. Yes I hated that movie, how could you not? It was all just their imagination, and then they [spoiler]kill off one of the main characters. What the mammoth?[/spoiler] If there were no other movies out there’d be no other options, but if there were I’d suggest something else, utilizing my, “C’maaaan,” technique. With luck it works. Now about the WHY. WHY do we need to convince others to do stuff that we want to do? That’s just it: because we want to do them. If we don’t want to do what our friend wants to do, why would we do it? Convincing them to do what you want is better for you, and let’s face it, people re selfish. Not always, and not extremely, but people will do whatever they can to get what they want. Saving money counts, too, so it’s not all bad. Anyway, HOW about we talk about the HOW aspect of persuasion (see what I did there?). Everyone uses a different technique, so it’s hard to say, really. Some, like myself use, “C’maaaan,” and, “Pleasepleaseplease....”. Others may use statistics and logic to persuade: “If we see (movie title), it’s better because blahblahblah”. And some use force: “FALCON-“ “Alright, we’ll see Twilight, just don’t kill me!!” And I guess that’s it then. UNTIL NEXT TIME, THIS IS BOB SILVERSTEIN SIGNING OFF. GOODNIGHT AMERICA. (Cue end music)