“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.” PKD

Everyone likes to get reactions out of people. I find its one of the most effective ways of getting what you want. You say whatever you need to say to get a persons position on something. Then judging by their reactions you make your decision/move. The catch is you cant be afraid to put yourself out there for a bit in order to gauge a response. Afterward you can just take back all that you said to repair the damage.

There's also times where you can say or tell anything to someone and you don't care what their reaction is. Maybe that person will always be a friend and forgiving. For example if you tell someone off cause you get upset but you know that eventually they will forgive you, there is nothing you could say to get rid of them.

There's also times where a person just annoys you so you say all the stuff you know they don't want to hear to annoy them back. Personally I find this a waste of time and I usually find we cut these people from out lives but at times they come back because people love it. hahah, ok maybe they dont. There's a certain type of person that has to be on good terms with everyone so they always try to be friends with you. But like water and oil some people just dont mix.

Point is there is alot of way to manipulate words to manipulate people.