To heighten the likelihood of getting showered in adulation narcissists employ an any-port-in-the-storm strategy: Rather than seek appreciation from an expert (e.g. making pasta for Mario Batali), they go for quantity over quality, caring less about who (in terms of credibility) applauds them, caring only that the clapping never ends.

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Later, in one tidal wave of a night, he comes on to a woman in a bar, gets hoofed in the face by her boyfriend, swings by a gay club for a brief encounter (any port in a storm), and then rounds off the evening with a nice warm threesome.

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