tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2088363059846938057..comments2024-03-18T20:19:52.423-05:00Comments on Althouse: "It’s not a good time to be a pick-up artist, or the sort of bloke who relies on his 'wisdom'..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13618577926078011112014-11-16T10:47:04.999-06:002014-11-16T10:47:04.999-06:00Tim,
That's the PUA M.O. It is volume along ...Tim,<br /><br />That's the PUA M.O. It is volume along with technique. Xmashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10512911190985990931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31471334945163221672014-11-16T05:42:51.636-06:002014-11-16T05:42:51.636-06:00Is there really such a thing as an alpha male? ..a...<i>Is there really such a thing as an alpha male?</i> ..anymore.<br /><br />IDK, but there used to be, for 99% of human evolution. Now it comes down to hypergamy. You know, going for the rock star who has the attention of thousands for hours, to give an example.<br /><br />I don't really care for or approve of PUA tactics, but I have seen them work. I am sure they don't work on every girl, maybe not even most girls. I think they come from deep insecurity, but PUAs admit that from the get go.<br /><br />The cartoon reminds me of a joke I heard in college. The guy's room-mate walks up to a woman in a bar and says "Fuck me." The girl slaps him. (Girls used to slap guys for stuff like that then.) The guy says, "Boy, you sure get slapped a lot." His room-mate says "Yeah, but I get laid a lot too."tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88299144027128069492014-11-16T03:34:18.497-06:002014-11-16T03:34:18.497-06:00My theory is laslo = BetamaxMy theory is laslo = BetamaxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3614270331137787712014-11-16T03:00:26.985-06:002014-11-16T03:00:26.985-06:00Admit it, people: you don't want this post to ...Admit it, people: you don't want this post to end.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34664971875578479862014-11-16T02:57:07.925-06:002014-11-16T02:57:07.925-06:00Man: "I think that is the first time I have h...Man: "I think that is the first time I have heard you swear."<br /><br />Woman: "So? You don't know me, you know..."<br /><br />Man: "I know you are afraid of anal sex."<br /><br />Woman: "Not this again..."<br /><br />Man: "You can't even bring yourself -- in the privacy of your own bedroom -- to simply experiment with a dildo. You don't even trust yourself."<br /><br />Woman: "I am not having this conversation with you."<br /><br />Man: "Exactly. You do not have this conversation with anybody."<br /><br />Woman: "Think what you want: it doesn't matter to me."<br /><br />Man: "I think everything I want. You could learn from me on that."<br /><br />Woman: "I don't even know why I am talking to you."<br /><br />Man: "You are talking to me because -- in your heart of hearts -- you know that I will be the first man you will have anal sex with."<br /><br />Woman: "Not. Going. To Happen."<br /><br />Man: "Deep down you know you have had boyfriends who have wanted this and that they didn't even have the guts to tell you. And the idea that you have had boyfriends keep such things away from you makes you wonder if there is something about you that has prevented them from speaking frankly. Like maybe you are some kind of Ice Princess."<br /><br />Woman: "So you are a psychiatrist now? Is that it?"<br /><br />Man: "It is why you are calling me."<br /><br />Woman: "Don't flatter yourself."<br /><br />Man: "You WANT to talk about such things, but you can only do it in the safety of talking to someone you can keep safely away."<br /><br />Woman: "I just called to tell you that you were wrong: end of story."<br /><br />Man: "Okay. okay. So a deal."<br /><br />Woman: "Of course. There is always a deal, isn't there?"<br /><br />Man: "That is how the world works."<br /><br />Woman: (pause) "Alright. So?"<br /><br />Man: "You don't ever have to talk to me again--"<br /><br />Woman: "Thank you --"<br /><br />Man: "But if you ever have anal sex with someone other than me you need to call me."<br /><br />Woman: "The 'honorable thing' crap."<br /><br />Man: "Yes, the 'honorable thing' crap."<br /><br />"Woman: "It is SO not going to happen."<br />Man: "Just remember: the honorable thing."<br />Woman: "I won't be calling you, you know."<br />Man: "We'll see; we'll see."<br />Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13711670979981302562014-11-16T02:56:51.984-06:002014-11-16T02:56:51.984-06:00Man (late night, picks up ringing phone): "So...Man (late night, picks up ringing phone): "So: the honorable thing?"<br /><br />Woman: "Not this time."<br /><br />Man: "Oh?"<br /><br />Woman: "I called just to tell you you were WRONG."<br /><br />Man: "I can accept that."<br /><br />Woman: "You're not as smart as you think you are, you know."<br /><br />Man: "I can accept that, also. However."<br /><br />Woman" "No: no 'however...'"<br /><br />Man: "I will take you at your word, but realize that I am only currently wrong. Time is on my side on this one."<br /><br />Woman: "Sure: you go with that, if it makes you feel any better."<br /><br />Man: "So are you naked?"<br /><br />Woman: "No, of course not. I --"<br /><br />Man: "Got it. Robe with panties on, no bra."<br /><br />Woman: "You really have a problem, you know that?"<br /><br />Man: "Actually, I do know that. I also cry at weddings and the birthday parties of small children. Underneath it all I am really just a sensitive man, in touch with his feelings."<br /><br />Woman: "What a load of crap."<br /><br />Man: "You don't cry at the birthday parties of small children? Seeing them happy and carefree and yet knowing they will never be this young and carefree again? How fast it all goes away?"<br /><br />Woman: "Bullshit."<br />Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2066034101638624002014-11-16T00:16:53.469-06:002014-11-16T00:16:53.469-06:00PUA techniques come off being as cool as a certain...PUA techniques come off being as cool as a certain famous shirt.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82724413532211361102014-11-15T22:59:19.613-06:002014-11-15T22:59:19.613-06:00Laslo is like Betamax + Titus.... on steroids!Laslo is like Betamax + Titus.... on steroids!Kirk Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921711310191924997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54482759463971105042014-11-15T20:48:35.500-06:002014-11-15T20:48:35.500-06:00Feminism in a nutshell.....
Why don't you wors...Feminism in a nutshell.....<br />Why don't you worship me?madAsHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01149940549262340795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83392483436256731852014-11-15T20:34:29.680-06:002014-11-15T20:34:29.680-06:00Of course they work and there is nothing sleazy ab...<i>Of course they work and there is nothing sleazy about them.</i><br /><br />My apologies -- when I said "I don't care if they work", it must have come out sounding like "please tell me whether you think they work and how much you like them".Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15423367458785019432014-11-15T20:28:48.319-06:002014-11-15T20:28:48.319-06:00xkcd left out the frame where the sour-faced PUA j...xkcd left out the frame where the sour-faced PUA just glared at everyone a moment, then threw his things down on the ground and left. At which point, the two men at the next table said they would pay for her drinks the rest of the evening, and the waiter said the bar just so happened to give 50% discounts to awesome girls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39214815916532971712014-11-15T20:07:48.414-06:002014-11-15T20:07:48.414-06:00Do actual alpha males use these techniques? I'...Do actual alpha males use these techniques? I've never seen it done by any one of them. They don't have to.<br /><br />(Is there really such a thing as an alpha male? Is that the cave guy that all the other cave guys would follow into a fight? That's how I'm using it. Other people seem to define it as "jerk.")Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80499422114667790962014-11-15T16:33:38.923-06:002014-11-15T16:33:38.923-06:00All these pickup artists can enjoy their alpha mal...All these pickup artists can enjoy their alpha male divorce.<br /><br />Or their alpha male alone time.<br /><br />Or their alpha male dotage with their alpha male ex's and alpha male children who never visit the alpha male nursing home for people who led empty alpha male lives.NotWhoIUsedtoBehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568355742926021406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2686699283252300172014-11-15T14:51:52.151-06:002014-11-15T14:51:52.151-06:00The proper response to that "retort" is:...The proper response to that "retort" is:<br /><br />"Ahh, I see you minored in Women's Studies. Well, sorry the Patriarchy is keeping you down. Good night."Xmashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10512911190985990931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81619634770617349042014-11-15T14:31:14.779-06:002014-11-15T14:31:14.779-06:00Laslo,
Is that like saying Janet Jackson has met ...Laslo,<br /><br />Is that like saying Janet Jackson has met Michael Jackson in the real world?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33162992207807663402014-11-15T14:08:44.137-06:002014-11-15T14:08:44.137-06:00sane_voter said...
If Betamax3000 were to join thi...sane_voter said...<br />If Betamax3000 were to join this thread, it would reach critical mass and a black hole would form, swallowing all manner of appendages.<br /><br />I have actually met Betamax3000 in 'the Real World.' True.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7451504956720320112014-11-15T13:51:02.423-06:002014-11-15T13:51:02.423-06:00"I have no opinion on whether PUA methods wor..."I have no opinion on whether PUA methods work or not. They're sleazy and I don't use them"<br /><br />Of course they work and there is nothing sleazy about them. It's all about arousing women by engaging in the behavior that they like, that interests and excites them.<br /><br />Women like to be turned on, but what they say turns them on and what actually does are usually not the same at all. PUAs know this and bypass the woman's facade and play to their biological nature.<br /><br />Feminists, like all leftists, are at war with human nature. Thus the feminist rage at the PUA community because it's based on empirical reality and trial and error, and it works. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18029813682983327192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26437130792209136142014-11-15T13:31:38.412-06:002014-11-15T13:31:38.412-06:00Revanant wrote;
"However, the quoted claim, ...Revanant wrote;<br /><br />"However, the quoted claim, above, is obvious nonsense. The PUA claim is that those techniques work on *women*, or more specifically single women"<br /><br />Maybe he is a PUA himself and the whole article is to convince women they are too clever to be fooled?<br /><br />In which case, Barnett is very clever. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25495515589355128562014-11-15T13:27:20.587-06:002014-11-15T13:27:20.587-06:00That cartoon is perfect.
The most powerful tool a...That cartoon is perfect.<br /><br />The most powerful tool a pick up artist can have against any woman he targets is her belief that his bullshit could never work on her.<br /><br />I've been thinking about how to talk to my daughter about men and how we manage to manipulate women. She is 13 now and soon she will be the target of these guys.<br /><br />I think this gives me a good opening. The best people to scam are the ones who think they can't be scammed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91176964861939842482014-11-15T13:22:22.379-06:002014-11-15T13:22:22.379-06:00I have no opinion on whether PUA methods work or n...<i>I have no opinion on whether PUA methods work or not. They're sleazy and I don't use them.</i><br /><br />They do seem to work, which is why feminists hate them. Guy in the office next to mine was into this sort of thing a couple of years ago, and we talked about it a lot. I was happy with whom I was with (and still am), and it all seemed a bit dishonest. His life was full of good looking women calling him all day, and he studiously ignoring them until the prescribed number of days had elapsed. Delaying like that is somewhat akin to a neg - they want you more than you want them, but you are interested, which is why you did ultimately call back. Etc. <br /><br />The funny thing about negs though is that they seem to work better the better looking the woman. Average women get them all the time, and worse, so it doesn't get their blood boiling. 9s and 10s are so used to getting male approval, while often still being insecure, that they often work. (Not always - my partner just tells them that if they don't like what they see, they can just get lost. She just takes adulation of any males, besides me and her sons, grandsons, etc., to be her due). Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85979101565907369092014-11-15T12:56:16.836-06:002014-11-15T12:56:16.836-06:00"That's so far out of line I don't kn..."That's so far out of line I don't know where to start--women would never use emotional abuse and manipulation to get what they want from men! What would that even be like; it's unimaginable."<br /><br />Negging, meet nagging.Jupiterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008508862847561845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2883997710570117462014-11-15T12:53:38.192-06:002014-11-15T12:53:38.192-06:00Whoa whoa whoa, that guy recommends men use emotio...Whoa whoa whoa, that guy recommends men use emotional abuse and manipulation to get what they want from women. That's so far out of line I don't know where to start--women would never use emotional abuse and manipulation to get what they want from men! What would that even be like; it's unimaginable.HoodlumDoodlumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17591221162603652473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37233340566653250632014-11-15T12:45:49.657-06:002014-11-15T12:45:49.657-06:00If Betamax3000 were to join this thread, it would ...If Betamax3000 were to join this thread, it would reach critical mass and a black hole would form, swallowing all manner of appendages.sane_voterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122061750041663802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68201273722549114142014-11-15T12:41:32.439-06:002014-11-15T12:41:32.439-06:00Burnett offers some science based advice, then say...<i>Burnett offers some science based advice, then says "this entire piece is actually an elaborate example of 'negging,' so any pick-up artist who complains is basically admitting their methods don’t work."</i><br /><br />I have no opinion on whether PUA methods work or not. They're sleazy and I don't use them.<br /><br />However, the quoted claim, above, is obvious nonsense. The PUA claim is that those techniques work on *women*, or more specifically single women -- not that they work on PUAs themselves.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-303757276836911292014-11-15T12:30:04.250-06:002014-11-15T12:30:04.250-06:00"This is why I say all the time that liberals..."This is why I say all the time that liberals, feminists, leftists, tree huggers, you name it, don't really believe in evolution in any deep way; they seem to trust in some deeper fairness in the universe."<br /><br />They mostly believe in evolution as a way to not believe in God, or rather, in received religion. But they like to think that it stopped operating around 50,000 years ago, when the deep fairness of the Universe took over. Being alone in the Universe, with evolution staring you in the face, is a pretty scary situation.Jupiterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008508862847561845noreply@blogger.com