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Ever watch The Pickup Artist?

Of course, any guy caught at it denies it. But it's a tactic. Put a girl down so that you in effect raise your status above hers. Then she wants you.

Interesting point. The Pickup Artist is one of the most disturbing shows I've seen on TV... I think any guy willing to engage in that has to be seriously desperate or worryingly sociopathic.

They prey on the weak and those with low self-esteem... no conquest at all really, more like a slaughter. A conquest is a meeting of equals on fair and clear grounds, whereas The Pickup Artist techniques are dirty and exploitative. I can't bare to watch it actually.

And what you highlighted, whether meant unitentionally or intentionally, is exactly what was happening to IHR.

Still, beginning a relationship like that is a bit like building a house of cards, isn't it? I guess the point is, no relationship is intended in the first place.
 
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Dear TheBrew,

I can't find the keys to my house.

REASON: I THINK YOUR CAT SWALLOWED THEM.

Please enjoy the rest of your day while I sit outside in the cold.

- J. Allen
 
Ever watch The Pickup Artist?

Of course, any guy caught at it denies it. But it's a tactic. Put a girl down so that you in effect raise your status above hers. Then she wants you.

Interesting point. The Pickup Artist is one of the most disturbing shows I've seen on TV... I think any guy willing to engage in that has to be seriously desperate or worryingly sociopathic.

They prey on the weak and those with low self-esteem... no conquest at all really, more like a slaughter. A conquest is a meeting of equals on fair and clear grounds, whereas The Pickup Artist techniques are dirty and exploitative. I can't bare to watch it actually.

And what you highlighted, whether unitentenally or intentionally, is exactly what was happening to IHR.

Still, beginning a relationship like that is a bit like building a house of cards, isn't it? I guess the point is, no relationship is intended in the first place.

Wow. You need a standing ovation for that one, O.

I actually knew a guy who was on the first Pickup Artist season. He was a really, really nice guy --- before he went on the show. Then I hear he gets together with a model --- with really low self-esteem. Coincidence?

Slaughter is the perfect way of putting it. Preying on the weak, or turning normal women into slavish supplicants by short-circuiting the messages culture instills in them (like worth tied to appearance, or youth, etc).
 
A conquest is a meeting of equals on fair and clear grounds, whereas The Pickup Artist techniques are dirty and exploitative. I can't bare to watch it actually.

I've never seen this show, doesn't sound like it would interest me either, but I have a question for you.

Instead of "equals", does pursuing someone, for lack of a better term, "on a higher level" make one ambitious or masochistic? :p
 
Dear TheBrew,

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See! I told yas dis would happen.
Dear TheBrew,

We regret to inform you that your account at TrekBBS has been banned.

REASON: STAY AWAY FROM MY FIANCEE!!!

Please enjoy the rest of your life TBBS-free.

- The Management.


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Finish him! Finish him! :evil:

Why, you want to be desert? :p

Dear TheBrew,

I can't find the keys to my house.

REASON: I THINK YOUR CAT SWALLOWED THEM.

Please enjoy the rest of your day while I sit outside in the cold.

- J. Allen

:rommie: I think I may have started something.
 
And what you highlighted, whether meant unitentionally or intentionally, is exactly what was happening to IHR.
the flaw in your line of reasoning is that I am not interested in picking up IHR.

And if I was going to do that, I would do the "insult compliment"
It works best :D
 
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