There's a time and place for everything, I think you've reached the point where it's socially acceptable to fuck a street hooker. If you don't I'm a little afraid you'll become Ted Haggard.
The sad part is I don't think Neil Strauss even understood the words he wrote. He's still in the PUA community and even runs a "dating coaching" company called "Stylelife Academy."
As much as I normally love XKCD, I really disliked this one, and I think ultimately it's for two reasons: 1) Having the girl dating Black Hat Guy critique anti-social behavior is like having Eva Braun critique antisemitism; you're undermined before you even start. Ultimately the message, when delivered by someone who has actively chosen a relationship with a legitimate sociopath and megalomaniac, becomes less "be a respectful and decent human being" and more "stop being a loser," which is obnoxious and helpful to no one. 2) These sorts of "you got told!" moments, when occurring only in a fiction that you have written both sides of, are always a masturbatory exercise. It's basically the comic equivalent of those arguments you win in the shower every morning.
I think he understood them, but at some point after he wrote the book he asked the question "You're going to pay me how much?!" He ain't the first guy to sell out, and he won't be the last.
I gotta say, no matter what else you might think of the show/its creator, Louie avoids this trope about as well as any show I've ever seen.
If you're a 20 something virgin, how do you possibly know whether it's bullshit or not? You've never even had sex with a woman before, and thus, can't tell what works and what doesn't. Your statement makes even less sense when you consider that different authors suggest diametrically opposite approaches, and have radically different views on women. Anyways, the older and better you get with women, the more you realize how fucking awful and pathetic most guys are at hitting on women. The bar is set ridiculously low. From what I've seen, a lot of "PUAs" (God that term is retarded) do a lot of things wrong, but more than enough things correct or self-selecting/distinguishing that they're still 2-3 levels above someone like Bread Mustache in attracting a woman. On an unrelated note, enough skinny white bitches. NSFW Spoiler
He did an AMA a few months ago and I asked him how the scene with Dane Cook was written for this exact reason. It almost sounds like a conversation they had in real life that he transcribed and touched up a little bit. Unfortunately he didn't answer.
I think he understood them. Then his relationship with the chick at the end of the book ran it's course and someone backed a dump truck full of money up to his door on behalf of the people who didn't read his entire book. Pretty much anyone would sell out in those circumstances.
ahhhh, good show tonight, minus a couple of minor flubs, and couple of songs that I would have liked to hear and see live. Overall, I give it a solid A for Radiohead.
To add to this, Neil Strauss used to be a writer primarily working in an area (magazines) that are practically dead. Even though he was the ghost-writer of a few celebrity books, I can't imagine he was making much money. I don't blame him for taking a relatively easy, low-stress job where he makes an order of magnitude more income than he was before.
I can't do the hooker thing. That would be admitting defeat, and this is America, damn it. We don't admit defeat. It really has more to do with not trying very hard as opposed to inability. I'm not Durbanite weird or anything. And it's good to see the same old "argue with everyone no matter what" KIMaster back. NSFW
True but Americans have a can do attitude, and like they say in the Water Boy, you can do it. At the end of the day it's very little money and you get an elephant off your back.
I try to ignore blatant idiocy nowadays, but it can be difficult when reading a 20-something virgin pontificating about attracting women. At least you've got your Star Wars porn.
For once I agree with KI. I think the thing that holds most guys back from scoring is not having the balls to straight up ask a girl if she wants to leave with you. Being moderately well-dressed and in shape doesn't hurt either. If your competition shows up wearing cargo shorts and a hoodie, spewing "bro" every other word ,it's not hard to stand out.
This coming from a guy so deranged that he spent his Christmas holidays neg-repping an Internet stranger who hadn't posted on a forum in 7 months. This is actually kind of funny, folks. Check it out; Spoiler Spoiler So is it safe to assume you had a dry spell for all of 2011, Gravy?
Oh yeah, that's a safe assumption. 100% correct. As far as the rep goes I did that to a shit ton of old posts. It was for BlueDog's little contest thingy-ma-jig. Don't feel too special. edit* deletion so the drunk thread can be relatively fun.
Part of me is sad, we have virgins discussing how to get laid and others discussing neg reps. What the hell is going on here.