Actually there probably is - new scientific advances, things like that. But human nature doesn't change.
Sorry, but I have to laugh at a lot of the "Manosphere." It truly is ridiculous. Be an Alpha! Don't be a Beta! Chicks did Alphas! Chicks get 'gina tingles from the Dark Triad! Neg 'em! Alpha Fux and Beta Bucks! Hypergamy! Fake it until you make it! Chicks love insanely confident men! Peacocking!
Did these guys have fathers? Were they all raised by single mothers? They don't know shit!
I had mentioned recently that when I was a kid I would read magazines and see ads in the back for books on how to pick up girls. The biggest seller of these kinds of books was written by Eric Weber - in 1970.
I picked this article up from The New York Village Voice and was written by Alan Scherstuhl.
"Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. He does this for one reason: Knowledge is power.
How to Pick Up Girls!
"Author: Eric Weber
"Publisher: Symphony Press, New York
"Date: 1970
"Discovered at: Goodwill
"The Cover Promises: Much that the book fails to back up.
"Representative Quotes:
"Page 21: 'The point of this story is not that the girl was 'bad' or 'fast' or 'avant garde.' All it indicates is that normal, healthy young chicks like sex. Want sex. And, most important, will be glad to have sex with you if you only ask them.'
"Page 85: 'March in a peace demonstration. Even if you're for war. I've heard countless stories of guys who have picked up fantastic broads in peace demonstrations.'
"In his introduction to this 'foolproof guide to meeting women,' author Eric Weber -- a horn-dog Sherpa to the brave new world of 1970s promiscuity -- describes what he considers a familiar situation. You're a guy, walking down the street, and you see this girl:
"'Someone so absolutely stunning, so downright sexy, you actually find yourself running to catch up with her . . . For an instant you even consider rape.'
"Please, if you feel qualms about the term 'feminist,' consider how much that movement has accomplished: just a couple decades back, at the end of the idealistic '60s, there was nothing uncommon about men like Weber insisting that women were asking for it. 'Why do you think so many of them have completely stopped wearing bras and panties?' he asks. Then he pants:
"'They're showing you their breasts and behinds to stimulate you. To make you want to go to bed with them. To get you to caress and fondle their lovely behinds and soft warm breasts.'
"So, by comparison, with Weber, Maxim is Susan Faludi.
"Fortunately, if you've studied Weber's system, you recognize that force isn't necessary. Instead, you've been hipped to a world-changing secret that gets a full chapter here: 'Women Get Horny.' Weber writes, 'Next time you're wondering whether to try to pick up a certain girl, remember: It may be a long time since she's been to bed with a man. She might be horny. Very horny. Right at that very moment.'
"In the event that she's not horny, you still have a shot. Just follow Weber's vague system, which he lays out in a series of short, chatty chapters packed with unbelievable anecdotes about 'knockers that about knocked me off my seat.'
"As far as I can tell, his system has four steps.
"First, be sexy.
"'Try on some of the new wild clothes. Bell bottoms and English boots and wide ties. Wear a body shirt or dungarees or a groovy vest. . . Think sexy. Think, I am a virile male animal.'
"And be yourself.
"'If you aren't the wittiest guy in the room, don't try to be Jerry Lewis.'"Then swoon and lie.
"'The woman you're approaching must be made to feel you're head over heels in love with her . . . Half the time you want to pick up a girl it's because she's got a set of breasts that make you dizzy. Or the face of a movie star. Or the hips of a belly dancer. Not because she has some magnetic inner quality. Or whatever the hell it is she wants you to flip over. But you can't let them know that.'
"And don't expect any of this to work!
"'The author of a book on how to pick up girls was rejected more times than he can remember. And he lived to talk about it.' Worse, he even admits, 'Before I started work on this book I never came close to approaching a strange woman. I was sure if I did I'd get bopped on the head with a pocketbook.'
"Highlight:
"All of the following comes straight from Weber's chapter 'Fifty Great Opening Lines':
"How do you cook a leg of lamb? (You've spotted a pretty chick in your grocery store.)
"Who's your dentist? (You want to know how she came by such beautiful white teeth.)
"Where did you get that marvelous coat? (Tell her you work for a clothing company and think her coat is absolutely terrific.)
"Fantastic book! Have you got to the part where the butler murders himself? (The sexy girl sitting next to you on the bus is reading a book you've just finished. Or even a book you've never heard of.)
"I'll bet your name is Lisa. (To you, she looks like a Lisa. Pretty and sexy.)
"I love you. (To be used half in jest at parties and in singles bars.)
"I'm writing a book on picking up and I'd like to ask you a few questions. (I found this to be the picking up line of them all!)'"
2 comments:
Well if the intent is to pick up girls that fella must have crashed and burned - a lot!
The idea is to break the ice and start a conversation and a lot of fellas (including myself) have had problems with that.
If I were to advise the young'uns I would abandon the term 'pick up'. Any woman that can be "picked up" isn't worth having unless it is for a pump n' dump - and that isn't healthy for a number of reasons. You want to break the ice and start a conversation to see if the lady is worth your time and a long term relationship - and vice versa.
My advice is to approach them with an invitation - tell her you run and ask her to come. Ask her out for a coffee. Hell - ask her to bowl, golf or trap shoot with you if that's what you do. But make the invitation out to involve something you can talk about and share intelligently. She will:
A. Accept - and you're off to the races
B. Offer an alternate invitation - and you're off to the races
C. Decline. BFD, unless you are a suave, handsome bastard like Uncle Bob - don't take it personally and move on.
Women are like any other of life's challenges and common sense problem solving techniques will serve you well. List what qualities and features your ideal woman will have. Know which ones you will compromise on. Have all that mapped out in advance. Be professional and don't feel bad if YOU have to walk away. Be a gentleman.
Even a retard can wind up with a wonderful woman! I did it and I am butt ugly to look at! You don't have to be suave and handsome - you just have to be sensible and respectful and watch out for yourself.
I have this indiscriminate charm I use on nearly everyone. I noticed a long time ago if you can make them laugh that's just about all you need - at first.
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