iannis
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Red Pill Thread 2.0: Neckbeard Revenge
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Skanda
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I want to know why Antarius, one of our die hard RedPillworshipers, voted that Women are better than men. Or is it he's just as bad at mathematical terms ( > vs < ) as he is in relationships and life in general?
Kirun
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I know that this is hard for you to recognize because you're so nonchalant about money (because you have a lot of it), but peoplewithoutcopious amounts of cash pick up on things that are expensive. Women doubly so.
As much as you'd like to believe you were getting laid because of your "aloof" attitude, the same guy who wrote the kimono story back in the old GWBYHT wasn't getting laid because of his "aloof" attitude, I assure you. Girls will tell you what they think you want to hear (oh, I thought you were just the goofy ski-bum! You're so aloof!),especiallyif they are interested in you.
Xequecal
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I'm actually surprised by a lot of these responses. I was always under the impression that "don't talk about World of Warcraft on a first date" was pretty standard and solid dating advice. It's got nothing to do with whether or not it's the only thing you're interested in, MMOs and other stereotypical nerd hobbies have very negative stigmas associated with them and if you start gushing about WoW on a first date you're going to turn your date off. The whole point is that certain stereotypical nerd hobbies carry such a stigma and as such you have to avoid mentioning them early on.
The fact remains that if you start gushing about the intricacies of your antique model train collection it will probably not be seen as a negative, even though it's unlikely that your date has much interest in antique model trains. However, if you do the same thing about your WoW characters it almost certainly will be. That leaves a gap you're going to have to come up with something else to fill. Even Khane admitted he would gloss over his video gaming in favor of "more interesting" hobbies.
Lejina
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There's a pretty big difference between discussing how well min-maxed your characters are and how much it sucked to farm the VT keys and simply pointing out that you play video games then move on with the discussion to something more interesting.
The former is an obvious date killer and will dry up nearly any woman. If you want things to not blow in your face down the road tho, you want to point out that you play video games so this doesn't come up as a big surprise later. With that said, you would be surprised that despite how video games may be taboo (they really aren't anymore) a woman will respect a man a lot more if he is unapologetic about who he is and what he does than if he tries to act like what he thinks she may like.
The former is an obvious date killer and will dry up nearly any woman. If you want things to not blow in your face down the road tho, you want to point out that you play video games so this doesn't come up as a big surprise later. With that said, you would be surprised that despite how video games may be taboo (they really aren't anymore) a woman will respect a man a lot more if he is unapologetic about who he is and what he does than if he tries to act like what he thinks she may like.
Soygen
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Exactly. I'm very open about my interests, but I'm also smart enough to know my audience and what they are and are not interested in talking about.
Eidal
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A whole bunch of communication is non-verbal. If you're a fat and unwashed walking cliche, then you're already fucked. If you're confident, good-looking, with a great smile... it doesn't matter what your hobby is. You communicate non-verbally with your smile and posture that: ("If you come hang out with me, you will have a good time.") Fat guy with a greasy ponytail doesn't communicate that at all. He is broadcasting ("I have no idea what I'm doing and I'm very scared, I definitely played way too many video games and it shows because I'm fat and horrible at talking to people in the real world.")
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Here's some real advice for those of us who have stayed inside too long. Start small, clean yourself up and wear something completely mundane and average, go to a sports bar and watch a game, pick the local favorite team. If you don't drink alcohol, order cranberry juice. You will not be looked down upon. Try to know a thing or too about the team. If you are up to it, strike a conversation with someone at the bar, try the bartender first.
Mist
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This entire scenario sounds far more terrifying than just killing myself.
Soygen
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Jive Turkey
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Leadsalad
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