any merit to this...
 

i think this is this most likely place to start this thread.

recently I stumbled across a website. doubleyourdating.com

after cutting throught the hype and selfpromotion. i thought i might at best get some nuggets of knowledge. at worst get a decent laugh out of it.
so i got the book and read it.

from one perspective you can see that the logic the book provides and exploit women in order to become a player.

on the other hand it teachs you to have the self confidence to attract women.

but my biggest problem with this is. in order for it's logic to work. you must project the the steroetypical jerk attitude. and in order to maintain the girls that you get you can never let that image fall.

Is this the journey to the dark side?

Why equate jerkiness with confidence? Just get over the self-indulgent whinyness of seeing a self-image below what others see, remove this consant fear of being told "no" since not asking is the same damn thing, and step and ask people if they'd like to spend some time with you. (NOTE: This is not directly to anyone, a supposed "you" since this books seems to be trying to instill confidence in a "you" that has little).

Confidence shouldn't be an issue unelss a person makes it one. Build your conidence through a myriad of ways: go to a seminar on it - usually they go to the woods or some stuff and shout about how daddy never loved me. then they build fires; take up a challenging task; take marial arts (best thing I know to build confidence); get some experience asking for dates.

Biggest thing on the asking - use a technique we suggest to those who go out distributing books for the first time. Our society is real big on missionary work, thus all the (usually negative) media on us going around and trying to give people stuff. We do. I go out and try to get people to read a book just about every other day, and usually people hate me for it, or at least aren't to keen on it. But I'll tell you this, after walking around for three hours with every person I meet saying no to my face, if I ever want to ask a girl out, ther's no hesitation whatsoever in my mind. Just go up and ask, if they say no - who cares? In any case, the technique is this: try for a no. Don't expect it because that shows in body language, but just try to go out and get five girls to tell you no when asking for a date. It's a lot harder than it sounds. In two years I've never had ten people in a row tell me no to taking a book they originally don't want and then giving me money for it. So why should it be any harder with getting a date?

No cheap tricks needed, no one-liners or pick-up lines, just frikkin ask! "Hi, I saw you walk in, I think you're very beautiful. My name is ____, would you like to get together sometime?" or "Hi, my name is ____, what's yours? Well, ______ I think you're quite pretty and would like to take you on a date. Here's my number, I hope you'll call." So very simple, so little lost, and from what I've seen, going up and straight telling a girl she's beautiful with sincerity in your voice and eyes is the most flattering thing you can do.

So, with this rant closing, I would say no, don't buy the book, it's crap.

I say hey if you want to give being a jerk a shot, sure, knock yourself out. I mean what do you have to lose?

Contrary to popular belief, you don't need to be a jerk to get a girl to date you. All you need to do is walk up behind her, put your hands on her shoulders, and whisper in her ear.

I am making a skin suit.

I think it is more likely that someone else will knock you out.

*shudders
that has only worked once,
and I got the clap.

This is like the 2139576th time someone has made a thread about this topic.

'Guurlz only like asshole guys!1 I'm done being a nice guy!!'

Girls like it if you show that you're honest. Hell, I like it if anyone shows me that they're honest.

But on the topic of hotness, see recent Ask MeFi thread.

I have Syphilis. Let's trade.

no way!
no cure for that one


wait
are you a hot chick?

Well, syphilis does leave a burning sensation, so "hot" could be one way to describe it.