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Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by cabalamat »

powauth wrote: post #3

Just out of curiosity: Is Feynman using 'sleep with' as a euphemism for sex? I'm guessing that, this story being written in the 1940s/50s, pre-sexual revolution, that it is more referring to sleeping with a some low level of intimacy.

> Is Feynman using 'sleep with' as a euphemism for sex?

Yes.

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

dwwoelfel wrote: post #6

This probably only works if you're Richard Feynman.

Not in the slightest. At the risk of destroying my chances of ever getting into YC (hi JL, PG, RTM et al!) I had astonishingly great luck with asking attractive women if they wanted to make out with me last Spring. Seriously: "hey, let's make out!" or "would it unduly offend you if I asked you to make out with me?"

You're probably better off asking this sort of thing after conversing with them for a bit so you don't come off as a creep. As long as you've established your bona fides you won't, especially if you say it with a smile.

I think I got one rejection, and her response was more of a good natured, laughing 'that sounds fun, but i shouldn't' variety.

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Post by ubernostrum »

powauth wrote: post #3

Just out of curiosity: Is Feynman using 'sleep with' as a euphemism for sex? I'm guessing that, this story being written in the 1940s/50s, pre-sexual revolution, that it is more referring to sleeping with a some low level of intimacy.

I'm pretty sure he's talking about sex.

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Post by jmtame »

there has been a lot of focus on social dynamics and this type of stuff if it interests you, it's called pick up. for the longest time, mystery and neil strauss were the icons. i'm not sure who it is now, or if they have been replaced. i'd say the whole thing has died down since it got into mainstream television. all of those tricks don't work anymore because the girls know all about it.

if you're really looking for a bold opener, google "the apocalypse opener." this will make pitching investors a walk in the park.

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Post by _debug_ »

From: http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0504.html?m=3

"The charming side of Richard helped people forgive him for his uncharming characteristics. For example, in many ways Richard was a sexist. Whenever it came time for his daily bowl of soup he would look around for the nearest "girl" and ask if she would fetch it to him. It did not matter if she was the cook, an engineer, or the president of the company. I once asked a female engineer who had just been a victim of this if it bothered her. "Yes, it really annoys me," she said."

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Post by nzmsv »

dwwoelfel wrote: post #6

This probably only works if you're Richard Feynman.

I doubt the girls in the bar knew anything about physics, or who he was. If you try asking a stranger in an average bar who Richard Feynman is, I am predicting a bunch of blank stares and trying to guess something along the lines of "actor?"

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Post by aphyr »

powauth wrote: post #3

Just out of curiosity: Is Feynman using 'sleep with' as a euphemism for sex? I'm guessing that, this story being written in the 1940s/50s, pre-sexual revolution, that it is more referring to sleeping with a some low level of intimacy.

No. It's a euphemism for a quantum electrodynamics process, commonly known as pair production. ;)

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by araneae »

This is one of my favorite quotes from him:

"The female mind is capable of understanding analytic geometry... The difficulty may just be that we have never yet discovered a way to communicate with the female mind. If it is done in the right way, you may be able to get something out of it." – Richard Feynman

http://www.phy.ilstu.edu/pte/310content/nature/feynman.html

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