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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 winter_blue »

winter_blue wrote: post #27

This seems to have happened in the late 1930s or the early 1940s (he says "while I was working on the bomb".) From what I've heard, the US was very conservative at that time; girls & women in general did not have sex before marriage. And additionally was contraception widely available at that time? The sexual revolution happened in the 60s and 70s. So, this does not make any sense. Can someone enlighten me?

This story by Freedman totally goes against what I've thought US/Western attitudes towards sex were in the 40s. (I thought the US was an uber-conservative sex-only-after-marriage & sex-only-for-producing children society.)

Does anyone have any links/references to articles/papers/studies that show that the US was already laissez-faire about sex as early as the late-30s/early-40s?

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

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Post by zackattack »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #12
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…

Ironically this probably increases your chances of getting into YC. Showing a history of assertiveness and getting what you want, Sam Altman-style!

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

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Post by enjo »

winter_blue wrote: post #27

This seems to have happened in the late 1930s or the early 1940s (he says "while I was working on the bomb".) From what I've heard, the US was very conservative at that time; girls & women in general did not have sex before marriage. And additionally was contraception widely available at that time? The sexual revolution happened in the 60s and 70s. So, this does not make any sense. Can someone enlighten me?

That's just good old day syndrome. I've had some very interesting talks with older folks about this very subject. They all agree that the prevalence of sex in the culture is certainly a bit more front and center today. However, men have always been men and women have always been women.

Teen birth rates where at their highest in 40's, 50's and 60's after all. Contraception certainly has played a role in reducing that, but it does demonstrate that conservative America has always been a myth propagated by a certain sect of older conservatives.

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

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Post by jackowayed »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #12
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…

Eh, if anything it'll help you.

It shows that you're not a wimp and that you're willing to experiment, both good things.

And they're all human, you know. They realize that people do sexual things, even successful startup founders. And PG and JL have a baby. I'll let you draw your own conclusions based on that.

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

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Post by enneff »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #12
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…

Indeed. I've had great success with simple, blunt solicitation.

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

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

zackattack wrote: post #34
aaronbrethorst wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Ironically this probably increases your chances of getting into YC. Showing a history of assertiveness and getting what you want, Sam Altman-style!

I figure that my 'i know i'll be downmodded for this' aside zeros things out ;)
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