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Re: Website Sells Fake Facebook Girlfriends

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Post by elorant »

philwelch wrote: post #99
elorant wrote: post #89

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Pardon me, but 90% of people tell lies in their CVs (which also happen to be in the social networking space). Every single person I know who has a profile at LinkedIn has falsified somehow their job history, their set of skills or their credentials. So why do we take for granted that someone can lie about his job skills but not about his personal life? If people are so retarded to appreciate you more when they see yo…

> Every single person I know who has a profile at LinkedIn has falsified somehow their job history, their set of skills or their credentials. That says more about the company you keep than anything else.

Wow you really know everything don't you?

It says that they’re ordinary folks who would like to be perceived a little better than their current status. I guess your acquaintances are all super successful people who have nothing to lie about regarding their professional life. It must be so boring for you addressing mere mortals like us, with flaws and everything.

Re: Website Sells Fake Facebook Girlfriends

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Post by TeMPOraL »

Draiken wrote: post #78
TeMPOraL wrote: post #69

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There's a concept called "lie". Dying your hair is cosmetics. Saying you're in relationship when you're not is a lie.

It's still just a lie. A cosmetic lie, but a lie. Are fake breasts less fake than a fake girlfriend? They're all just lies used by these people to get whatever they want from it. Of course this is horrible, but it's funny how people don't think fake breasts, makeup or photoshop on personal pictures are also horrible. In those cases they are just tools, right? Hypocrisy is the name of this age.

There's a difference. Fake breasts and makeup fall into the same bucket as actually having a girlfriend. Telling everyone you have a girlfriend when you don't is another bucket.

When a woman surgically enhances her breasts, she has bigger breasts, so she's not lying. She would be if, when asked, she would tell people that they are natural.

Re: Website Sells Fake Facebook Girlfriends

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Post by kahawe »

vidarh wrote: post #83
kahawe wrote: post #65

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...up until the point when everyone keeps asking you when you will FINALLY bring that "hot chick" to the next party or meet-up.

Then you have a very "public" (on Facebook) bust-up where she makes you seem even more attractive by complaining about the attention you supposedly get from some other hot girl, and "break up" so you can show up all "emotional and vulnerable" at the party....

But this only delays the inevitable and you cannot stretch this game on forever either.

Re: Website Sells Fake Facebook Girlfriends

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Post by GFischer »

kahawe wrote: post #97
marvin wrote: post #91

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After a couple of years of trying to become more outgoing and understanding social mechanisms, I rate pretty high on this "ladder". But as a byproduct, I can't stand to hang out with people who actually seem to care about people's social standing. People who care a lot about fake gimmicks like these (clothes, friends, status, power) are usually shallow, self-centered and insecure; the exact opposite of the people a s…

> After a couple of years of trying to become more outgoing and understanding social mechanisms Could you elaborate on that or provide links, books, anything that worked for you? I agree with your view and I don't see this ever changing for me, yet I would still like to make these experiences for myself to be honest.

I'm not the OP, and I haven't read these books, but many people swear by:

Influence: the psychology of persuasion, by Robert Cialdini

http://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Busine...

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

http://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/00...

One I HAVE read, and I strongly recommend is How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influenc...

Also, I've read many people mention a lot about Neuro-Linguistic Programming. I'm usually skeptical of this stuff, but I want to read about it.

I did read "The Game" by Neil Strauss... while it is not something I want to do, it is really intriguing, and he advocates NLP a lot in that book.

And while I'm nerdish/socially awkward, I have a long-term relationship with my girlfriend so I don't "need" to go picking up girls :) .

I look forward to the original poster's list :)

Re: Website Sells Fake Facebook Girlfriends

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Post by thoughtcriminal »

kahawe wrote: post #97
marvin wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After a couple of years of trying to become more outgoing and understanding social mechanisms, I rate pretty high on this "ladder". But as a byproduct, I can't stand to hang out with people who actually seem to care about people's social standing. People who care a lot about fake gimmicks like these (clothes, friends, status, power) are usually shallow, self-centered and insecure; the exact opposite of the people a s…

> After a couple of years of trying to become more outgoing and understanding social mechanisms Could you elaborate on that or provide links, books, anything that worked for you? I agree with your view and I don't see this ever changing for me, yet I would still like to make these experiences for myself to be honest.

Try Rejection Therapy: http://rejectiontherapy.com

If you do a search online, you'll find lots of stories and comments of how it's helped people or even changed their life.

Re: Website Sells Fake Facebook Girlfriends

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Post by neumann_alfred »

lhnz wrote: post #98
neumann_alfred wrote: post #88

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Who with a shred of intelligence, and the same apprecation of females as human beings and persons as they have for males, would think otherwise? Why should a "hot chick" or a "big earner" increase your "social status" with anyone but complete schmucks? I'm honestly curious.

Correct but why make a principled stand on this? Those who wish to claw onto status will like you for this, and those that don't will like you for your underlying personality. The former are quite flawed but they're still people.

The former are quite flawed but they're still people.

Which is kind of the reason for making a principled stand: They are human, they aren't going to go away anytime soon, they want to be respected or even loved, and extreme shallowness makes it impossible for me to do that. If I didn't have at least a remaining iota of goodwill towards them, I'd exploit them instead of bitching at them.

Re: Website Sells Fake Facebook Girlfriends

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Post by return0 »

h2s wrote: post #40

This is really weird. Everybody on HN appears to be praising this for the clever entrepreneurial idea. I'm kind of amazed that I'm apparently about to be the first person on here to call this out as a hugely misogynistic endeavour. Women should not be treated as a SaaS product.

Let me get this straight: Men are being exploited to give their money to a scheme that capitalizes on the unfounded social hollywoodian illusion that "good men get the hot girls". Women make profits out of it in return for a few seconds of their time every day. And that's called misogynistic, as in, it's the women who are being exploited?! Let's apply some basic common sense here ...

Re: Website Sells Fake Facebook Girlfriends

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Post by GFischer »

wamatt wrote: post #95
elorant wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pardon me, but 90% of people tell lies in their CVs (which also happen to be in the social networking space). Every single person I know who has a profile at LinkedIn has falsified somehow their job history, their set of skills or their credentials. So why do we take for granted that someone can lie about his job skills but not about his personal life? If people are so retarded to appreciate you more when they see yo…

>If people are so retarded to appreciate you more when they see you with a beautiful woman (instead of I don't know, judge you by your character perhaps? ) The irony of that statement just kills me. As for CV's, happily I've never needed one, and am certainly not an HR manager, but I'd be most surprised to find " 90% of people" merrily go around inventing full-on fictitious companies they've worked for. For example:…

I don't think the OP says people invent fictitious companies, but I see fiction and embellishment in a lot of CVs..

One guy that worked in the backroom sorting correspondence in the company I work for claimed he was "Manager" on his LinkedIn profile.

And all the programmers I work with claim they "led" the projects they were in.

I've yet to see somebody invent a company, but many cite their own freelance "companies" and their roles as CEOs.

I do agree that there shouldn't be a free pass to proceeding straight to black.

Re: Website Sells Fake Facebook Girlfriends

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Post by mattgreenrocks »

kahawe wrote: post #66
antihero wrote: post #60

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WTF is this social hierarchy? I hear about it a lot but really it just sounds like hanging out with douchebags.

I think this is an expression that sums up how you view yourself in comparison to other people and how you think other people view and "rank" you. I can honestly not imagine that anyone has never had thoughts like this, so for better or worse, there IS something like this out there and if you need more proof then just think of all the brands and labels offering you mostly image and their name and a perceived step-up…

I'm probably projecting a bit, but it's always struck me as the domain of non-creators who cannot find anything meaningful to do with their lives, so they ladder-climb everywhere they can.

Many people never graduated high school in that sense.

Re: Website Sells Fake Facebook Girlfriends

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Post by theycallmemorty »

unreal37 wrote: post #7
sharkweek wrote: post #2

In case you missed it and feel like reading a really bizarre story about fake girlfriends, this account of Notre Dame football player Manti Te'o faking the death of his non-existent girlfriend is just too weird -- http://deadspin.com/5976517/

He claims he was duped. There's not evidence he faked the death or knew his girlfriend was fake.

He may have been duped initially, but he has claimed to have met the girl on multiple occasions.

The best case scenario for his credibility is that he was fooled, felt like an idiot and kept lying to prevent everyone from finding out.

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