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Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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post #4

simply earn a ton of money, and your prospects to get laid will suddenly increase

while i think this is true (have not experienced this myself), earning a ton of money does not necessarily automatically put you above the "getting laid" bar, it might just move you from -50 to -20.

it seems to be somewhat faulty logic to use "but when i do x, y will be better", both in the realm of getting laid, enjoying life, etc.

why not act now instead?

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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post #4

simply earn a ton of money, and your prospects to get laid will suddenly increase

Then why did Charlie Sheen keep buying hookers from Heidi Fleiss? He wasn't just rich, he was famous too.

Last I checked, "buying hookers" counts as getting laid.

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then why did Charlie Sheen keep buying hookers from Heidi Fleiss? He wasn't just rich, he was famous too.

Last I checked, "buying hookers" counts as getting laid.

Touche. The article was about dating, so that was the context there. That said, I think we all agree that buying hookers is suboptimal at best.

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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post #4

simply earn a ton of money, and your prospects to get laid will suddenly increase

Then why did Charlie Sheen keep buying hookers from Heidi Fleiss? He wasn't just rich, he was famous too.

The classic answer (I don't know if Charlie actually said this, or some other wit came up with it): "I don't pay them to have sex with me, I pay them to leave afterward."

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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post #2

Being smart, pragmatic, and unscrupulous will get you laid quite a bit. I can't, and don't want to, figure out the last part.

Fair enough, but don't let the unscrupulous part be a story you tell yourself to justify why you've never figured out how to get laid.

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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post #4

simply earn a ton of money, and your prospects to get laid will suddenly increase

That's a loser's game. Sure, a ton of money will get you laid... with precisely the kind of women one should avoid in the first place. Money does not increase one's attractiveness per se, it only attracts scavengers commonly known as gold-diggers. Better use the money to improve oneself...
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