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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 by donaq »

Rod wrote: post #48
vaksel wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

who said anything about relationships? this is only about getting laid. And if you are loaded and want to avoid gold diggers, nothing is stopping you from going 007 on it, rent an apartment, buy a beater, and pretend to be broke

I didn't say anything about relationships either... Attracting gold-diggers can be fun if one sticks to pump & dump kind of debauchery. It might seem unscrupulous, but we're not discussing that. Worst-case scenario, one risks getting one of these gold-diggers pregnant... and be forced to see her again (or, preferably, her lawyer) in the future, which is never pleasant.

A vasectomy would prevent that.

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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Post by mynameishere »

potatolicious wrote: post #45
sown wrote: post #28

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Also, I need to lose about a hundred pounds and do something about my jebediah beard.

Appearance I find is not a huge factor... If you excude confidence and know how to talk, you will still get laid.

It's true!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydpl0bgL_Kw

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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Post by MaysonL »

Being smart can get you laid - you just have to find women who find smart guys attractive (such as the lady who was my boss at my first programming job). Such women do exist, though they're not all that common.

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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Post by alyx »

bokonist wrote: post #33

Woman did not evolve to find smart guys or "nice" guys attractive. Woman are programmed to find the leader of the pack attractive, even if said leader is an a hole. Fortunately, most well raised woman were taught with their rational minds to be wary of the jerk and to go for the gentleman. So rationally they want the nice guy, but the animal mind wants the leader of the pack. This creates conflict. If you've ever bee…

This Roissy character has some amazingly clever, witty and all around awesome posts!

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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Post by wallflower »

Rod wrote: post #20
vaksel wrote: 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...

True wealth is confidence..

Quote from George Foreman about longshoremen:

Mr. Foreman, who stared down financial collapse as an adult despite a troubled, impoverished childhood, said he knew real wealth when he saw it. “If you’re confident, you’re wealthy,” he says. “I’ve seen guys who work on a ship channel and they get to a certain point and they’re confident. You can look in their faces, they’re longshoremen, and they have this confidence about them...I’ve seen a lot of guys with millions and they don’t have any confidence,” he says. “So they’re not wealthy.”

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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Post by potatolicious »

vaksel wrote: post #41
potatolicious wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or just live in a comfortable place, drive a decent car... live like a normal person...

yeah but decent car = gold digger, unless you don't buy anything fancy and settle for something boring like an accord

What do you define as decent? If you want the vroom vroom get a cheap-ish sports car like the 350Z ($30K-range), which while being a bit high profile, is still low enough to ward off the gold diggers.

If you go higher into luxury sport car territory... that's your own fault :)

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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Post by donaq »

potatolicious wrote: post #45
sown wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, I need to lose about a hundred pounds and do something about my jebediah beard.

Appearance I find is not a huge factor... If you excude confidence and know how to talk, you will still get laid.

Not necessarily. Or rather, this works more for males than females. As Eddie Murphy once put it succinctly, "But you gotta be beautiful too. I don't want no funny, ugly bitch," or something like that. I find that appearances usually matter more to males than females.

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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Post by charlesju »

1. Sex is overrated. Like they said in the 40 year old virgin, don't put the pussy on a pedestal. If someone doesn't like you for who you are, they are probably not worth the time to sleep with. Find someone you can love, it's a much more rewarding experience, trust me.

2. If you are bent on being a "player", and you are smart (truly smart, not just smart as in able to program smart), then you can probably learn how to do it. Human beings are not that complicated.

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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Post by vaksel »

potatolicious wrote: post #56
vaksel wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yeah but decent car = gold digger, unless you don't buy anything fancy and settle for something boring like an accord

What do you define as decent? If you want the vroom vroom get a cheap-ish sports car like the 350Z ($30K-range), which while being a bit high profile, is still low enough to ward off the gold diggers. If you go higher into luxury sport car territory... that's your own fault :)

if you think a 30K car will ward off gold diggers you are way off. 20-25K is the most you can spend, and even then that accounts if you are buying new, if you buy a used M3 all bets are off.

Re: Why Being Smart Won't Get You Laid

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Post by mattmaroon »

vaksel wrote: post #59
potatolicious wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you define as decent? If you want the vroom vroom get a cheap-ish sports car like the 350Z ($30K-range), which while being a bit high profile, is still low enough to ward off the gold diggers. If you go higher into luxury sport car territory... that's your own fault :)

if you think a 30K car will ward off gold diggers you are way off. 20-25K is the most you can spend, and even then that accounts if you are buying new, if you buy a used M3 all bets are off.

How on Hacker News did we get into talking about which sports car will get you laid but still ward off gold diggers? There are at least three things there that, no offense because I'm including myself, this would be the last place I'd look for advice on.
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