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Anon finds his people (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 22 hours ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I mean, a lot of PUA advice is basic bitch "wash your ass", "dress nice", "engage in interesting conversation", "don't get hung up on a single person forever" tips that get glazed in new age pop psychology.

And if you go to the OG Bible of the PUAs (and get all the way to the end of the book) Neil Strauss makes all the same critiques of PUAs in the book that's supposed to laud them.

The mistake people make is in reading the material like a How To Plumber's Guide to fixing your dick drain instead of a life experience that informs a moment in history. You can learn from the mistakes of other people without becoming an asshole. Or you can learn to be an asshole by blindly replicating other people's mistakes.