# How to Filter Gold Diggers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 19, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678 "2014-02-19T02:47:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/1 "2014-02-19T02:47:06Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0iyeUcFKRv4/maxresdefault.jpg "Gold Digger Prank!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iyeUcFKRv4) I have one word: Nice šŸ˜ƒ EDIT: Obligatory donā€™t try this at home message. * * * MOD EDIT: This was reported for ā€œshort on content except for a linkā€ reasons ā€“ something frowned upon here. Rather than lock this down, however, let me instead sum it up ā€“ the link is to a short YouTube video of a woman rejecting a strangerā€™s advances until she sees him getting into a Lamborghini. Discuss. **Hal Briston** ā€“ MPSIMS Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/2 "2014-02-19T03:53:52Z")
This a big problem in your life, AU? ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/3 "2014-02-19T03:58:29Z")
Well, look at his initials! ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/4 "2014-02-19T04:42:46Z")
So is that considered a legitimate way to meet girls, by telling a girl he has never met that she is pretty and would she go out to dinner with him, and then pressing her when she says no? How is that different from being a gold digger? ā€œHi, I donā€™t know anything about you except that youā€™re pretty and Iā€™d like to spend time with you.ā€ ā€œHi, I donā€™t know anything about you except that you have a fancy car and therefore probably have money, and Iā€™d like to spend time with you.ā€ One of these is supposed to be better than the other? Hookups are fine in their place, but heā€™s kidding himself if he thinks he is any better than she is. Roddy p.s. I suppose there is a subset of straight men to whom I might as well be speaking in Urdu-accented Swahili. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/5 "2014-02-19T14:09:06Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > This a big problem in your life, AU? > [@Scribble](#): > > Well, look at his initials! šŸ˜ƒ I didnt notice that. Nice observation! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/6 "2014-02-19T16:55:25Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > šŸ˜ƒ I didnt notice that. Nice observation! Yes, but evidently youā€™re the man with the Midas touchā€¦ šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/7 "2014-02-19T17:39:56Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > So is that considered a legitimate way to meet girls, by telling a girl he has never met that she is pretty and would she go out to dinner with him, and then pressing her when she says no? > > How is that different from being a gold digger? > > ā€œHi, I donā€™t know anything about you except that youā€™re pretty and Iā€™d like to spend time with you.ā€ > > ā€œHi, I donā€™t know anything about you except that you have a fancy car and therefore probably have money, and Iā€™d like to spend time with you.ā€ > > One of these is supposed to be better than the other? > > Hookups are fine in their place, but heā€™s kidding himself if he thinks he is any better than she is. > Roddy > > p.s. I suppose there is a subset of straight men to whom I might as well be speaking in Urdu-accented Swahili. Yeah, but isnā€™t the point of the whole thing to show that the girl responded to a really bad pickup line when she thinks the guy might be rich? It doesnā€™t seem to me that the guy was actually trying to pick her up; he was trying to illustrate the point that some girls can be really shallow. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/8 "2014-02-19T18:46:36Z")
People? Shallow? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/9 "2014-02-19T19:06:31Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Yes, but evidently youā€™re the man with the Midas touchā€¦ šŸ†’ Yeah, that was pure comic gold. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/10 "2014-02-19T22:11:07Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > So is that considered a legitimate way to meet girls, by telling a girl he has never met that she is pretty and would she go out to dinner with him, and then pressing her when she says no? > > How is that different from being a gold digger? > > ā€œHi, I donā€™t know anything about you except that youā€™re pretty and Iā€™d like to spend time with you.ā€ > > ā€œHi, I donā€™t know anything about you except that you have a fancy car and therefore probably have money, and Iā€™d like to spend time with you.ā€ > > One of these is supposed to be better than the other? > > Hookups are fine in their place, but heā€™s kidding himself if he thinks he is any better than she is. > Roddy > > p.s. I suppose there is a subset of straight men to whom I might as well be speaking in Urdu-accented Swahili. Well, one is ā€œI donā€™t know anything about you as a person, but I find you attractive on first impressionā€ and the other is ā€œI donā€™t know anything about you as a person, and I find you unattractive on first impression, but you have some good stuff and I figure if Iā€™m nice to you some of it might come my wayā€. But go ahead and flagellate yourself for the sins of the entire male sex if it makes you feel any better. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/11 "2014-02-19T22:49:30Z")
I remember hearing about a place where you can order fake ATM receipts that show a ridiculously large balance in your account so that when you give a girl your number, you can pull out this ā€œrandom slip of scrap paper I just happen to have in my pocketā€ to write it down on. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/12 "2014-02-19T23:43:12Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Yeah, that was pure comic gold. ā€¦to coin a phrase. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![BrianJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@BrianJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianJ)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/13 "2014-02-19T23:43:41Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Yeah, but isnā€™t the point of the whole thing to show that the girl responded to a really bad pickup line when she thinks the guy might be rich? It doesnā€™t seem to me that the guy was actually trying to pick her up; he was trying to illustrate the point that some girls can be really shallow. Actually thereā€™s a pretty good chance that the video was staged and she was in on it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/14 "2014-02-19T23:44:44Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > I remember hearing about a place where you can order fake ATM receipts that show a ridiculously large balance in your account so that when you give a girl your number, you can pull out this ā€œrandom slip of scrap paper I just happen to have in my pocketā€ to write it down on. Dammit! I wish Iā€™d [thought of that](http://salesreceiptstore.com/novelty_ATM_receipts.html). I guess my mind isnā€™t devious/squirrely enough. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/15 "2014-02-20T03:07:09Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > ā€œHi, I donā€™t know anything about you except that youā€™re pretty and Iā€™d like to spend time with you.ā€ And how, according to you, are sexual relationships (straight or gay) supposed to get started? ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/16 "2014-02-20T03:37:10Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > So is that considered a legitimate way to meet girls, by telling a girl he has never met that she is pretty and would she go out to dinner with him, and then pressing her when she says no? > > How is that different from being a gold digger? > > ā€œHi, I donā€™t know anything about you except that youā€™re pretty and Iā€™d like to spend time with you.ā€ > > ā€œHi, I donā€™t know anything about you except that you have a fancy car and therefore probably have money, and Iā€™d like to spend time with you.ā€ > > One of these is supposed to be better than the other? > > Hookups are fine in their place, but heā€™s kidding himself if he thinks he is any better than she is. > Roddy > > p.s. I suppose there is a subset of straight men to whom I might as well be speaking in Urdu-accented Swahili. Hi, I donā€™t know anything about you except that you have really good taste in cars, so Iā€™d like to spend more time with youā€¦ Hi, I love Lamborghinis and wish death on all Ferrari drivers, so on that basis alone Iā€™d love to have dinner with you ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/17 "2014-02-20T04:05:37Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > ā€¦to coin a phrase. šŸ™‚ No bullionā€¦? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/18 "2014-02-20T16:03:03Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > I remember hearing about a place where you can order fake ATM receipts that show a ridiculously large balance in your account so that when you give a girl your number, you can pull out this ā€œrandom slip of scrap paper I just happen to have in my pocketā€ to write it down on. Who writes phone numbers down anymore? Donā€™t most people just put the number directly in their phone? Anyway, that would have work well in the 90ā€™s. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/19 "2014-02-20T17:29:58Z")
Hell, yā€™all should try putting ā€˜stockbrokerā€™ on your online dating profile. Suddenly I started getting messages from girls 20 years younger than I am. It was creepy. And, no, I didnā€™t take any of them up on anything. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678/20 "2014-02-22T23:48:24Z")
I wouldnā€™t want to date anyone stupid enough to be impressed by my claiming to be a stockbroker. Itā€™s possible that if I actually were one that wouldnā€™t bother me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-gold-diggers/681678.md?page=2)