Similarly, I tend to believe that “I’m a pick-up artist” means basically “I spend a lot of time reading about pick-up artists.”
Either that, or it means, “I’m an asshole who tries to prey on women’s insecurities.”
Anyone identifying themselves as a pick-up artist might as well be calling themselves a creep who is too creepy to realize his own creepiness.
Code words for “I’m an asshole.”
I know a few performance types who refer to themselves as ‘self-unemployed’ when barely scraping by between gigs. It’s honest at least.
‘I’m really empathetic’ (can say ‘awww’)
‘I’m really intuitive’ (don’t know jack)
Remember there was a thread with men getting down right pissed that we were telling them that pick up artist stuff was bogus? They were pissed. They were citing science and everything, boy. I wish I could find that thread and read it again.
So you don’t think most people who say they are liberals really are liberals? :dubious:
How’s about “I’m a very spiritual person”, also, “I’m a really caring person”. :vomit:
The first thing the thread title brought to my mind was a former coworker. He was obnoxious, pushy, a slacker, and a compulsive liar to boot. One day he announced to the group that he’d signed up for assertiveness training. Everyone simultaneously gasped, “Oh god, no”.
The excuses he gave for his chronic tardiness were always “Yeah, right” moments. His parents were in horrendous car accidents at least three times a year.
I am not in any way a pick up artist, but I have little doubt that PUA techniques, competently performed, quite often achieve their intended aims (of getting dates and/or sex).
Their puny facts were no match for your preconceptions, huh?
njtt, I’ll start a thread.
Not sure which thread you’re referring to, but I remember we had a poster who claimed to be a pick-up artist who kept saying there was solid evidence that this sort of thing worked but that he wasn’t going to cite it because he didn’t feel like it or he was afraid it would blow our minds or something. When pressed he admitted that he didn’t mean evidence in the sense of, ya know, actual research, but that was only because modern science did not dare to examine these issues.
A search indicates that the poster I’m thinking of was TheWhoToTheWhatNow. He left after being Pitted for bragging that a pick-up artist could rape a woman but convince her that it wasn’t rape.
You reminded me of another - when talking about distracted driving and how talking on cellphones (handsfree or hand-held) is dangerous, some people come back with, “Well, not for me. I’m good at multi-tasking.” Yeah, right. :rolleyes:
No snark, but I’m curious why you think this is suspect?
“I don’t go tanning, I’m part Native-American.”
“I don’t care about looks.”
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I mean it when I say it. I’ve got the pics of a long string of gnarly ex-boyfriends to prove it 
Uh huh, sure you do. 
Can we do a subcategory of dating profile phrases?
“I don’t play games.” = “Bring your A game.”
“Spiritual, not religious.” = “I’ve blown through all the dateable people at my church.”
“There needs to be chemistry.” = “You need to be fuckable.”
“I want to feel butterflies in my stomach again.” = “I want to feel hormonal fluctuations abnormal beyond adolescence, and if I don’t its your fault.”
“I only surround myself with positive people.” = “I only listen to people who tell me what I want to hear.”
“I like to laugh.” = “I’m stupid.”
“I have an IQ of [whatever].”
Some people are of course outright lying/exaggerating, and plenty of others base their claims on some free “IQ test” they found online.