It seems DC-dating-scene blogger Roosh V has written an entire book telling men how to get laid, titled “Bang: the average man’s modern guide to getting laid.”
In my humble opinion, anyone who needs an entire book telling them how to get laid is actually never going to get laid. Ever. Anyone who even has the first inclination to pick up this book (for anything other than mocking purposes) WILL NEVER ACTUALLY HAVE SEX.
Please — can we stop perpetuating the myth that there is some secret set of rules, some intricate game, or whatever, that men need to use to trick women into having sex with them? That’s really needlessly complicated and deviant, kids. You want to know how to get laid?
1. Talk to people of the opposite sex (be they friends, co-workers, people you meet in a bar, whatever), AND
2. Don’t be a complete dickhead who’s only thinking about how to trick them into sleeping with you while doing it.
The sex will follow. Really. Do you think that advice seems too simplistic? Yeah, well, it’s a hell of a lot better than this:
“The next common question girls ask is, “How old are you?” Your answer to this question will be, “Guess!” Constantly giving straight answers sucks energy out of male-female interactions. Again, be the mysterious and shady character that she always has to work to get stuff out of.
You will run into girls who respond to “Guess” with something like “I don’t want to play games and guess.” This translates to, “I want you to answer me in the way that I desire.” Not only do these types of girls want their needs served first, but in a way that they dictate.”
Ahh, yes. Stay away from girls who would rather have a conversation with you in a bar rather than act like one of those amusement-park-guess-your-name-age-and-weight-game hosts. Sage.
personally, i don’t think men should have to try to get women to sleep with them. women should just sleep with them.
What he wrote is hardly qualifies for a book. It is a 100 page recap of The Game. The pickup artist society is a dying one and really only works with mail order brides.
Now why would you have to pick up a mail order bride? don’t you just order them off the Internet? What pick-up artistry is at work there?
in case you’re check is cancelled, i guess.
or your paypal account doesn’t work, I guess
An uppity feminist who doesn’t like the fact that there is an optimal, reliable way to get in her pants. I’m a little surprised.
Thanks for buying the book though.
Buying the book? I read the few sample pages on the publisher’s Web site, dear.
“Optimal, reliable way” I hope you’re joking, because I’m pretty sure her point is “it’s not that hard.” I mean that in a good way. Now I just have to get going on step #1.
“An uppity feminist” – was that supposed to be an insult? It does seem from reading the blogs of the genre “how to get in women’s pants with the least effort” are all from men who sling insults when they encounter someone too smart to fall for their tactics. Very sad.
Oh, and there are some errors on the pages I read on the publisher’s website too. I’d fire your editor Roosh.
thank you, erinelizabeth. that was my point exactly — it’s not that hard. Although I would like to clarify that I don’t mean in my pants, per se. Just in anyone’s pants.
Guys and girls like to have sex, generally with people they find interesting or smart or nice or funny or engaging or attractive (crazy talk, I know). Most people probably have at least one of these qualities (even Roosh). If they talk to people they’d like to sleep with, and act like themselves, there’s pretty good odds that someone is going to pick up on these qualities and want to sleep with them in return. Unless they’re a complete douchebag. In which case, they may want to work on not being a complete douchebag first. Are there any books on that?
i’m trying sooooo hard not to make fun of your name, roosh. it’s toooo easy.
almost as easy as pointing out that your derivative play the play-ah schtick is about making money, not actually helping men who have issues with the ladies. it’s toilet bowl reading, and about as useful as that last half square at the end of your roll.
and it’s a relatively easy schtick too. if you can ignore that oh-so-overrated i-wish-i-were-a-legit-author voice in your head. just re-word vince vaughn dialogue, put it in paragraph form, throw in a few obligatory references to confidence, sticking up for yourself, making that bitch do all the work, and voila! you’ve got yourself an idiot’s guide to getting all the babe.
except the idiot is you.
even the guys who buy the book and read it cover to cover can simply throw it away and pretend they never heard of it if somebody asks.
your name is going to be associated with that ridiculous moronic chunk of vomit for the rest of your life.
i’m laughing that you think “feminist” is a derogatory term and that you called elyzabethe “uppity.”
but i’m laughing even harder that right now you think you’ve accomplished something. wait until next year when the next version of your book comes out, written by some other bitter boy driven by a pathological need to “conquer” women sexually. all in the name of feeling good about himself.
well, here’s something you didn’t know. after that night, back when that one girl spread her legs for you, and you felt like a king for about four and a half minutes, she laughed about you to her friends. and then she met some other guy. and now she’s forgotten your name.
although i’m not sure how she can. roosh! hahaha.
” Most people probably have at least one of these qualities (even Roosh). ”
You’d think so, but no.
I don’t know, any guy who has to pick up a book to get laid is kind of pathetic; and personally, I am not comfortable with the idea of approaching and befriending a woman with just the intention of getting laid – there’s something objectifying and misogynistic about it.
Most of the losers who pick up these articles actually follow these tips – and if you ever notice the bar scene, you’ll actually see these practice being put to use, albeit not very good.
But then again, what do I know, I am just a college student.