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WatermelonRat

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15. Speaking as someone with social anxiety: Right on!

Tue Jul 22, 2014, 06:13 PM

Jul 2014

One of the common follies of shy young men is to think of "romantic interaction" as completely separate from "friendly interaction". They end up concentrating so much on the phantom "talking with women" that they neglect to develop the "talking with people" skills that might actually help them. And when they actually do manage to improve their general social skills, it doesn't carry over because they've convinced themselves that women are a different species requiring a different method of approach.

Having faced social struggles myself, I do empathize with them to some extent, but that just makes it more frustrating and cringe-inducing to watch.

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The terrifying 1970s manual that shaped the pickup-artist movement [View all] gollygee Jul 2014 OP

Kick, kick, kick. CrispyQ Jul 2014 #1

"Don’t you have enough confidence and decency to return a fellow human being’s greeting?’heard on DU seabeyond Jul 2014 #2

Eye-opening post. Thank you! riqster Jul 2014 #3

Gack. n/t DirkGently Jul 2014 #4

God how clueless can people be and manage to stay alive? MadrasT Jul 2014 #5

I totally agree with you. In_The_Wind Jul 2014 #7

These men are seriously fucked up. redqueen Jul 2014 #6

Speaking as someone with social anxiety: Right on! WatermelonRat Jul 2014 #15

Dumbass chickenshits ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #8

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Are you an expert on pickup artists? gollygee Jul 2014 #10

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...fish in a barrel cyberswede Jul 2014 #11

... redqueen Jul 2014 #14

damn straight. it is like texas cops sittin on the colorado border. seabeyond Jul 2014 #16

What you, bored? ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #12