Behold, what may be the most hilarious Pickup Artist video ever. In it, someone calling himself Skills shows the fellas how to “open” ladies wordlessly, using only the seductive power of their sexy, sexy dancing. And not just one kind of dancing: Skills demonstrates smooth moves for all sorts of dances, from Disco to Latin to Booty to Rock ‘n’ Roll. (Today I Learned that “Take on Me” by A-ha is the untimate hard-rocking Rock ‘n” Roll number.) Apparently most styles of dancing require men to stare relentlessly at their partners’ breasts and general breast area.
Oddly, the woman Skills has seduced hired to appear in his video does not appear all that impressed with Skills’ skills. MISANDRY!
Oh, and WAIT! Before watching this, make sure that “annotations” are turned on. Otherwise you will not be able to fully appreciate the subtleties of Skills’ teachings.
I stole this video from the excellent PUA.txt Twitter account, featuring nothing but authentic wisdom from the PUA sector.
Does he think she can’t tell he’s STARING at her chest because he’s wearing sunglasses? Urgh, so fucking creepy.
‘Pretend you’re just coincidentally in front of her, dancing! Pretend you’re just having a good time and do not have an agenda! Then pretend you just accidentally grabbed her hands!’ Yes, yes that is very subtle and sure to work and not at all awkward.
Also, to me it didn’t even look like he was staring at her chest; it just looked like he was super uncomfortable/not familiar with his moves and was awkwardly looking at his feet the whole time. Skeeviness aside, wouldn’t it be easier to figure out whether she’s responding to your ~techniques~ if you actually, y’know, made eye contact?
Oh. bless your heart, David. I needed to laugh.
Also, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward? FLOVE!
A New Kind of Love! Problematic -without question- but funny and cute with gorgeous clothes. And what a sexy couple.
Dont be silly! All women respond the same way. We’re like those chemicals in a bottle in class just waiting for an experiment, so there’s no variation in how we respond! It’s not like women are people, or something.
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Really, does anything beat the PUA community for involuntary self-mockery?
The sunglasses are for “privacy reasobns”, while he’s trying to sell a book about what a cool dude he is, and how “chicks” can’t refuse him?
Right…
Peacocking while dancing = fun & fun to watch, IMO.
What that guy was doing to “I will survive” is what you would get if a peacock fell in mud and was trying not to be noticed while he spread his tail to dry off.
“Escalation” after peacocking = icky.
Peacocking! (NSFW)
Unfortunately I can’t read the annotations because there is a big blue ad for YouSendIt pasted right over them that I can’t get to go away 🙁
Oh, okay, if I watch in at YouTube there’s no ad.
But I kind of wish I hadn’t. Good lord is he oblivious.
Also? The woman he’s talked into demonstrating with him is all out of fucks to give.
Michelle’s dougie is so much better.
Clearly, the key is never, ever to look in a woman’s eyes! She might hypnotize you with her cootie-filled feminine wiles and then you’ll end up in a bathtub full of ice in some sleezy motel room, sore from being spermjacked, with the stench of scented candles in the air and a stack of child support court orders on your chest!
I thought “bless -blank- heart” was short for “-blank- is less intelligent than a sack of bricks.”
Bless your heart is a contextual insult.
@Baroncognito Context is everything. “Bless your heart” is said directly to someone and is always (in my experience) something to say when you are feeling grateful. “Bless zir heart” is said about someone, accompanied by a gentle headshake and upward looking eyes, when that person is demonstrably dumb as a box of pickles.
…at least in the US Carolinas, where my family is from…
I thought the video made me laugh hard, but it was nothing compared to this.
And yes, thanks to all, I needed a laugh too.
“Do not ask (something something), assume compliance.”
and
“Compliance is expected so you can’t tell if she’s really interested” (paraphrased)
Fuck no. The videos shows him repeatedly touching someone who doesn’t really seem like she wants him touching her. That is uncool. When I was 18, I went to a club with some friends and this guy came up to me, grabbed me and started dancing. I couldn’t get away from him and was worried about being rude (not something I’d worry about today). He started kissing me while I tried to get my friends attention and finally they came to my rescue and basically danced me away from him. Ugh.
Assuming someone will be interested in you touching them is not okay and a dance culture where women feel obligated to allow themselves to be touched is also not okay.
I needed that chuckle. Thank you. 🙂
I also heard “dumb as a cheesecloth canteen” a while back.
These jerks will never, never, never be Paul Newman!!
If you’re going to make a video with bad, sexist dating advice and dancing, do it right.
Look at how funky he is.
Here’s some kitties doing dancing right. (I posted this in the other thread, but I like it a lot so you are getting it twice.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6H6CcGiuFo
Okay, well I fucked that up twice. So, you are getting it a third time and hopefully this time I don’t fuck it up.
And this is why you have girl friends to rescue you from guys who can’t take a hint.
And this poor guy was so horrified by the bad dancing that he can’t even bear to look!
@melody
Yeah, but women shouldn’t have to travel in lacks or feel like they need to communicate through small head gestures and eye movements in a dark club to avoid hurting some guy’s feelings. (Especially when the guy had no respect for the woman’s feelings in the first place.)