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Pickup artist: Women are crazy, so it’s in your best interest to treat them badly

She's not interested? Obviously she's nuts!
She’s not interested? Obviously she’s nuts!

Leave it to the guys at Roosh Vā€™s Return of Kings blog to find a bright side, of sorts, to a study reporting that one in five Americans suffered from some sort of mental illness in 2010, with more women (23%) amongst those affected than men (16.8%).

Since ā€œat least a quarter of the women you run into at any given time are not going to be alright upstairs,” RoK contributor Athlone McGinn argues, and the percentage is likely to be much higher amongst younger women, you might as well use this fact to your advantage.

But first you need to accept the disadvantages. For one thing, you need to realize your powerful man-logic won’t work on these gals:

If youā€™re 18-25, you will in many cases be dealing with someone who is fundamentally incapable of being reliably rational.

Never mind that most mental illnesses donā€™t affect the ability to think rationally about most things. Someone with an intense phobia of Donald Trumpā€™s hair, for example, is able to think rationally about everything except Donald Trumpā€™s hair.

Maybe thatā€™s a bad example. Iā€™m not sure itā€™s entirely irrational to be afraid of Donald Trumpā€™s hair.

And, like their sane counterparts, the crazy ladies may sometimes turn you down. But at least this time you don’t have to feel so bad about yourself.

You may think youā€™re a loser because you get shot down by these girls more than youā€™d like, but this isnā€™t always the case: youā€™re often dealing with not-entirely-alright girls with illogical criteria.

Oh, but McGinn assures us that ā€œ[t]his isnā€™t an excuse, mind you.ā€ You still need to make sure your ā€œgameā€ is tight. Just donā€™t be too hard on yourself, because women (like the prices at Crazy Eddieā€™s electronics emporiums) are literally insane.

So what’s the great advantage of dating a woman who’s mentally ill? McGinn is a bit vague, probably deliberately, but essentially he suggests that men can keep ā€œdysfunctionalā€ women in line by treating them like shit:

Dysfunctional treatment is often welcomed by dysfunctional people, and many of those with mental issues fit that bill. Since weā€™ve already established that a very large number of young women fit into that category, you should not be surprised to see so many of them respond positively to dysfunctional behavior.

It is not uncommon for young men to adopt some of these dysfunctional behaviors, find increased sexual/romantic success with their female peers as a result, and then feel guilty about it all. Such guilt is understandable (they donā€™t like the fact that morally degraded versions of themselves are more appealing to girls in general than the men they actually prefer to be), but ultimately unnecessaryā€”there is nothing a man can do about the female proclivity to welcome such behavior except adapt to it. It is the result of factors much bigger than him.

Poor pickup artists! They donā€™t want to be abusive, manipulative, exploitative assholes and terrible people generally. Theyā€™re driven to this awful behavior by forces beyond their control — like the fact that women are statistically somewhat more likely to suffer from mental illness than men.

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cloudiah
11 years ago

Erwan, you’re an asshole. Tell us, how does it feel? I’ve always wondered, but wasn’t personally willing to be an asshole in order to find out.

kittehserf
kittehserf
11 years ago

Tight, wrinkly and smeared with shit on the inside?

Ally S
11 years ago

I gave him the side eye as soon as I saw his assertion that the anti-ableist sentiment here is abuse-enabling. He couldn’t be further from the truth, and he could easily verify what he said by, you know, actually reading this comment thread and reading the post.

cloudiah
11 years ago

Am I being too mean? I’m working on the remarks I am supposed to make at my friend’s funeral tomorrow, and giving that she was fucking too young to die I am in a mood to eviscerate.

CassandraSays
CassandraSays
11 years ago

Let’s all take a moment to thank our new troll for volunteering to be cloudiah’s scratching post.

Ally S
11 years ago

Hugs if you want them, cloudiah. I don’t know what else to say. =[ I’m so sorry to hear that.

kittehserf
kittehserf
11 years ago

Go for it, cloudiah!

I didn’t know what the hell the “abuse enabling” comment was about, so left it.

The comments since, and on the other thread, have made it clearer. Especially when paternity fraud gets an airing – BORING find something new to claim!

Ally S
11 years ago

Oh, and I agree that you aren’t being too harsh, cloudiah. As Kitteh said, go for it!

kittehserf
kittehserf
11 years ago

Letā€™s all take a moment to thank our new troll for volunteering to be cloudiahā€™s scratching post.

troll pre-cloudiah

troll post-cloudiah

neuroticbeagle
11 years ago

@Kittehs
Looks like cloudiah is part of the Furrinati

kittehserf
kittehserf
11 years ago

@neuroticbeagle

SHE HAS BEEN ASSIMILATED

cloudiah
11 years ago

Hugs are always appreciated, unless they come from trolls or PUAs.

I’m supposed to make remarks, at a funeral, that aren’t sad. It’s fucking hard.

neuroticbeagle
11 years ago

{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}

cloudiah
11 years ago

HUGS, back. šŸ˜€

kittehserf
kittehserf
11 years ago
Ally S
11 years ago
kittehserf
kittehserf
11 years ago

lots of lovely furrinati hugs

(Especially the dog hugging the goat!)

pecunium
11 years ago

They are most definitely NOT a hate group. See, they feel badly about murder.

It’s not murder, it’s terrorism. They don’t even raise it to the level of insurrection/revolt.

cloudiah
11 years ago

I don’t even know what hugs are the best hugs. I am overwhelmed (in a good way) by hugs.

Ally S
11 years ago

This is quickly becoming the best derail I’ve ever seen.

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