JustErin said:

"Attraction is not a choice." - David DeAngelo

Looks don't necessarily have anything to do with attraction. I've seen some very drop-dead gorgeous-looking women brush off really good-looking dudes with a lot to offer them just to hook up with some butt-ugly "bad boy" because "he's so exciting." I think that women (and people in general) tend to want to hook up with people they feel they deserve, and much of that is based on self-esteem issues. Guys may talk up some women like "Hey baby," etc,, but they expect to strike out with most chicks, yet they figure that they may at least be able to get a couple of phone numbers from some chicks and even maybe hook up with one of them. They figure that there's at least one women out there who's desperate enough for companionship.

Interestingly enough, this plays out in the real world quite regularly. It's extremely rare to see some supermodel or Hollywood-type model/actress dating some UPS driver or sanitation worker, and you rarely see a high-powered senior corporate executive female dating a waiter or day laborer. People in certain economic and social classes generally tend to date within those classes, regardless of looks. That's why you see all of those ghetto and white trash couples on Jerry Springer or Maury Povich, and that's why otherwise stunningly gorgeous women throw themselves at cretins like Lil Wayne. A lot of guys talk amongst themselves about how they would sex up Halle Berry harder than the nastiest porno stud, but if they actually saw her in reality, 99% of them would probably freeze up and struggle to put two words together in front of her.

Likewise, you have women like Heidi Montag who comes from a good family and theoretically could date some really cool guy, yet she hooks up with a douchebag like Spencer Pratt. Granted, Heidi had some self-esteem issues of her own.

endymion said:

but I love it when I'm waiting to cross the road and a truckful of construction workers yell "show us your pink bits!" out of the window

MuthaFunka said:

but still it's worth a try? because it works sometimes?

RudyIsBackForGood said:

that sounds kind of fun, I mean being at IKEA

someone should start a thread about the worst pick up lines ever.

"miss lady are your feet tired? they must be because you've been running around my mind all day."


or the best brush off lines.


my favorite brush off line is "i'm seeing some one". that's the one that works the most. Tell somebody you are a nun, pregnant, married or a lesbian and they will come after you full force.

I wouldn't know if that stuff works because I've never tried it.
For me to act like that would come across very fake.
A shy pale Icelandic guy like myself acting like a macho Italian casanova or something... does not compute. The reaction would either be that I'm really trying too hard or that I'm acting like a pervert.

Besides, if you think pickup lines or anything resembling that sound silly in English, they sound 10 times as silly in MY language.

And yes, I'm single and I think the deep recession means me getting my own apartment(which is a necessity when it comes to hooking up with women) is very unlikely anytime soon.

DesireeNevermind said:

I always carry around a book to read on the train or bus now, thanks to this thread

usually something like this

purplehippieonthe1 said:

awww vee jay jay shortage due to slumping economy.

ZombieKitten said:

OMG the looks you would get.

MuthaFunka said:

ZombieKitten said:

Very true. A good communicator/writer can pull it off.

angel345 said:

MuthaFunka said:

I'd be very interested in a good communicator actually

ZombieKitten said:

MuthaFunka said:

they are a rare breed

ZombieKitten said:

Indeed, indeed.

DesireeNevermind said:

Yeah, but I wasn't exactly a pussy-magnet during the economic boom either (in 2007 over here). Being 26 and living with your parents doesn't really help in that aspect.

ZombieKitten said:

You are just awesome.

purplehippieonthe1 said:

jone70 said:

It must be difficult being so darned cute, Carrie!

Seriously, though, I think the very notion of a pick-up line is hysterical.

To be honest, the people I know only hit on women at random to show off for their friends, or to see if they're as pathetic as they really feel they are.

I think they know they're not going to get anywhere.

MuthaFunka said:

Thats only because they wanted to be. I think that 99% of the time women know what they are gonna give and not give in the beginning

and somebody's fallin for those lines-my client caseload is up

Worst pick up line...


"Want some candy little girl?"

heybaby said:

Sane/Intelligent/Game-savvy women do. The others?...I'm not so sure about that.

DesireeNevermind said:

Someone has actually said that to you???

VILE!!!!!

ZombieKitten said:

That is class in fact I am gonna write that down for the next time I am out and about with the lads

endymion said:

ZombieKitten said:

I wonder what these guys would say if a woman said "yeah sure i will trade you for a flash of your cock"

probably run down the street screaming

endymion said:

oh, I've been offered a flash of cock and before I had the chance to decline he said "get a load of this" and then showed me and my sister. I was 12 and she was 8

I don't really want to take the risk of copping another eyeful