General Discussion : The best pickup lines you will never use because you're too sexy for "talking" and wouldn't it be great if you weren't so you could use them?
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJune 29, 2012 - 9:40am
Don't be bitter."
That's how I roll yo
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersJune 29, 2012 - 9:43am
"Show of hands from everyone who has found comfort in Avery's vagina."
A moment in time where my family and friends would be very proud of me.
R.Moon
from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's DigestJune 29, 2012 - 9:47am
Yeah Matt, don't be bitter. Instead be pseudo edgy. It's the new bitter.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJune 29, 2012 - 9:47am
I just wanted to bump the thread.
Black is the new grey
R.Moon
from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's DigestJune 29, 2012 - 9:49am
Fifty shades of black....
Um... I'll let someone else touch that one.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJune 29, 2012 - 9:50am
touch that one."
Howie?
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigJune 29, 2012 - 9:53am
You know what line works great for bartenders?
"Hey, sweetheart, drinks on the house!"
Chris Davis
from Indiana is reading A Feast of Snakes by Harry CrewsJune 29, 2012 - 10:00am
Yes Matt, Howie should touch the black one.
bryanhowie
from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING.June 29, 2012 - 10:03am
I'm into it. Knuckle deep.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJune 29, 2012 - 10:04am
#hwat
underpurplemoon
from PDX
June 30, 2012 - 2:43am
Bah! Who needs pickup lines?
Limbless K9
from Oregon is reading WraeththuJune 29, 2012 - 11:00pm
I wouldn't be able to use the homework line. I'm too much of a procrastinator.
"If you were homework, you'd still be in my folder."
bryanhowie
from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING.June 29, 2012 - 11:15pm
The one I remember hearing a girl talk about was "Nice legs. What time do they open?"
It did not work. Not at all.
Dwayne
from Cincinnati, Ohio (suburbs) is reading books that rotate to often to keep this updatedJuly 1, 2012 - 3:35pm
2 + 3 is 7, when should I pick you up?
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigJuly 1, 2012 - 4:03pm
You guys want a bad pickup line? Last night we went to a club to see my friend's band play. My husband went to get us drinks. Within 45 seconds there were two guys sitting where he had been and one says "Can I ask why you're sitting here all alone?" as though they hadn't seen Husband sitting there 45 seconds before. They were very nice guys, really polite, and were even nice to Husband when he came back, so I didn't point out that their plan was super lame.
Grigori Black
from US is reading Radium Girls by Amanda GowinJuly 2, 2012 - 6:04am
Black is the new grey
Well shit.
Fifty shades of black....
Um... I'll let someone else touch that one.
There's already a line. Take a number.
Species84
from Fluidic space is reading UNIX a standard operating system (1985) by Austen & Thomassen July 2, 2012 - 8:07am
Pick up lines are so not my thing... But I hope to learn something from this topic. I used to be some sort of hardcore feminist activist guy or i tried to be one, flirting/pickup lines/ etc. were a no-go for me.... The situation i was in/ and how i was as a person is rather difficult to explain, so i stop trying now... I am still recovering from that period of my life.
Nevertheless here is a funny (maybe?) example i encountered once:
I was at the local squatbar, very rough , a lot of punk and rebellion etc etc .
A girl came on to me, apparently i said something that was funny.. what it was i dont remember, sorry. Because i am a bit of an 'impossible' person,I had to inform her about that. Because i was feminist guy etc etc. I thought by myself: "i must tell this woman the truth!!!", So i told her: "I am NOT funny, I am not cool."
Normally you might think that after saying "he girl i am not funny , i am not cool", she will walk away or something. But this girl was very persistend. And I was too! :) The situation became a bit akward as well... I think she thought i used some sort of 'reversed pickupline' (say no get a yes!), so she went on being interesting to me.
After saying for about 7 or 8 times "He girl i am not funny , i am not cool" , she finally got the hint , and she wondered away.
pfffff......... :) see ya!
Laramore Black
from Joplin, Missouri is reading Mario Kart 8July 2, 2012 - 12:12pm
Usually when I like a girl, I find what internet forums they frequent and stalk them.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryJuly 2, 2012 - 12:20pm
Usually when I like(d) a girl, I'd just find what real-life locations they frequented (bars, boutiques, bathrooms) and stalk them.
Grigori Black
from US is reading Radium Girls by Amanda GowinJuly 3, 2012 - 12:17am
All's fair in love and war, right?
It's not stalking, it's reconnaissance. That's what good wingmen are for.
Because you really want to know if she's skittish before you try to clear customs.
Otherwise it just gets awkward.
And really, who needs another bad breakup?
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJuly 3, 2012 - 4:28am
Talk nerdy to me.
The sad thing is, I've used it. It worked.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryJuly 3, 2012 - 5:09am
The sad thing is, I've used it. It worked.
Mattack, World of Warcraft private chat doesn't really count as pickup.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJuly 3, 2012 - 5:11am
I'm a grown man. Why would I play video games? Breakin muh heart suh.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryJuly 3, 2012 - 5:14am
Because there is a multitude of alternate universes in which you do not have to go to your mundane job every day and pretend to be happy for the benefit of people you don't like?
Or because they're wicked awesome (like how I sounded like I was from somewhere I'm not from right there?).
I actually played World of Warcraft for several months. Total immersion. It got me through the initial and worst stages of quitting drinking. If you have to have a reason to play video games, I submit that as mine.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJuly 3, 2012 - 5:21am
Or because they're wicked awesome (like how I sounded like I was from somewhere I'm not from right there?)."
You're not from Boston!
I actually played World of Warcraft for several months. Total immersion. It got me through the initial and worst stages of quitting drinking. If you have to have a reason to play video games, I submit that as mine."
I could see that. They're just not for me though. I can understand your thing. I just don't understand this perpetual adolescence I've noticed with some of my peers. Things are fine in small doeses, but some folks I know go way over board with it. Which I think is one reason why I don't like them.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryJuly 3, 2012 - 5:27am
A friend of mine lost his wife to WoW. He would go to work, come home, baby's crying and covered in poop, his wife would just be crossing into the second half of her 16 hour shift of video game. He actually sat her down one day and said, "You're going to have to choose which reality you want to live in," and she said, "The one on the computer." Actively and consciously made that choice. Blew my mind.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJuly 3, 2012 - 5:34am
Video games do offer endorphin releases. I don't understand it. It's symptomatic of the culture at large.
Now when I said: "Talk nerdy to me" this isn't what I meant. LOL
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryJuly 3, 2012 - 5:37am
Video games do offer endorphin releases.
So does weightlifting.
Running.
Fighting.
Sex.
And, the kicker, endorphins were designed for those things. They weren't designed for a simulated environment you engage in on the couch.
Grigori Black
from US is reading Radium Girls by Amanda GowinJuly 3, 2012 - 5:43am
So does weightlifting.
Running.
Fighting.
Sex.
And, the kicker, endorphins were designed for those things. They weren't designed for a simulated environment you engage in on the couch.
But weightlifting/running require discipline, fighting will usually land you in jail, and if he could get sex, he wouldn't be playing video games. You know what none of those offer? Instant clicking gratification. Pavlov would have a field day.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJuly 3, 2012 - 5:53am
I think it's more Jungian or Freudian more than anything. I haven't check that site out in awhile, but it doesn't appear the stream of failed marriage thanks to one game has ended.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryJuly 3, 2012 - 6:24am
discipline
Fortunately for this next generation, most of them will never know what this is. That will suck for many future generations, but this one will be pretty sure they have it made. Up until the point that self-inflicted morbid obesity, diabetes, liver and heart failure take them at an age they will consider "premature". Then it will suck for them too. But right now, eschewing discipline is the bees knees.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJuly 3, 2012 - 6:30am
That is IF the entire system doesn't collapses before then. There is a historical precedence for this.
bryanhowie
from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING.July 3, 2012 - 6:34am
I just don't understand this perpetual adolescence I've noticed with some of my peers.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJuly 3, 2012 - 6:41am
@B. Howie. I think those are very modern ideas, born out of luxury. For eons only privileged children had any notion as to what a childhood actually was outside the fields or forest. I think it is irresponsible to allow it to continue past adulthood. It doesn't mean we shouldn't have fun, it just means eventually people do have to be reasonable adults. Playing WOW for 12 hours a day and ruining your marriage, isn't it.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryJuly 3, 2012 - 6:45am
eventually people do have to be reasonable adults.
That's not necessarily true. But I think it's important, if you choose to not be an adult, to make that decision consciously and deliberately, and not pull others (spouse, children, weird roommates) down the rabbit-hole with you. It's perfectly okay to live in perpetual adolescensce, as long as you're not trying to convince everybody that you're an adult, and not creating adult responsibilities for yourself that you can't or won't fulfill.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJuly 3, 2012 - 6:47am
Good point. Very good point.
underpurplemoon
from PDX
July 3, 2012 - 9:14am
I used to play video games (this series call Romance of the Three Kingdoms) and now I no longer (I actually gave away my PS2). When I played, I'd stay up late until I fall asleep. The morning wakes up, who needs real people? It was a crazy time, but some of the strategies in the game, I've actually used in real life.
I feel like I'm dating the wrong sex or something, women around here aren't really into video games, and if they're are, it's the wrong kind. Bah. Video games today are way out of my interest. Sacrifices one makes to be all grown up.
Is it wrong to fantasize about a woman you've never met and never will meet? I've been trying to set aside this woman for two years and she's turned into a huge thing in my heart and now it's ruining me because I don't want anyone else. All these future attractions mean little to me because I want to be faithful to someone who doesn't have time for me.
Writing helps, but it doesn't stop the pain. Her character is so strong and all I write is her. I'm hoping to have at least a dozen primary characters in the "new" piece I'm working on, but it's all crap to me now. Am I writing for her, or am I writing for myself?
Is it wrong to want to dedicated my "masterpiece" to someone I haven't met yet? I hate the fact that proper grammar turns me on, and the way she wrote, wow...you'd fall for her too.
Sorry, word economy. Gah! Who revived this thread? Grrr....
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJuly 3, 2012 - 9:20am
Sometimes, I think we're getting trolled.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeJuly 3, 2012 - 9:34am
This thread turned into a real downer: date-rape, stalking, video games, discipline.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersJuly 3, 2012 - 9:37am
My mom's husband lies about Vietnam all the time.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeJuly 3, 2012 - 9:39am
Should we arrest him?
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJuly 3, 2012 - 9:39am
Sounds like a stand up kind of guy.
underpurplemoon
from PDX
July 3, 2012 - 9:49am
My maternal uncle received a silver medal of some sort for the Vietnam War just before he went to the "reeducation camp" for ten years. When he got to the United States, the Americans reissued it for him. Mom told me the story that he told her about how he tried to save a thousand people, but only ended up saving thirty people in the end. It was...anyway, she told me I should write a story about him. It's really nice to tell someone else's story, but I think it'll be healthier to write for myself and find happier events.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersJuly 3, 2012 - 9:51am
Oh, shut up.
underpurplemoon
from PDX
July 3, 2012 - 10:05am
Oh, shut up.
Wow. Okay.
bryanhowie
from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING.July 3, 2012 - 10:07am
I was hunted once. I just came back from 'Nam. I was hitching through Oregon, and some cop started harassing me. Next thing you know, I had a whole army of cops chasing me through the woods! I had to take 'em all out. It was a bloodbath.
-Frank, It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJuly 3, 2012 - 10:59am
I love that show.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigJuly 3, 2012 - 11:09am
1) speaking of video games, have you guys seen The Nines? Fucking head trip. It's on Netflix.
2) I was very upset about the Stolen Valor Act, but reading the decision, it appears that (as lawmakers are wont to do) they threw in a bunch of stuff that isn't really criminal and the Court had to rule on the entire law, not parts of it. Disappointing as hell. The Court did invite lawmakers to draft a new, more specific law, so hopefully that happens.
Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerJuly 3, 2012 - 11:12am
Freedom of speech. They can bull shit all they want. It's protected. It doesn't mean they're not going to get a beat down or their asses handed to them for doing so.
bryanhowie
from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING.July 3, 2012 - 12:03pm
Oh, shut up.
Avery, you're being naughty again. No whipping for you. Now sit in the corner and think about what you've done. And about what you won't be doing anytime soon.
That's how I roll yo
"Show of hands from everyone who has found comfort in Avery's vagina."
A moment in time where my family and friends would be very proud of me.
Yeah Matt, don't be bitter. Instead be pseudo edgy. It's the new bitter.
I just wanted to bump the thread.
Black is the new grey
Fifty shades of black....
Um... I'll let someone else touch that one.
Howie?
You know what line works great for bartenders?
"Hey, sweetheart, drinks on the house!"
Yes Matt, Howie should touch the black one.
I'm into it. Knuckle deep.
#hwat
Bah! Who needs pickup lines?
I wouldn't be able to use the homework line. I'm too much of a procrastinator.
"If you were homework, you'd still be in my folder."
The one I remember hearing a girl talk about was "Nice legs. What time do they open?"
It did not work. Not at all.
2 + 3 is 7, when should I pick you up?
You guys want a bad pickup line? Last night we went to a club to see my friend's band play. My husband went to get us drinks. Within 45 seconds there were two guys sitting where he had been and one says "Can I ask why you're sitting here all alone?" as though they hadn't seen Husband sitting there 45 seconds before. They were very nice guys, really polite, and were even nice to Husband when he came back, so I didn't point out that their plan was super lame.
Well shit.
There's already a line. Take a number.
Pick up lines are so not my thing... But I hope to learn something from this topic. I used to be some sort of hardcore feminist activist guy or i tried to be one, flirting/pickup lines/ etc. were a no-go for me.... The situation i was in/ and how i was as a person is rather difficult to explain, so i stop trying now... I am still recovering from that period of my life.
Nevertheless here is a funny (maybe?) example i encountered once:
I was at the local squatbar, very rough , a lot of punk and rebellion etc etc .
A girl came on to me, apparently i said something that was funny.. what it was i dont remember, sorry. Because i am a bit of an 'impossible' person,I had to inform her about that. Because i was feminist guy etc etc. I thought by myself: "i must tell this woman the truth!!!", So i told her: "I am NOT funny, I am not cool."
Normally you might think that after saying "he girl i am not funny , i am not cool", she will walk away or something. But this girl was very persistend. And I was too! :) The situation became a bit akward as well... I think she thought i used some sort of 'reversed pickupline' (say no get a yes!), so she went on being interesting to me.
After saying for about 7 or 8 times "He girl i am not funny , i am not cool" , she finally got the hint , and she wondered away.
pfffff......... :) see ya!
Usually when I like a girl, I find what internet forums they frequent and stalk them.
Usually when I like(d) a girl, I'd just find what real-life locations they frequented (bars, boutiques, bathrooms) and stalk them.
All's fair in love and war, right?
It's not stalking, it's reconnaissance. That's what good wingmen are for.
Because you really want to know if she's skittish before you try to clear customs.
Otherwise it just gets awkward.
And really, who needs another bad breakup?
Talk nerdy to me.
The sad thing is, I've used it. It worked.
Mattack, World of Warcraft private chat doesn't really count as pickup.
I'm a grown man. Why would I play video games? Breakin muh heart suh.
Because there is a multitude of alternate universes in which you do not have to go to your mundane job every day and pretend to be happy for the benefit of people you don't like?
Or because they're wicked awesome (like how I sounded like I was from somewhere I'm not from right there?).
I actually played World of Warcraft for several months. Total immersion. It got me through the initial and worst stages of quitting drinking. If you have to have a reason to play video games, I submit that as mine.
You're not from Boston!
I could see that. They're just not for me though. I can understand your thing. I just don't understand this perpetual adolescence I've noticed with some of my peers. Things are fine in small doeses, but some folks I know go way over board with it. Which I think is one reason why I don't like them.
A friend of mine lost his wife to WoW. He would go to work, come home, baby's crying and covered in poop, his wife would just be crossing into the second half of her 16 hour shift of video game. He actually sat her down one day and said, "You're going to have to choose which reality you want to live in," and she said, "The one on the computer." Actively and consciously made that choice. Blew my mind.
Check out the stories here
Video games do offer endorphin releases. I don't understand it. It's symptomatic of the culture at large.
Now when I said: "Talk nerdy to me" this isn't what I meant. LOL
So does weightlifting.
Running.
Fighting.
Sex.
And, the kicker, endorphins were designed for those things. They weren't designed for a simulated environment you engage in on the couch.
But weightlifting/running require discipline, fighting will usually land you in jail, and if he could get sex, he wouldn't be playing video games. You know what none of those offer? Instant clicking gratification. Pavlov would have a field day.
I think it's more Jungian or Freudian more than anything. I haven't check that site out in awhile, but it doesn't appear the stream of failed marriage thanks to one game has ended.
Fortunately for this next generation, most of them will never know what this is. That will suck for many future generations, but this one will be pretty sure they have it made. Up until the point that self-inflicted morbid obesity, diabetes, liver and heart failure take them at an age they will consider "premature". Then it will suck for them too. But right now, eschewing discipline is the bees knees.
That is IF the entire system doesn't collapses before then. There is a historical precedence for this.
“If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not me!”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter and Wendy
You can't catch me and make me a man.
-Peter Pan movie
@B. Howie. I think those are very modern ideas, born out of luxury. For eons only privileged children had any notion as to what a childhood actually was outside the fields or forest. I think it is irresponsible to allow it to continue past adulthood. It doesn't mean we shouldn't have fun, it just means eventually people do have to be reasonable adults. Playing WOW for 12 hours a day and ruining your marriage, isn't it.
That's not necessarily true. But I think it's important, if you choose to not be an adult, to make that decision consciously and deliberately, and not pull others (spouse, children, weird roommates) down the rabbit-hole with you. It's perfectly okay to live in perpetual adolescensce, as long as you're not trying to convince everybody that you're an adult, and not creating adult responsibilities for yourself that you can't or won't fulfill.
Good point. Very good point.
I used to play video games (this series call Romance of the Three Kingdoms) and now I no longer (I actually gave away my PS2). When I played, I'd stay up late until I fall asleep. The morning wakes up, who needs real people? It was a crazy time, but some of the strategies in the game, I've actually used in real life.
I feel like I'm dating the wrong sex or something, women around here aren't really into video games, and if they're are, it's the wrong kind. Bah. Video games today are way out of my interest. Sacrifices one makes to be all grown up.
Is it wrong to fantasize about a woman you've never met and never will meet? I've been trying to set aside this woman for two years and she's turned into a huge thing in my heart and now it's ruining me because I don't want anyone else. All these future attractions mean little to me because I want to be faithful to someone who doesn't have time for me.
Writing helps, but it doesn't stop the pain. Her character is so strong and all I write is her. I'm hoping to have at least a dozen primary characters in the "new" piece I'm working on, but it's all crap to me now. Am I writing for her, or am I writing for myself?
Is it wrong to want to dedicated my "masterpiece" to someone I haven't met yet? I hate the fact that proper grammar turns me on, and the way she wrote, wow...you'd fall for her too.
Sorry, word economy. Gah! Who revived this thread? Grrr....
Sometimes, I think we're getting trolled.
This thread turned into a real downer: date-rape, stalking, video games, discipline.
Hey, girl ...
I can't believe they didn't uphold the Stolen Valor Act.
My mom's husband lies about Vietnam all the time.
Should we arrest him?
Sounds like a stand up kind of guy.
My maternal uncle received a silver medal of some sort for the Vietnam War just before he went to the "reeducation camp" for ten years. When he got to the United States, the Americans reissued it for him. Mom told me the story that he told her about how he tried to save a thousand people, but only ended up saving thirty people in the end. It was...anyway, she told me I should write a story about him. It's really nice to tell someone else's story, but I think it'll be healthier to write for myself and find happier events.
Oh, shut up.
Wow. Okay.
I was hunted once. I just came back from 'Nam. I was hitching through Oregon, and some cop started harassing me. Next thing you know, I had a whole army of cops chasing me through the woods! I had to take 'em all out. It was a bloodbath.
-Frank, It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia
I love that show.
1) speaking of video games, have you guys seen The Nines? Fucking head trip. It's on Netflix.
2) I was very upset about the Stolen Valor Act, but reading the decision, it appears that (as lawmakers are wont to do) they threw in a bunch of stuff that isn't really criminal and the Court had to rule on the entire law, not parts of it. Disappointing as hell. The Court did invite lawmakers to draft a new, more specific law, so hopefully that happens.
Freedom of speech. They can bull shit all they want. It's protected. It doesn't mean they're not going to get a beat down or their asses handed to them for doing so.
Avery, you're being naughty again. No whipping for you. Now sit in the corner and think about what you've done. And about what you won't be doing anytime soon.