A diligent reader emailed me a ‘Beta of the Month’ submission about a guy who fears he may have been cuckolded and who turns to a Washington Post advice columnist for support in his time of need. I read the article and decided that the real value to be gleaned was not in the unearthing […]
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Posted in Beta, Culture, The Big City Life on May 10th, 2009
I’m sitting here in a coffeehouse and to my right are three people — a black man, a white woman, and a white man — sitting adjacent on a couch. All three are haughtily typing on Macbooks propped on their knees. I stare at them, smiling. “Ha, you guys look like a commercial.” I point […]
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I was lounging in placid contentment on a sofa in a local lounge like a proper post-history, citizen-of-the-world nihilist enjoying the flume ride down the rump of American decline when I spotted a somewhat unkempt man with awkward mannerisms take a seat at a small table to my right. He was a little more homely […]
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Posted in Beta, Goodbye America, Videos on May 3rd, 2009
The American media. Got grovel?
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Posted in Beta, Guy Rules, Maxims on Apr 13th, 2009
Whether because of laziness, preoccupation with job and hobbies, or falling into a steady, comfortable pattern with a girlfriend, time away from the game will kill your game faster than cumulative rejections, self-limiting beliefs, or hanging with a beta crowd. It’s like high blood pressure, the silent killer. You don’t even realize your game is […]
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Zeets and I were at a multi-floored historic mansion converted into a bar/restaurant/lounge (a not uncommon idiosyncrasy of the city) that features the hottest female waitstaff and bartenders in the city. For those locals who have been there, you’ll know what I mean – sweet dushkas! Just more evidence that Russian women are on average […]
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I’m about to reveal something of myself most of you don’t know. A few years ago, my wife, Marie, and I were at one of those hip downtown restaurants sipping mangotinis and nibbling on injera bread when one of my bosses appeared with his thin trophy wife in tow and patted my shoulder. When I […]
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Posted in Beta, Culture, Globalization on Feb 4th, 2009
Google is introducing software for cell phones that allows people, through a complicated system of rope and pulleys, to track each other. “What Google Latitude does is allow you to share that location with friends and family members, and likewise be able to see friends and family members’ locations,” Steve Lee, product manager for Google […]
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Posted in Beta, Game on Jan 28th, 2009
If you run solid attraction game but your rapport is weak (usually due to time constraints or a loud environment not conducive to sitting down and getting more conversational with a girl), there is a higher chance she will flake not because she’s uninterested, but because she suspects you may be a player who will […]
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Posted in Beta, Tool Time on Jan 25th, 2009
The perfect distillation of it on Craigslist : drop dead heart stopping beauty – m4w Reply to: XXX Date: 2009-01-24, 9:25PM EST saw you at the Blooms store on minnniefield rd I let you in front of me just to see ( no harm in mind no stalker) If a woman could truly be that […]
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