Where pretty lies perish.
Posted in Guy Rules, The Id Monster on Nov 13th, 2012
Possessing a “dark triad” personality is good for attracting women. It’s also good for getting what you want out of life in realms beyond those of acquiring pussy. Reader moses passes along: The Dark Triad ain’t just for seducers. It works in real life too. From the WSJ book review on “The Wisdom of Psychopaths” … Read more
Posted in Girls, Guy Rules, Science Validates Game, Ugly Truths, Vanity on Oct 25th, 2012
Four years ago, this esteemed blog laid out in detail the reasons why men can’t be friends with bangable women, and under which conditions male-female friendships could plausibly form and endure. Men and women simply cannot be friends unless certain conditions are met. Mutual lack of attraction This is easy. When there’s no loin burning … Read more
Posted in Culture, Guy Rules, Pretty Lies on Oct 19th, 2012
Commenter aspic writes: [W]hile i’m on the subject of [Neil] Strauss: he’s a metrosexual who comes across like a slimy worm. These are exactly the kinds of men who are inheriting the high positions in our society. See also: Obama. I don’t know if Strauss comes across like a slimy worm, having never met him, … Read more
Posted in Girls, Guy Rules, The Pleasure Principle on Oct 17th, 2012
A thinking sort of reader writes: The hedonistic treadmill concept says you’ll get reduced satisfaction from expanded consumption as you adjust to it. You won’t appreciate a Ferrari if you drive one everyday and the same applies to a steak dinner. When I’m on a winning streak with girls, I feel they all get less … Read more
Posted in Alpha, Beta, Biomechanics is God, Game, Guy Rules on Oct 15th, 2012
The Handicap Principle, or what is known in layman terms as conspicuous consumption, is an important biological hypothesis that explains why the males of some (most?) species have evolved costly status signaling displays. The idea is that a high fitness male demonstrates his high status to females by showing he can afford to waste resources … Read more
A commenter on a blog I occasionally read mentioned an article about women dating beta men, in which the author advised women to pursue a “4-date rule” to screen out players who closely adhere to the well-known 3-date rule. (For those in the dark, the 3-date rule means pushing for sex by the third date, … Read more
Posted in Alpha, Biomechanics is God, Girls, Guy Rules on Sep 6th, 2012
Joe Mama writes: Wanted to get your thoughts on: getting vibes that your gf and best buddy have sexual tension between them. It’s almost as if they’d be a better fit for each other, it’s fucking with my mojo. My working philosophy in matters of suspicions of cheating, or suspicions of potential cheating, is to … Read more
Posted in Biomechanics is God, Game, Guy Rules on Aug 16th, 2012
This is the final installment of the body type-game type series, and here we will focus on ectomorphs, those men who have structurally thin, lean skeletal frames. (If you want to know how purely ectomorphic you are, just grab your wrist. Is there space left over? You’re probably an ecto.) The mesomorph game post, the … Read more
Posted in Biomechanics is God, Game, Guy Rules on Aug 15th, 2012
Continuing our series about identifying the most responsive (or most accessible) game for your body type, today’s post will focus on the mesomorph. For readers late to the discussion, the purpose of this series of posts isn’t to suggest that if your frame is built a certain way, you must run a certain kind of … Read more
Posted in Biomechanics is God, Game, Guy Rules on Aug 14th, 2012
We’re all familiar with the three major body types: ectomorph (skinny), endomorph (fat) and mesomorph (muscular). And many of us have noticed that these three body types tend to correspond with certain mental and emotional characteristics. William Sheldon was the first to research and categorize an association between body type and personality type, or temperament. … Read more
