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Category Archive for 'The Big City Life'

It was early evening and the sun still blazed on the horizon, casting shards of soft yellow light across faces and dewy beer pints. Sitting on the bar stools to my right were two white women. I could tell they were friends by their isolationist banter. I looked over and visually judged them; both were … Read more

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I was chatting up a cute chick when I overheard another pickup in progress right next to me. The guy was projecting his voice loudly so I couldn’t help but hear just about every word he said to the smiling girl who was listening intently to him. I glanced over when I had a moment … Read more

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Double Bagger

Zeets phoned in from the bowels of DC. “They passed this law that puts a five cent fee on each bag you use at a store. The city’s already made something like $150K off it.” “Leftie fascists.” “So I’m standing in line at Giant and don’t have a reusable bag with pictures of basil on … Read more

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Byron writes: Reformed “nice guy” here with some feedback and solution to a problem I’ve not yet seen in your experience. Your blog so succinctly highlights the disparity between what women say they want and what turns them on. A crucial distinction that your haters fail to grasp. Sure (most) women want a beta provider but the … Read more

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Over at Mexican Annexation, T. “cheap chalupas uber alles” Cowen has a theory on the dating market for men in Washington DC: I think it’s better to date here if you are male. Government attracts a disproportionate share of intelligent women. I’ve never lived in New York, but there are so many celebrities, billionaires. If … Read more

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Contrast Is King

Was sent this photo, with the following message: “First I saw the two barking rats, then I saw the guy walking them. Talk about an odd pairing! The dude had tattoos on his skull, and looked tough. Not like the herb or homo I thought he would be. And there he is, with two runty … Read more

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Randall Parker forwarded me a link to a study about abundance of mate choice affecting the quality of the choice. Quantity may determine quality when choosing romantic partners The context in which humans meet potential mates has a hidden influence on who they decide to pursue. In particular, when people have a large number of … Read more

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Today we’ll accompany an average American, SWPL Six-pack, on his daily routine as he makes an effort to meet a number of attractive women that he sees. It’s a Saturday. He gets up in the morning, showers, dresses and walks to the Starbucks down the block. While waiting at an intersection for the light to … Read more

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In various hot spots around the city you will see units of public housing. Usually you can identify these complexes by the disrepair of the property and the empty liquor bottles littering the sidewalk in front. It’s easy enough to avoid renting or buying a place next to a dump, but what if the public … Read more

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Is your neighborhood infested with status whoring but irresistibly cute SWPL girls? Then you need an icebreaker tailor made for their fastidiously ironic sensibilities. Let’s say you and the SWPL girl of your infatuations are sifting through a selection of $10 jars of almond butter at Whole Foods. Unless you are a savvy shopper, most … Read more

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