Leverage. This post from another thread, along with watching a tackling video on Youtube, sparked a couple connections that I've seen over the past couple years. I think we can all agree that women will only fvck a man whose value she perceives to be higher than her own. And I think we can also agree, at least in a social sense, value is 100% contextual. For example, at a rave a guy with some baggies of coke and a light-up L.E.D. glowstick has super high relative value, second only to the DJ (and there's only one DJ and every girl can't fvck him). But take drug dealer & the DJ (unless he's legitimately celebrity status) and put them in a fine dining mixer in the rented out lobby of a five star hotel--and all of the sudden there relative value decreases dramatically. Take the CEO at the fine dining mixer and put him in the rave and the reverse value displacement also holds.You bet when I have a professional model or an Instagram model with a 100k+ following and 1k+ likes per picture in front of me, I'm leveraging everything: Looks, Status, Game.
And she leverages to the hill as well: Looks (Makeup, Hair, Body, Million Dollar Dress), Status (Model & Fans), Game. And yes, these type of women game too and are the most insecure.
We all leverage to maximize the highest SMV we can attract.
In a tribal setting, say up to 80 people, value was a much more static concept. Contexts changed less rapidly. Yeah, there might be a guy who was good at hunting and one who was good at lighting fires--and their relative values might move up or down in relationship to each other depending on the needs of the tribe. But now we can move in any number of contexts, in any number of populations, anywhere in the world, in mere hours. Mastering all these contexts and building contextual value in all these settings would take a couple hundred more lifetimes than any of us have. Which highlights the need for "elastic adaptability" or as @guru1000 says, "to be fluid."
So let's get back to leverage. There are a couple traits that are universally high status in men--meaning they're domain independent--confidence, solid body language, strong eye contact, boldness, self-esteem, tonality, sexual openness, social dominance. Even if you roll up to a rave without any friends in a tailored suit, these things will at least ensure your foot's in the door.
BUT the girls you meet in those venues might have more contextual value than you, even as a self-actualizing man, according to the criteria of that environment. Most of this discrepancy in perceived value comes down to: Social Proof & Preselection. Here's a brief synopsis of some of the types of girls (and I'm painting in broad strokes, but pretty accurately, I think) you'll meet--and how you can neutralize their contextual value, imply your own, and MAINTAIN LEVERAGE:
1. The Instagram Model:
Contextual Value: Social proof, preselection, massive ability to induce competition anxiety.
Contextual Insecurities: Her value is predicated almost entirely on looks. The overwhelming majority of her attention is from low value males.
Types of things you can say to neutralize her contextual value:
2. The Sorority Girl:Contextual Insecurities: Her value is predicated almost entirely on looks. The overwhelming majority of her attention is from low value males.
Types of things you can say to neutralize her contextual value:
- Omg. You must be the selfie queen! Here. Rate my duckface. Got any pointers?
- Are those your likes? Wow. I'm jealous. Do you know how hard it is for guys to get likes? If anyone likes my photos it's because they actually like me as a person.
- If I was a girl, I'd just post: Hungry. Who wants to take me out to dinner? Who wants to go with me to get my nails done? Going out--who wants to give me a ride? Omg. I bet you have allll types of creepy guys sliding into your DMs: I'll take you to get your nails done, girl. What's the creepiest thing a guy has ever written you?
Contextual Value: Social proof, implied economic status (sororities ain't cheap), social access (cool parties every week).
Contextual Insecurities: Her social proof is totally self-contained. It's time-sensitive. It's bought & paid for & her associations are with other men who had to pay for social proof.
Types of things you can say to neutralize her contextual value:
I'll be updating this thread with other types as I have time over the next few days. Feel free to add your own!
Contextual Insecurities: Her social proof is totally self-contained. It's time-sensitive. It's bought & paid for & her associations are with other men who had to pay for social proof.
Types of things you can say to neutralize her contextual value:
- Such a little sorority girl (As a cold read--once you know what to look for you can spot them with like 90% accuracy. This will immediately get her qualifying).
- Can I join? Wait, why? That's sexist as fvck. It's 2017, girl. What if I let you paddle me? Wait, is it because you don't think I can come up with the dues? Hold on (taking out your phone & pretending to talk to someone on the other line), Dad, look, it's important. Can you send me $1200? Dad--but how will I make friends?
- I really admire sority girls. I mean it must be exhausting. Having to dress up in costumes every week with girls you don't like to hangout with guys who'll be throwing up in the bathtub by the end of the night. But I bet the parties are lit. What's the craziest thing you've seen?
Again, you're kind of poking fun at the source of her social value. Again, you're implying that you've had past life experiences that made you at least tangentially familiar with the dynamics of her scene--but you're remaining playful & nonjudgmental & slightly unimpressed but not entirely dismissive.
Disclaimer: There are girls who you'll have chemistry with upfront and start with default higher contextual value relative to hers (funny how that correlates). If you only want those types of girls, then I'm in no way faulting you and those girls are probably your best bet for long term committed relationships or really anything other than short term, sexually-based liaisons. BUT if you want the hottest women on a consistent basis, you'll have to deal with some of these types & you'll have to find ways to maintain leverage.
I'll be updating this thread with other types as I have time over the next few days. Feel free to add your own!