Game deconstructed vs Empathy (theory)

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I am currently toying with a new theory.
I believe men that are drawn to the ‘concept’ of game are those that have strong traits in following personality types - autism, narcissism & sociopathy.

these people struggle with empathy - which is how neurotypical people relate to each other. Empathy extends to communication style for neurotypical (normal) people, which is mainly symbolic and feeling based, and based around small talk.

People with neurodivergent personality types see everything as black and white, and in terms of social power. It’s not a strength or weakness, it can be either depending on how its used - autistic people for example are the builders of the modern world and great works of art/music (heightened perception, pattern recognition & sensitivity). A lot of famous people are on the spectrum (as are a lot of failures/degenerates).

However, being on the spectrum creates huge issues with dealing with the opposite sex. Neurodivergent people are very blunt & to the point (see: most post on this forum for example - ‘I have problem A, give me solution B’). Furthermore, high functioning neurodivergent people have learned how to mimic, manipulate and control neurotypical communication styles to their advantage (see: sociopathic salesmen & politicians who know exactly what to say and when to say it, to trick normal people into liking them)

PUA and the concept of ‘game’ therefore extends to people somewhat on the spectrum who have managed to use manipulation successfully in other areas of their life and think a similar skillset must exist with women.

Women, especially socially attractive ones, are very high on neurotypical (normal) communication styles. Everything is in the grey area, things are done and said for no purpose beyond connection, body language and expressions make up 80% of communication, sharing spontaneous feelings and strengthening feelings of belonging is the basis of speech (watch any women’s talk show). It’s all about how things you say make you and others feel good (see: beyonce concert).

Attractive men that are neurotypical (normal), are in a similar mode of existence. There is no end game, and they have learned to trust in the spontaneity of small talk and socialising knowing that it will garner appropriate results relative to their own value. There is no concept of ‘doing’ or ‘saying’ something to bring about a result that mainly falls down to chance.

Furthermore, a lot of the neurotypicals interaction with the world is desensitised, ie blunted - ie they do not process events with as much detail and meaning as a autistic person does (autism is essentially a very ‘masculine’ and logical mind and many men, especially professional men who are successful, lean towards autism)

Girl didn’t reply to neurotypicals text - no big deal, she is probably going on holiday or playing games (or just being….normal…remember normal people do not act with as much intent or urgency to bring about social results)… guy instead hits up friends Max and goes to the party (again, to make small talk and strengthen bonds)…3 weeks later he naturally reinitiate small talk with no purpose with the girl (because neurotypicals like to strengthen bonds), girl now seems warm, invites out -> begins dating.

Girl didn’t reply to neurodivergents text -> he automatically assumes there is a problem -> does not understand subtext of just….girls being random….
goes online, reads about ‘game’, wonders if his smv isn’t high enough, wonders if his text was too boring or needy, spends 2 weeks thinking about it, double texts…black & white thinking about mystery chad and 80/20 rules….and so forth. Then, the next girl he speaks to, same mistake occurs and he seems even more ‘off’, and now his internal world which is filled with logic and pattern recognition (as opposed to emotion) becomes distorted and solidifies his skewed perception of dating and his social worth. He is just a bit too…scripted….to be socially appealing.

the only true communication style which women respond to, is the RANDOM SPONTANEOUS feelings of ‘flow’. The gradual discovery that is born out of small talk and familiarity. Normal people are interested in things that feel and seem unscripted, chit chat which is not controversial or jarring in any way. There is no power game behind it, no one-upping, no comebacks, and words are never a premeditated ‘test’ that need to passed, but rather blurtings in the moment that have no real meaning behind them. In conversation, there is no give, there is no take, there is just is responding to whatever is happening in the moment and the chips may fall wherever. People kind of just exist with each other, and sometimes end up hooking up, sometimes falling in love, but overall act in a very routine way. The primary aim is always the preservation of the norm, fitting in with expected behaviour, and ensuring nobody’s feelings get hurt.

If you are attractive, yet struggling with women, it’s not because your game is off. You need to remove the idea of game or studying sexuality from your head. You need to just, slow down your response and meaning projection on the outside world, and stop viewing communication as a tool to power.
Because you cannot manipulate people into feeling safe and familiar around you.
PUA guys like RSD Owen, Mystery do not make people feel comfortable and safe around them with their routines and intensity, and def will struggle with long term friends and dating beyond same day lays.
Because you are projecting too much INTENTION behind what you do and say, which automatically puts any NORMAL person on the defense.

there is NO ‘coach’ who has mastered a style of communication that consistently gets him laid with hot women. Communication in dating doesn’t world like that . Conversation IS power, at work, in politics, in media…just not in the social world or dating. In these realms, FEELINGS AND SYMBOL sharing reign supreme.
The best way to think about it is….remember when you were just 7 years old interacting with women in the school playground. THAT is the state you need to be operating out. Cute, random, curious but not in an overly pushy/caring way, filled with random emotions and almost you don’t even know sex exists.
You must destroy all ideas of ‘SOCIAL RANK’ or over-analysis when speaking to people especially women. Instead move into the realm of, chit chat and leaving threads open
When you talk to women, your mentality should be ‘things COULD happen, just not RIGHT NOW. Right now we are chit chatting for the sake of chit chatting! And when the conversation is over, it’s over and means nothing good or bad. I will now go and chit chat with another person.
soon you have multiple threads going, over a period of time, girls feel familiar with you, and the probability of getting a sexual outcome vastly increase

the logical mind says ‘but won’t I end up in the friendzone?’ The answer is NO! Because chit chat does not = supplication and part of your chit chat will revolve around topics relating to dating, her relationship status etc and you should be busy chit chatting to so many people that your attention will retain its value

you have to put yourself in the shoes of a highly in demand man. for example would a top nightclub DJ that meets 20 models a night backstage be ‘gaming’ women? And how would women respond to that? No, he would be meeting, greeting, getting contact details have about 50 text conversations going over multiple months, revolving around general chit chat. Sometimes messages get ignored. Sometimes they respond fast. Sometimes messages get returned weeks later. Eventually he invites girls to see him when and if the moment arises after familiarity has been established and both parties feel like a somewhat reliable presence in each others lives.
STRENGTHENING SOCIAL BONDS ALWAYS COMES FIRST, everything else flows from there. A person with high social value (beautiful woman) are not going to be sleeping around with random guy to random guy of unknown social backgrounds and obliterate their own carefully maintained social value. This goes back to CAVEMAN TIMES, its wired in our biology, sleeping with the wrong man was a SOCIAL crime
 
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Most people are inward focused smooth brains, most people are locked in some sort of dopamine chase, whether it be drugs, sex, food, money and fame, the dopamine chase is how we survived when we didn't have the potential to fall into these endless dopamine feedback loops like scrolling on your phone for example... Chasing dopamine was directly linked to survival, the primal call is powerful, we spent thousands of years with this programming, it's part of our races legacy today and it must be accounted for or else it will lead you astray.

It's just another dopamine feedback loop.
 

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The better looking a woman, the less empathy she has for men. It's been like that since pre-history. As long as a woman believes she has options, she cares more about how a man makes her feel than how the man feels.

The only way to counter this is for a man to care more about his wants and needs than the woman. There is nothing wrong with being selfish as long as you are willing to compromise.

If you end up with a chick where you are having to work too hard to keep her... then just walk away from her. Let her make some other dude life a living hell... until she gets tired of him.
 

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I am currently toying with a new theory.
I believe men that are drawn to the ‘concept’ of game are those that have strong traits in following personality types - autism, narcissism & sociopathy.
I started my Interactions with girls/women as a white knight/did the "right" thing/happy wife happy life. How i treat women today and what i am today is a direct result of women responding to me one way or the other. Its me evolving in the sexual market.

Fact is, being the white knight made women fvck with me in a bad way while leaning into dark triad personality traits made women fvck with me in a good way.

So, whos "fault" is that?

I got what i wanted, women got what they wanted.
 

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I am currently toying with a new theory.
I believe men that are drawn to the ‘concept’ of game are those that have strong traits in following personality types - autism, narcissism & sociopathy.

these people struggle with empathy - which is how neurotypical people relate to each other. Empathy extends to communication style for neurotypical (normal) people, which is mainly symbolic and feeling based, and based around small talk.

People with neurodivergent personality types see everything as black and white, and in terms of social power. It’s not a strength or weakness, it can be either depending on how its used - autistic people for example are the builders of the modern world and great works of art/music (heightened perception, pattern recognition & sensitivity). A lot of famous people are on the spectrum (as are a lot of failures/degenerates).

However, being on the spectrum creates huge issues with dealing with the opposite sex. Neurodivergent people are very blunt & to the point (see: most post on this forum for example - ‘I have problem A, give me solution B’). Furthermore, high functioning neurodivergent people have learned how to mimic, manipulate and control neurotypical communication styles to their advantage (see: sociopathic salesmen & politicians who know exactly what to say and when to say it, to trick normal people into liking them)

PUA and the concept of ‘game’ therefore extends to people somewhat on the spectrum who have managed to use manipulation successfully in other areas of their life and think a similar skillset must exist with women.

Women, especially socially attractive ones, are very high on neurotypical (normal) communication styles. Everything is in the grey area, things are done and said for no purpose beyond connection, body language and expressions make up 80% of communication, sharing spontaneous feelings and strengthening feelings of belonging is the basis of speech (watch any women’s talk show). It’s all about how things you say make you and others feel good (see: beyonce concert).

Attractive men that are neurotypical (normal), are in a similar mode of existence. There is no end game, and they have learned to trust in the spontaneity of small talk and socialising knowing that it will garner appropriate results relative to their own value. There is no concept of ‘doing’ or ‘saying’ something to bring about a result that mainly falls down to chance.

Furthermore, a lot of the neurotypicals interaction with the world is desensitised, ie blunted - ie they do not process events with as much detail and meaning as a autistic person does (autism is essentially a very ‘masculine’ and logical mind and many men, especially professional men who are successful, lean towards autism)

Girl didn’t reply to neurotypicals text - no big deal, she is probably going on holiday or playing games (or just being….normal…remember normal people do not act with as much intent or urgency to bring about social results)… guy instead hits up friends Max and goes to the party (again, to make small talk and strengthen bonds)…3 weeks later he naturally reinitiate small talk with no purpose with the girl (because neurotypicals like to strengthen bonds), girl now seems warm, invites out -> begins dating.

Girl didn’t reply to neurodivergents text -> he automatically assumes there is a problem -> does not understand subtext of just….girls being random….
goes online, reads about ‘game’, wonders if his smv isn’t high enough, wonders if his text was too boring or needy, spends 2 weeks thinking about it, double texts…black & white thinking about mystery chad and 80/20 rules….and so forth. Then, the next girl he speaks to, same mistake occurs and he seems even more ‘off’, and now his internal world which is filled with logic and pattern recognition (as opposed to emotion) becomes distorted and solidifies his skewed perception of dating and his social worth. He is just a bit too…scripted….to be socially appealing.

the only true communication style which women respond to, is the RANDOM SPONTANEOUS feelings of ‘flow’. The gradual discovery that is born out of small talk and familiarity. Normal people are interested in things that feel and seem unscripted, chit chat which is not controversial or jarring in any way. There is no power game behind it, no one-upping, no comebacks, and words are never a premeditated ‘test’ that need to passed, but rather blurtings in the moment that have no real meaning behind them. In conversation, there is no give, there is no take, there is just is responding to whatever is happening in the moment and the chips may fall wherever. People kind of just exist with each other, and sometimes end up hooking up, sometimes falling in love, but overall act in a very routine way. The primary aim is always the preservation of the norm, fitting in with expected behaviour, and ensuring nobody’s feelings get hurt.

If you are attractive, yet struggling with women, it’s not because your game is off. You need to remove the idea of game or studying sexuality from your head. You need to just, slow down your response and meaning projection on the outside world, and stop viewing communication as a tool to power.
Because you cannot manipulate people into feeling safe and familiar around you.
PUA guys like RSD Owen, Mystery do not make people feel comfortable and safe around them with their routines and intensity, and def will struggle with long term friends and dating beyond same day lays.
Because you are projecting too much INTENTION behind what you do and say, which automatically puts any NORMAL person on the defense.

there is NO ‘coach’ who has mastered a style of communication that consistently gets him laid with hot women. Communication in dating doesn’t world like that . Conversation IS power, at work, in politics, in media…just not in the social world or dating. In these realms, FEELINGS AND SYMBOL sharing reign supreme.
The best way to think about it is….remember when you were just 7 years old interacting with women in the school playground. THAT is the state you need to be operating out. Cute, random, curious but not in an overly pushy/caring way, filled with random emotions and almost you don’t even know sex exists.
You must destroy all ideas of ‘SOCIAL RANK’ or over-analysis when speaking to people especially women. Instead move into the realm of, chit chat and leaving threads open
When you talk to women, your mentality should be ‘things COULD happen, just not RIGHT NOW. Right now we are chit chatting for the sake of chit chatting! And when the conversation is over, it’s over and means nothing good or bad. I will now go and chit chat with another person.
soon you have multiple threads going, over a period of time, girls feel familiar with you, and the probability of getting a sexual outcome vastly increase

the logical mind says ‘but won’t I end up in the friendzone?’ The answer is NO! Because chit chat does not = supplication and part of your chit chat will revolve around topics relating to dating, her relationship status etc and you should be busy chit chatting to so many people that your attention will retain its value

you have to put yourself in the shoes of a highly in demand man. for example would a top nightclub DJ that meets 20 models a night backstage be ‘gaming’ women? And how would women respond to that? No, he would be meeting, greeting, getting contact details have about 50 text conversations going over multiple months, revolving around general chit chat. Sometimes messages get ignored. Sometimes they respond fast. Sometimes messages get returned weeks later. Eventually he invites girls to see him when and if the moment arises after familiarity has been established and both parties feel like a somewhat reliable presence in each others lives.
STRENGTHENING SOCIAL BONDS ALWAYS COMES FIRST, everything else flows from there. A person with high social value (beautiful woman) are not going to be sleeping around with random guy to random guy of unknown social backgrounds and obliterate their own carefully maintained social value. This goes back to CAVEMAN TIMES, its wired in our biology, sleeping with the wrong man was a SOCIAL crime
Read my last thread it’s exactley what I’m saying !
 

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we observed stronger activation in empathic brain structures (ACC; AI) for less attractive men and for attractive women than for attractive men. Evolutionary psychology studies suggest that beauty is valued more highly in females than males, which might lead observers to empathize more strongly with the attractive woman than the men. Attractive mens’ faces are typically associated with enhanced masculine facial characteristics and are considered to possess fewer desirable personality traits compared with feminized faces. This could explain why more empathy was shown to less attractive men. In conclusion, the study showed that the attractiveness and sex of a model are important modulators of empathy for pain.


Here's a link to a study relating empathy to looks.
 

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From a biological standpoint, women have almost zero biological reason to be bold, charismatic, assertive, or heavily character defined. Mostly because men don't find these traits particularly attractive in females. We like women that have a pleasing and attractive body and face, and we like women that are kind, nurturing, helpful, and submissive. Women like men that are bold, confident, strong, charismatic, etc. Women also have a lot of estrogen where men have a lot of testosterone which has a huge factor in governing this behavior.
The only reason men and women stray from these archetypes is social conditioning.

When women say they are looking for good men they are saying they are seeking happiness. Evolutions selects for genetic strength. It doesn't give a rat's ass about happiness. This is why game exists at all, because tingles are evolution's way of coaxing women into sexual situations that their rational mind would otherwise prevent.

It's the rational mind that is busy wondering where the good men have gone or banging out "no hookups" in their online profiles. This is why women are so neurotic. They are of two minds, the reptilian brain and the higher order brain (aka the hamster).
 

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Good post I agree I spent a lot of time chasing women last year I did all sorts of approaches the main thing I noticed was that for a woman attraction tends to build very very slowly where as a man will look at a hot girl and be interested straight away

Theres no better example of this dynamic than in the gym , gym girls are constantly assessing males it may not appear that way but they are

There was a chick in my gym last year as far as shape went she had one of best I had ever seen and I was interested from the second I saw her but for about 3 months we were observing one another like animals stalking prey

it took me fvcking ages to find a way to naturally instigate conversation but eventually I managed it , from the word go she was SUPER responsive deep eye contact , laughing

What did I do ? I got too excited I went in on her hard and fast in the DM she was responding within 5 mins and then left me on read for 4 days

I recovered it a bit after that but I know deep down she had me where she wanted me, she knew she could have me any second she wanted me so it murdered the attraction

I put far far too much emphasis and expectation on something happening between us , had I played it cooler her hamster would have started spinning for me and I would have gained the upper hand

Women are very very good at sensing wether they are your prime focus
 

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Good post I agree I spent a lot of time chasing women last year I did all sorts of approaches the main thing I noticed was that for a woman attraction tends to build very very slowly where as a man will look at a hot girl and be interested straight away

Theres no better example of this dynamic than in the gym , gym girls are constantly assessing males it may not appear that way but they are

There was a chick in my gym last year as far as shape went she had one of best I had ever seen and I was interested from the second I saw her but for about 3 months we were observing one another like animals stalking prey

it took me fvcking ages to find a way to naturally instigate conversation but eventually I managed it , from the word go she was SUPER responsive deep eye contact , laughing

What did I do ? I got too excited I went in on her hard and fast in the DM she was responding within 5 mins and then left me on read for 4 days

I recovered it a bit after that but I know deep down she had me where she wanted me, she knew she could have me any second she wanted me so it murdered the attraction

I put far far too much emphasis and expectation on something happening between us , had I played it cooler her hamster would have started spinning for me and I would have gained the upper hand

Women are very very good at sensing wether they are your prime focus
When it comes to women, the upper hand is given and never taken
that means a women will automatically defer to a man she finds attractive
You cannot ‘game’ your way into the upper hand. You can only loose it.
A woman decides within the first 10 seconds if u are a potential mate and adjusts her behaviour accordingly to be more empathetic and ‘nice’ (and slightly awkward), to ensure she doesn’t do anything to offend you and loose your feelings of affection.
Players are very good at detecting these early signs from women, because they have recieved so many that they can spot the patterns
 
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