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Hollowpoint

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Helps to be well read. Time to read up!
"85 percent of women said a man could increase his chances of getting a date by talking about a favorite book"


And, the Number One Reason to Read Books Is...

LONDON (Reuters) - In a bid to lure men in Britain away from TV soccer games and into book shops, publisher Penguin Books will send out a sexy model to offer 1,000-pound ($1,837) prizes to males spotted reading a selected title.



The publicity ploy, launched Monday, aims to boost sales among men, who on average buy fewer books than women.


"It's to sex up the book industry, which probably needs it, but also to address the more serious issue that reading has fallen off the radar of younger men," said Neil Griffiths, author of Penguin-published "Betrayal in Naples."


Penguin's so-called Good Booking Girl will canvass the streets this month for men older than 16 years reading versions of Nick Hornby's "31 Songs" that bear a special cover sticker.


A different title will be chosen each month.


At the same time, Penguin, a unit of Pearson Plc, released results of a poll in which 85 percent of women said a man could increase his chances of getting a date by talking about a favorite book.


By contrast, more than half the men polled said they believed that flattering a woman would suffice to impress her.


An accompanying Good Booking chart of 40 books recommends such lad-friendly Penguin titles as Anthony Burgess' violence-filled "A Clockwork Orange," Raymond Chandler's noir thriller "The Big Sleep" and Jack Kerouac's beat odyssey "On the Road."


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...e=1&u=/nm/20040607/od_nm/media_penguin_men_dc
 

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Don't believe everything you hear. Most of what women say will work... usually doesn't. The only way to truly find out what works is to talk to guys who have managed to get past the old idealisms about how to attract women (be a nice guy), and figured out what really works.

There's 2 reasons why people do anything...

1 - The reason they tell their friends and family.
2 - The real reason.

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This is pure bull****.

Enhancing your chance of getting a date?
Be able to turn her on!
A book reader = ***** to girl.
The type of girl who reads a book, ugly nerd *****.

A women will know within 5 seconds if she will let you f her. Asking about her favorite book has nothing to do with it.

What is the difference between asking about her favorite book and asking what she likes to do. The latter is superior because it is an open ended question.

Seduce her with your physical presence bro not by reading books.


Best way to enhance your ability to get a date, flash your $$$$$. Carry a few thousand dollars in your wallet and give the bartender, or whoever, a hundred dollar bill when you buy your beer.
 

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Thank you for your opinions.

I do agree with you that there are many other ways to impress,
BUT stimulating a women intellectually is also good

it shows you have common interests
 

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Originally posted by taqueso
I'll call bullsh!t on this.
Now that I think about it:

9 and 10s don't read books so asking her what her favorite book she last read would be a neg hit which actually could be good.
 

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Heh, last Friday night I went out to a local bar. It was full of losers and trolls, so after one drink I left and walked down the street to the bookstore. Sometimes reading can be a good diversion...lots of people give people who read a lot a "nerdy" reputation, but face it, sometimes going to bars and clubs and chasing tail gets old. I ended up getting a copy of "The Da Vinci Code". I felt kind of stupid because I didn't know what to expect, but I ended up hardly putting it down for two days. I enjoyed it...not because it preaches Don Juanism (although it did touch on the balance of masculine and feminine quite heavily), and not because reading it got me laid, but because I found myself genuinely interested.

If women DO date men who read more often, the reasoning behind it is probably that reading is one of the ways to detect a man who has some GENUINE hobbies and interests. Less educated people don't read. Irresponsible college kids who get drunk and chase tail all the time don't read. MEN read and GEEKS read. So if a girl finds a guy who isn't a geek and likes to read, then she thinks he's a MAN, and since the BOYS can't sit through a book just to impress chicks, they assume that he's a GENUINE MAN.

It used to be that way with stuff like walking dogs, hanging out at fundraisers or church events, etc...but what happened is that common chumps asked "where can we find the chicks" and people who WERE getting action said, "Buy a dog! Go to this charity event! Check out the bookstore/coffee shop!"

So suddenly these places are inundated with chumps and pests trolling for women and doing things just to impress women, and women have trouble filtering them out from the REAL enthusiasts.

So by "reading to get chicks" you are, in effect, chasing chicks away from guys who like to read, unless you are also a MAN, an actualized "Don Juan", and the type of guy a woman would like to be with.
 

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maybe not increasing chances of getting a date, but certainly reading can enhance a lot of things in your life. It will probably help you on a first/second/first date though. Dont knock it 'till you try it, I guess :)
 

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I used to work as a circulation desk attendant in a library and there were tons of hot chicks in there. Unlike clubs and bars where women have their b1tch shields on red alert.
 

Tell her a little about yourself, but not too much. Maintain some mystery. Give her something to think about and wonder about when she's at home.

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In other news: I think it depends on what you read, if you're into the popular novelists of today then you could have something to talk about to a chick who enjoys the same thing.

If instead, you're like me *cough* and like to read books on hard science, philosophy, history or the like you may be in trouble. I mean, how many chicks are gonna dig this.

My point is, reading can make for good conversations with the brainier chicks who of course can be cute as well (I'm not talking nerd-aholics here).
 

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The most educated people out there have both experience and have read books on different self-improvements. The book is easier to follow since it lets you understand the experiences you've had. Usually the experiences are in the form of senses, visual, and emotional, but when you read it it's well reasoned and you can make a connection between reasoning and emotion. This way you become more aware, educated, and much easier to pull girls in when you do go out there. You realize you don't have to do anything to impress them because what lures them in is your presence both physical and mental. It's just one of those things it's hard to explain but you both know that you want each other. Usually when I go out I get looks from all women. In the beginning when I was a little shyer from all the bull**** my parents and grandparents taught me in my younger years I was feeling a little uncomfortable from all the attention. But now as time progresses it's much easier to understand the "real" intetions behind people's actions and you don't blame them because you've either been there or you understand exactly what you're going through. This is a little besides the point just a little psychology/philosophy rant thrown in to help you understand the nature of our existance. Anyway, you don't need to tell a girl you're reading books, even though it's a good idea to do so. If she asks, tell her you do but do it like it's no big deal, like everyone does it. And in fact more people read stuff they are interested than you realize, it's just that it's boring to talk about what you read or whatever. Usually people say what they've read related to some type of conversation but they don't mention they've read it. They might say someone told them or whatever. It's part of humanity and personal skills. You don't have to prove anything to those girls, you don't have to impress them. All you have to do is be confident, have a presence both mental and physical. Some of the newbies around here will understand what this is all about after a while. I think Player_Supreme knows very well what I'm talking about. Maybe he can add something himself to this conversation because most of the time he's talking about things that not many people will tell you. It's the truth. The rest you hear from people is bull****. Their reasons and intentions are bull****. It's all about survival, what YOU need to survive, everyone is selfish and it's a good thing, and the rules of society are made for people who don't know what they want to follow. The ones who do, don't flaunt that they're breaking rules, they know what rules are all about and they just do what they have to in order to be happy in life. It's all about happyness even though some people have a hard time admiting it and think it's selfish but deep down they know better. All ethics and whatnot is to control people. To make everyone equal. To make everyone survive equally. The truth is, I don't need to follow those etiquettes in order to be a "good" person. I don't need to supplicate to society in order to be what they want me to be because I know that I'm a good man and I don't have to prove it to anyone. I believe in myself. I know what I'm all about at every single moment and I expand my identity all the time. It's about living, experiencing, we're human. We're about chemistry. I'm not alive to work, I'm alive to live. That's what I'm here for and that's what I intend to do because I only have so much time to live my life. That's not selfish. That's what everyone's purpose on this planet is. It's to live. The thing we do on daily basis are distractions and even though some of the introverts might say there's nothing substancial about materialistic things I'll say the opposite. We need physical/materialistic things to be closer to reality. Something you can touch. Even for introverts. I don't put a label on myself because I can adapt. I can be introvert or extrovert depending on my environment. I can change according to my surroundings. I can be the coolest guy you ever met at one time and I can be the most techie person you ever met at another. It's all about balance and knowing how to transform/adapt to your role expectancies. It's about experiences, discovery and awareness. It's funny how some of the introverts deny themselves what life is all about. Deep down they know it's about living but they use all kinds of boring ethical statements to deny their needs. They suppress them. At one time there will be an explosion which is when you become the real you. The person that wants to experience and knows what life is all about. Some people go through life with denial and get worse and worse. Those are the people that are in pain all their lifes because they didn't accept the reality that people are selfish in nature and people use those labels as a way to control other people. I don't want that person to be you. That's why I'm writing this. I'm hoping this will help some of the less experienced out there.
 
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Originally posted by Hollowpoint
Helps to be well read. Time to read up!
"85 percent of women said a man could increase his chances of getting a date by talking about a favorite book"



Does Maxim count as a book?

I'M KIDDING!

I haven't seen any difference in how I am treated when I talk about a favorite book or movie. I've always been a reader. Hasn't done me a bit of good, meaning relationship wise.

Again, I'm pretty skeptical about what is being SAID as opposed to what is really happening. Or why.
 

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Reading is for many a passion, something that excites them and something that is apart of their personality. That is the key, not that it's reading.
 

Don't always be the one putting yourself out for her. Don't always be the one putting all the effort and work into the relationship. Let her, and expect her, to treat you as well as you treat her, and to improve the quality of your life.

Quote taken from The SoSuave Guide to Women and Dating, which you can read for FREE.

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I read if I know that something will help me improve my life. I don't read fictional stories. I don't find that exciting. People who read fictional stories are way too dreamy and unrealistic, or AFC in other words. I'd rather go out and see what works.
 

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Originally posted by Ebach
People who read fictional stories are way too dreamy and unrealistic, or AFC in other words.
Thats a pretty stupid way of looking at it....:rolleyes:
 

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men, who on average buy fewer books than women.
I call BS. If romantic novels and cosmos counted as books, then maybe.

Where the **** do they come up with the statistics like this?
 

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This is just another example of marketing. Marketing has been misassociating their products with humans needs ever sense the dawn of creation ::ahme:: capitalism.

Simply put they are trying to say that their product (books) are a way to get positive female attention.

We can sit here and state our opinion on if books get women or not or go off and tangent ideas and state our opinions on those and say why our opinions are the way they are by citeing examples and whatnot until the cows come home.

But basically all that would be doing is debating if media images (what the media wants you to think) is an accurate reflection of reality. Anyone who is influenced my the media is not very well grounded in reality and hence have more important things to worry about.
 

What happens, IN HER MIND, is that she comes to see you as WORTHLESS simply because she hasn't had to INVEST anything in you in order to get you or to keep you.

You were an interesting diversion while she had nothing else to do. But now that someone a little more valuable has come along, someone who expects her to treat him very well, she'll have no problem at all dropping you or demoting you to lowly "friendship" status.

Quote taken from The SoSuave Guide to Women and Dating, which you can read for FREE.

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