Interpretation of community terms/concepts

Pickup is nothing new. There's no secret society, no fight club, none of that bullshit. As long as there are people and laws governing how people interact with each other, some people will try to hustle and swindle others in order to bypass social conventions, rules, and regulations.

The genius of Mystery isn't that he came up with the "linear system" but he codified something that hustlers have been doing forever. Attraction, i.e., interest, is generated by creating intrigue in the target. There's no need to count IOI, as long as she's there listening to you; or better yet, actively participating in conversation with you, she's interested. Routines are great for scripted interaction, but much of "normal" and flow of conversation are about being spontaneous, which isn't something that can be learned from a book, podcast, DVD, etc. The best way to learn is not to buy or enroll in the latest workshop. Save that money, go out and talk to people.

DHV stories are what normal people call, bragging. Again, it's nothing new. If you ever had a job interview, or at a networking function, you dropped some names of people you know. That's DHV, what people have been doing forever.

Asking girls open ended questions, value elicitation, and qualification. They are the same thing: search for commonalities and compatibilities between people. Opposites might attract, having things/ideas/goals/values in common is what keep people together. Reward and relate, is same as pace and lead, or bait and switch (in sales). The trick is not just to agree, but in a way that adds subtleties and complexities to what was said.

When people share common interests, it's only natural that they will be with each other again. Now, what I learned from the community is how quickly all this can be done. Even more profound is how sex isn't such a big deal, if I just have the balls to do it. But the community people talk about strong inner game, flawless outer game, reframing, leading, and all other b.s. Ultimately, it's about being man enough to step up and just do it.

The worst lie of all this is: sarging. It's basically guys going out on dates with other guys. Whereas normal and social guys would have fun hanging out with each other, community guys have no other interests in their lives and all they do is to talk about is how to get girls, instead of going out and doing it. Worst yet, they come back on "lairs," embellish and fabricate their sarges as LR/FR (lies and fake reports). And the ultimate men-on-boys love is lair meetings. The usual case is that guys who are not good with women, but have built up this reputation of lies that they are good, go and present "techniques."

The goal, of course, is to seduce younger and less experienced guys into buying more materials, workshops,... The whole community now is perpetuating this seduction of men, rather than talking in normal, social, conventional language. You know who talk in jargons? Yes, geeks. I know because prior to participating in this, I was and still am in several geeky fields. So don't be a community geek. Talk normal, have fun, be social with people.