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Neil Strauss, The Mystery Method, The Pick-Up Artist



Over the past couple of years there has been an underground movement in the single male population lead by the aforementioned people at the top. These so-called "experts" are explaining a new way to pick-up women. Being a long-time member of the single club, I've known of this movement for some time and, most out of curiosity, have kept abreast of this sub-culture.

Last year it moved mainstream when one of the Founder's "Mystery" (all professional pick-up artists have a "pick-up call sign" got his own show on VH1 called "The Pick-Up Artist". In the show Mystery took average looking, socially awkward, single men and turned them into game spitting pros.

The method is simple- dress up in the most ridiculous clothing you can find and then head out to any social gathering. Once there, don't show women the attention they typically receive in bars to make yourself stand out, use subtle, humorous insults to show you really could be doing something better, then close by using a string of memorized high-participation lines (i.e. telling a story about a fight in the parking lot to garner emotion and then follow-up with a personal question. All of this can be learned through the various books the individuals write or you can take an actual class for the small price of about $2000.00.

I found this video that parodies it and pretty much sums the system up.

(Notice the Paul Rudd cameo)