bart_calendar ([info]bart_calendar) wrote,
@ 2008-05-12 13:52:00
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Pick Up Artists
Today, I'm writing my seventh sales letter in two months for a book on how to pick up girls.

What makes this interesting is that in seven years of freelancing I'd never gotten asked about a single job for pick up artist books before this.

So, clearly this is a growing trend industry.

My question, is, why?

Is there something going on in America that I don't know about that has made pick up artists suddenly cool?

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[info]gentlemaitresse
2008-05-12 12:33 pm UTC (link)
Instant gratification. Everyone is busy. Working overtime. Watching Lost (or whatever they're watching these days). Playing WoW.

There's no time to actually develop a relationship, but of course a guy's still gonna want some sex. These "pick up artist" gurus offer an easy, get-sex-quick scheme.

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[info]solituddegitana
2008-05-12 02:11 pm UTC (link)
There was a show on TV, if I remember correctly, called "The pick up artist" or something like that, where a "profession" P.U.A. trained geeky, awkward guys in the secrets of the trade.

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[info]nancy_whiskey
2008-05-12 02:27 pm UTC (link)
Maybe men are getting more desperate?

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[info]herbaliser
2008-05-12 04:12 pm UTC (link)
The book The Game made a lot of money.

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[info]jadedone2many
2008-05-12 04:17 pm UTC (link)
That stupid ass show?

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[info]blozor
2008-05-12 11:48 pm UTC (link)
So what is your advice for a paranoid, awkward, socially inept, introverted recluse looking to meet the same?

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[info]bart_calendar
2008-05-13 12:00 am UTC (link)
I write the ads for the books. I don't write the books themselves.

My personal advice - always have cocaine on your person and be willing to buy shots.

That works more often than you would think.

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[info]irishgalinabq
2008-05-13 01:04 am UTC (link)
yes, i am guessing the girl above is correct that the success of "the Game" by that bald dude and then the follow up TV show which featured the guy "mystery" who was the subject of the book have sparked a new interest in the whole pick up artist world-or sarging as it is now known.

Yes, I read the book. Yes, it was hilarious.

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