Quote: (07-11-2012 10:35 PM)speakeasy Wrote:
This is a vivid piece of travel writing from a cynic perspective. I could literally smell the putrid garbage and and feel my lungs burning from pollution as I read it. India sounds like hell on earth:
http://postmasculine.com/a-dust-over-india
Where'd you see this? I saw it on Hacker News.
I love Indian food, have made some at home, but never had much desire to visit the country; the article didn't exactly help.
The guy apparently runs some sort of new age-y pickup advice. I read a little. These types always have the same feel to me - basic game concepts repackaged as deep novel insights, standard self-help, plus hating on standard pickup artists and players as misogynistic losers.
I guess their market is guys looking for help with women who have already decided the Mystery-Roosh crowd is wrong and evil, so he offers something more palatable, polite pickup.