[BrewDog]

The key is to actually look like you're having the most fun. People want to hang out with fun people.

When I travel I usually have a bottle of rum under my bed. Because why not.

I was in a hostel in Colombia with 7 other travelers I didn't know and had never spoken to. I awoke at around 7 AM, felt like complete shit from the night before, and grabbed my bottle of rum. I was sitting on the edge of my bed trying to force down this pungent cheap rum and making scowl faces with every shot I drank. Across the room, an Aussie chick was grinning and she said, "You look like you're ready to have a great day. Rum at 7 AM? You should hang with me. Let's get a jeep together into the valley" And we ended up have a blast together for a few days. I had never seen her before, but she apparently appreciated a man that drank hard liquor on the edge of his bed at 7 am.

Sometimes just being a drunken idiot works out ok. The girls that don't appreciate it, well, they suck anyhow.

[Prof. Ligate]

Ha still use this opener to this day. 4+ years strong and still works a charm

[Dalaran1991]

We need international version of this Opener! Please everyone contribute!

I've not used the French version as much to give a proper feedback, but I can't imagine it going wrong.

Plural: "C'est vous qui vous amuser le plus ici, il me semble"
Single: "C'est toi qui t'amuse le plus ici, il me semble"

[WestIndianArchie]

Does the social intelligence aspect of the opener work on an international scale?

WIA

[serpico]

(09-26-2016 08:24 PM)BrewDog Wrote:  

I was in a hostel in Colombia with 7 other travelers I didn't know and had never spoken to. I awoke at around 7 AM, felt like complete shit from the night before, and grabbed my bottle of rum. I was sitting on the edge of my bed trying to force down this pungent cheap rum and making scowl faces with every shot I drank. Across the room, an Aussie chick was grinning and she said, "You look like you're ready to have a great day. Rum at 7 AM? You should hang with me. Let's get a jeep together into the valley" And we ended up have a blast together for a few days. I had never seen her before, but she apparently appreciated a man that drank hard liquor on the edge of his bed at 7 am.

With respect, this sounds like total and utter bollocks

[Prof. Ligate]

(09-30-2016 11:10 AM)WestIndianArchie Wrote:  

Does the social intelligence aspect of the opener work on an international scale?

I've used this opener in 20+ countries to decent success. To be honest I doubt half even understood what I was actually saying however. Witty openers are overrated

(09-30-2016 11:22 AM)serpico Wrote:  

(09-26-2016 08:24 PM)BrewDog Wrote:  

I was in a hostel in Colombia with 7 other travelers I didn't know and had never spoken to. I awoke at around 7 AM, felt like complete shit from the night before, and grabbed my bottle of rum. I was sitting on the edge of my bed trying to force down this pungent cheap rum and making scowl faces with every shot I drank. Across the room, an Aussie chick was grinning and she said, "You look like you're ready to have a great day. Rum at 7 AM? You should hang with me. Let's get a jeep together into the valley" And we ended up have a blast together for a few days. I had never seen her before, but she apparently appreciated a man that drank hard liquor on the edge of his bed at 7 am.

With respect, this sounds like total and utter bollocks

Have you stayed at a hostel before serpico?

[MrRoundtree]

(09-30-2016 10:16 AM)Dalaran1991 Wrote:  

We need international version of this Opener! Please everyone contribute!

I've not used the French version as much to give a proper feedback, but I can't imagine it going wrong.

Plural: "C'est vous qui vous amuser le plus ici, il me semble"
Single: "C'est toi qui t'amuse le plus ici, il me semble"

Je dirais plus:

t'as dl'air d'une fille qui a pas mal de fun!

or

t'as dlair de celle qui le plus de fun ici!

vous avez dl'air de celles qui ont le plus de fun ici!

[RexImperator]

It's a great opener or "ice-breaker" and even works great outside of "pickup"- for instance on groups of guys at career networking events.

[Dalaran1991]

(10-03-2016 08:56 PM)RexImperator Wrote:  

It's a great opener or "ice-breaker" and even works great outside of "pickup"- for instance on groups of guys at career networking events.

Game should be used on everyone.

[WestIndianArchie]

(09-30-2016 09:26 PM)Prof. Ligate Wrote:  

(09-30-2016 11:10 AM)WestIndianArchie Wrote:  

Does the social intelligence aspect of the opener work on an international scale?

I've used this opener in 20+ countries to decent success. To be honest I doubt half even understood what I was actually saying however. Witty openers are overrated

That was my suspicion. Might work in the Anglosphere the way it was intended, but it's basically a two way social observation..with a slight cold read. But outside of our culture, it's not going to mean anything. So translating it into Tagalog or Czech doesn't make sense.

WIA