I usually don't bother pointing these useless articles out, but holy fuck.
http://gawker.com/meet-the-asshole-who-h...1645480530
Condemning the art of making conversation as "bothering" women and being an "asshole" is probably one of the most disgusting things I've had the displeasure of reading recently. I saw the title and knew immediately that if I clicked on it, the tone was going to be one of bias in the highest order.
Sounds like a nightmare? Is he doing ridiculously obnoxious things and acting like those kids from the prank videos intentionally insulting and annoying people in Brooklyn and pretending instigating fights on video is a prank?
Oh. Well that sounds quite a bit the same as just talking to another human being. Shit, if you read the article, some of the examples given aren't much different than how two dudes in an airport bar might converse with each other. The only difference is that this dude is trying to meet girls specifically and the snark-volcano who wrote this article can't abide that.
Why immediately insult somebody for attempting human interaction? Unfortunately, ladies, this is the world you've created in which simply making conversation without a direction, a purpose, or with a "method" of improving results is slowly becoming less and less possible. If a woman engaged men on the subway and made friendly conversation (which I'm sure happens often), no man or woman would condemn her for doing anything "creepy" or "sleezy" or acting like an "asshole".
I expected nothing less than this considering the source, but I'm still disgusted by the tone. This isn't what journalism was ever meant to be at any level, even at its most biased. I normally wouldn't share articles like this but this particular one struck me as turning something innocent into a borderline "crime against women". God forbid somebody has friendly conversation with you on public transportation instead of assuming you're such an awful person you would reach for a "can of mace" because you "don't have time for this".
http://gawker.com/meet-the-asshole-who-h...1645480530
Condemning the art of making conversation as "bothering" women and being an "asshole" is probably one of the most disgusting things I've had the displeasure of reading recently. I saw the title and knew immediately that if I clicked on it, the tone was going to be one of bias in the highest order.
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Brian Robinson, 49-year-old subway pickup artist, spoke to the New York Post in a piece that ran today about his triumphs and failures "since becoming a railway Romeo in 1999." The besuited roué boasts winning dates with "about 500 women" in New York City's underground transit system, and, holy shit, he sounds like a nightmare.
Sounds like a nightmare? Is he doing ridiculously obnoxious things and acting like those kids from the prank videos intentionally insulting and annoying people in Brooklyn and pretending instigating fights on video is a prank?
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He tells the Post that the trick is to express interest in who she is and what she does, "not trying to overtly hit on her." Ha-ha, of course the interest in who she is and what she does is feigned in an effort to get her e-mail (if she has one) and, one day, into her pants. But she doesn't know that!
Oh. Well that sounds quite a bit the same as just talking to another human being. Shit, if you read the article, some of the examples given aren't much different than how two dudes in an airport bar might converse with each other. The only difference is that this dude is trying to meet girls specifically and the snark-volcano who wrote this article can't abide that.
Why immediately insult somebody for attempting human interaction? Unfortunately, ladies, this is the world you've created in which simply making conversation without a direction, a purpose, or with a "method" of improving results is slowly becoming less and less possible. If a woman engaged men on the subway and made friendly conversation (which I'm sure happens often), no man or woman would condemn her for doing anything "creepy" or "sleezy" or acting like an "asshole".
I expected nothing less than this considering the source, but I'm still disgusted by the tone. This isn't what journalism was ever meant to be at any level, even at its most biased. I normally wouldn't share articles like this but this particular one struck me as turning something innocent into a borderline "crime against women". God forbid somebody has friendly conversation with you on public transportation instead of assuming you're such an awful person you would reach for a "can of mace" because you "don't have time for this".
