[speakeasy]

Not sure what to make of some of this but I have the feeling in 10 years the scene will be so much different because of all the technology. I can see use in this stuff though.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/06/1...?hpt=hp_c2

[Tuthmosis]

(06-17-2011 11:07 PM)speakeasy Wrote:  

Not sure what to make of some of this but I have the feeling in 10 years the scene will be so much different because of all the technology. I can see use in this stuff though.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/06/1...?hpt=hp_c2

I wonder what would happen if you punched "Washington DC" into that app. It's either liable to make your iPhone crash or prompt a mass sausage exodus into other American cities. Fuck that! For the good of the rest of the country, keep those horny and frustrated DC cats--with their mad game developed through long-term starvation and attrition--in the dark.

[Chad Daring]

I dont really see this helping. Its not gonna change the problem, just inform you of it and then have every guy with the app bum rushing the bar with the bachlorette party.

[Basil Ransom]

A lot of the technologies that we think will open people up and enlarge your circle end up just reinforcing the one you already have, and even keep it from getting bigger. The opening up bit is what we as players want. There's a broader social trend of cocooning, described as, from Wikipedia, "the trend that sees individuals socializing less and retreating into their home more." Consider:

Texting - girls will text their friends in a moment of boredom rather than engage with their environment and meet strangers.
Facebook - people talk only to people they already know.
Skype - Same.

In short, social media is a farce. It isn't social. It's tribal media. Very rarely does this tribal media facilitate new relationships. Compare to say, an old-school church dance, where you walk in, the girls are polite and receptive, and getting a date for the next week would be a cinch. Talking to strangers is the name of the game. Today, going out for girls means pumping their egos.

The best time to get in is the early stage, when rules of etiquette aren't defined. Players thrive in that kind of environment. Before girls consider it "creepy" to get hit on through whatever new medium.

Then again, Apple is getting in the game, and chicks lap up all things Apple:

Quote:

Forget Facebook's status updates, and Twitter's social sharing in iOS: An Apple patent application hints at a future where a character-measuring iPhone app can tell you if you're near your pals--or even a potential soulmate.

http://www.fastcompany.com/1760435/apple...or-iphones

[thegmanifesto]

(06-18-2011 12:15 AM)Tuthmosis Wrote:  

(06-17-2011 11:07 PM)speakeasy Wrote:  

Not sure what to make of some of this but I have the feeling in 10 years the scene will be so much different because of all the technology. I can see use in this stuff though.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/06/1...?hpt=hp_c2

I wonder what would happen if you punched "Washington DC" into that app. It's either liable to make your iPhone crash or prompt a mass sausage exodus into other American cities. Fuck that! For the good of the rest of the country, keep those horny and frustrated DC cats--with their mad game developed through long-term starvation and attrition--in the dark.

Ha.

Check out the photo: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/...?hpt=hp_c2

Three guys talking to one girl. I wonder if that photo was taken "on location" in DC?

Any of the DC cats recognize the cheesy lighting in the background from any of the bars there?

Although I am sure one out of three cats in DC would have "button down collars". Maybe its a photo from Santa Monica?

[Kish]

The only difference between this picture and what you see in DC is that this girl is actually cute. In DC you'll see guys hovering around 5s and 6s. LOL

[speakeasy]

Basil, I agree with you 100%. Good insight on the difference between social and tribal.

(06-18-2011 01:29 PM)rakishness Wrote:  



The only difference between this picture and what you see in DC is that this girl is actually cute. In DC you'll see guys hovering around 5s and 6s. LOL

I was actually going to say something about the photo. Sorta sums up in one photo what sucks about the scene and why I'm not even motivated to go out much at night. And yeah, normally the girl isn't even going to be nearly as attractively. Now throw in driving half an hour, paying for parking, cover, a few over-priced drinks and a couple flakey ass numbers.

[Chad Daring]

On a completely unrelated note, whast with Sisqo in the background?

[Screwston]

I've always wondered what happens to those below average DC girls when they go to another city and all the guys ignore them.

[Vitriol]

(06-18-2011 11:56 AM)basilransom Wrote:  

A lot of the technologies that we think will open people up and enlarge your circle end up just reinforcing the one you already have, and even keep it from getting bigger. The opening up bit is what we as players want. There's a broader social trend of cocooning, described as, from Wikipedia, "the trend that sees individuals socializing less and retreating into their home more." Consider:

Texting - girls will text their friends in a moment of boredom rather than engage with their environment and meet strangers.
Facebook - people talk only to people they already know.
Skype - Same.

In short, social media is a farce. It isn't social. It's tribal media. Very rarely does this tribal media facilitate new relationships. Compare to say, an old-school church dance, where you walk in, the girls are polite and receptive, and getting a date for the next week would be a cinch. Talking to strangers is the name of the game. Today, going out for girls means pumping their egos.

It's much more common these days to see people playing with their phone like a crack addict for the first few minutes they're out in order to meet up with another group of people they already know. To me this leads to boredom and stagnation, but for most people it brings comfort and safety, so they latch on to it. They would rather not meet "creepy strangers" or take any risks talking to people they don't already know.

I also never understood why people are so willing to give Zuckerberg and others a complete public record of their life, along with 50 pictures from every night they went out, got drunk, and acted stupid. Things that were easily kept private, or easily forgotten are now permanently plastered all over the interwebs. It becomes more of a liability than anything. I really don't understand the appeal of it all. Then again I'm not a young attention seeking female...

[Chad Daring]

(06-18-2011 06:18 PM)houston Wrote:  

I've always wondered what happens to those below average DC girls when they go to another city and all the guys ignore them.

Who do you think all us in DC are fucking

[Gmac]

Funny stuff.

There was one group of girls entering a DC bar in front of me last night without flip flops.

Guess what? Turns out they weren't from DC.