Editing Talk:2824: Abstract Pickup
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I feel like there is WAY TOO MUCH focus on seeing pickup artistry in a negative light here. Sure, negative examples have figured prominently in popular media (recently seeing reruns of the first season of How I Met Your Mother means I must start with Barney, there was also Charlie in Two And A Half Men, and to a far lesser extent early Howard in Big Bang Theory). But the misogynistic angle taken by jerks is only one type, there's plenty of pickup artists who are simply charming, smooth talking, and respectful! (In a way AGAIN Howard in Big Bang, he was a good guy really, not misogynistic generally, just desperate, and Ashton Kutcher's Walden in Two And A Half Men), guys who pickup women simply by talking smooth and being charming (and usually handsome, LOL!) who aren't desperate or hard-done-by at all! I mean, guys who have such a negative and disrespectful attitude about women are already starting from behind, making charming a woman harder on themselves, it's more difficult to be successful enough to rank as a "pickup artist" that way. There's actually NOTHING in this comic painting pickup artistry in a negative light - okay, "cute for a" sounds like it could be in the form of a Neg, but "dizzying swarm" sounds akin to "dazzling beauty" or something actually complimentary - it doesn't make sense to have THIS much negativity added to the explanation. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:11, 10 September 2023 (UTC) | I feel like there is WAY TOO MUCH focus on seeing pickup artistry in a negative light here. Sure, negative examples have figured prominently in popular media (recently seeing reruns of the first season of How I Met Your Mother means I must start with Barney, there was also Charlie in Two And A Half Men, and to a far lesser extent early Howard in Big Bang Theory). But the misogynistic angle taken by jerks is only one type, there's plenty of pickup artists who are simply charming, smooth talking, and respectful! (In a way AGAIN Howard in Big Bang, he was a good guy really, not misogynistic generally, just desperate, and Ashton Kutcher's Walden in Two And A Half Men), guys who pickup women simply by talking smooth and being charming (and usually handsome, LOL!) who aren't desperate or hard-done-by at all! I mean, guys who have such a negative and disrespectful attitude about women are already starting from behind, making charming a woman harder on themselves, it's more difficult to be successful enough to rank as a "pickup artist" that way. There's actually NOTHING in this comic painting pickup artistry in a negative light - okay, "cute for a" sounds like it could be in the form of a Neg, but "dizzying swarm" sounds akin to "dazzling beauty" or something actually complimentary - it doesn't make sense to have THIS much negativity added to the explanation. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:11, 10 September 2023 (UTC) | ||
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