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I saw this earlier today and thought, while it was a less than honorable thing to do, it was a pretty clever bit of social engineering.

by ambirex 16y ago

patio11 16y ago
Do you mean the narrative itself or the use of it? ("Haha, jocks, I got the girl because I know computers. Ain't that grand, fellow computer nerds.")
- pmorici 16y ago
  I didn't read it like that at all. In fact there really weren't any computer skills involved. It seems just good old fashioned ingenuity and elbow grease. As a commenter further down notes he knew a guy that employed a similar strategy with newspaper personal ads to get people to come to his bands gigs.
rflrob 16y ago
As they say, all's fair in love and war. I've been thinking about what part of it, exactly, is dishonorable, and I'm really not sure.
- blub 16y ago
  I think it's the part where he is hiding the truth about how he seduced her. Or it could be the part where him and his friends lied and led on a bunch of people online. Or is it ok if those other people were jocks? What if they weren't jocks? What if it was you and you couldn't get a date because of them?
vessenes 16y ago
I redirected reddit.com to news.ycombinator.com, so I haven't read the article. I did however, just spend some time talking with my attractive single sister-in-law about dirty guy tricks in the dating scene. She's pretty broad-minded, so I don't think she represents every woman, but I liked her attitude. She said something like: "Girls stuff their bras, and play all sorts of mind-games to get guys to like them. I would consider social engineering fair turnabout, man! The guys are way behind in this area!"
- JonnieCache 16y ago
  >"Girls stuff their bras, and play all sorts of mind-games to get guys to like them. I would consider social engineering fair turnabout, man! The guys are way behind in this area!" This is only that start of it. If you think date-engineering is something typically done by creepy men, you may want to reconsider.
  - gnosis 16y ago
    Yes. It's also done by creepy women.
    - eru 16y ago
      I don't mind stuffed bras.
- juiceandjuice 16y ago
  5 upvotes and nobody has asked for her number yet. So, how can I get her number?

I saw this earlier today and thought, while it was a less than honorable thing to do, it was a pretty clever bit of social engineering.

by ambirex 16y ago

I saw this earlier today and thought, while it was a less than honorable thing to do, it was a pretty clever bit of social engineering.

patio11 16y ago

Do you mean the narrative itself or the use of it? ("Haha, jocks, I got the girl because I know computers. Ain't that grand, fellow computer nerds.")

pmorici 16y ago
I didn't read it like that at all. In fact there really weren't any computer skills involved. It seems just good old fashioned ingenuity and elbow grease. As a commenter further down notes he knew a guy that employed a similar strategy with newspaper personal ads to get people to come to his bands gigs.

rflrob 16y ago

As they say, all's fair in love and war. I've been thinking about what part of it, exactly, is dishonorable, and I'm really not sure.

blub 16y ago
I think it's the part where he is hiding the truth about how he seduced her. Or it could be the part where him and his friends lied and led on a bunch of people online. Or is it ok if those other people were jocks? What if they weren't jocks? What if it was you and you couldn't get a date because of them?

vessenes 16y ago

I redirected reddit.com to news.ycombinator.com, so I haven't read the article. I did however, just spend some time talking with my attractive single sister-in-law about dirty guy tricks in the dating scene. She's pretty broad-minded, so I don't think she represents every woman, but I liked her attitude. She said something like: "Girls stuff their bras, and play all sorts of mind-games to get guys to like them. I would consider social engineering fair turnabout, man! The guys are way behind in this area!"

JonnieCache 16y ago
>"Girls stuff their bras, and play all sorts of mind-games to get guys to like them. I would consider social engineering fair turnabout, man! The guys are way behind in this area!" This is only that start of it. If you think date-engineering is something typically done by creepy men, you may want to reconsider.
- gnosis 16y ago
  Yes. It's also done by creepy women.
  - eru 16y ago
    I don't mind stuffed bras.
juiceandjuice 16y ago
5 upvotes and nobody has asked for her number yet. So, how can I get her number?