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PUA means Pick Up Artists. There are lots of people in the PUA community who just use the same techniques that work to "pick up" people to be more socially con
by btreecat 12y ago
PUA means Pick Up Artists.
There are lots of people in the PUA community who just use the same techniques that work to "pick up" people to be more socially confident and meet people.
Often people will talk about things like maintaining eye contact, escalating, inner game, etc. In the end, its just exploiting how we are as humans the same way slight of hand works and we all clap at David Blane.
- tptacek 12y agoI got that part. I just didn't see the PUA signifiers in the comment they replied to.
- vinceguidry 12y agoI think he's keying off of the "know the rules so you can transcend them" idea. It's used in a lot of PUA material.
- jiggy2011 12y agoIt's not a thing unique to pick up artists though, it can be applied to most arts or indeed programming. There was an article posted on HN a while ago that explained a similar effect (dressing differently to show status) outside of the context of PUA. For example Zuckerberg wearing a hoodie to meetings with Morgan Stanley.