Myths and Misconceptions

MYTH: Girls who use online dating are weird, can’t get laid, and crazy.

I’ve heard this one hundreds of times and while it is true for some, it is bogus. I have been on 200+ dates from online dating. I’ve dated models, lawyers, teachers, MILF’s, students, wanna-be gangstas, fashion gurus, dancers, finance executives and everything in between. Many of these girls had a great head on their shoulders and were extremely successful. Their apartments were way nicer than mine, and I consider mine to be “baller.” Some possible reasons (among a thousand) that a normal, healthy-minded girl can be dating online:
a. She just moved.
b. Her circle of friends are all coupled off or she has nobody to go out with.
c. Her group of friends (like mine) happen to hang out with the same people over and over again and she won’t have a chance to meet new people.
d. Too busy with her job/business.
e. She could be so damn attractive that she doesn’t even get hit on in public. Believe it or not, some ridiculously hot girls complain that they don’t get hit on. I suppose they are too intimidating for guys.
f. Online dating is now considered “socially acceptable.”
g. Online dating is like online shopping. If you know what you want, it is incredibly efficient.

MISCONCEPTION: I’m nervous to make an online dating profile because I may see people I know, run into a girl on the street who rejected me, and everyone on there is going to know that I don’t get laid.

In two years thousands of messages, I have never ran into or seen a girl in NYC or New Jersey who I have messaged. I have however, seen about three people from my high school. This was quite embarrassing at first until I rationalized that they are on there too. Anyone who sees you is going to be on online dating as well. Is the pot going to call the kettle black? No way. Do girls have a right to be on there and guys don’t? FUCK NO. Don’t let the thought that “online dating is strange” stop you from having sex with beautiful women. It isn’t rational, it’s just fear.

Online dating is growing at an incredible rate. With each waking moment, more and more of our time is spent in the cyber world. Currently people are using the internet to shop for almost anything imaginable. Some reasons online dating is so efficient:

-You can quickly sift through a large selection of women.
-You can be judged on variables that are much easier to control (compared to being out at a club).
- You don’t have to spend money at the club or buy drinks for a girl that has zero intentions of being with you
- You will spend less time talking to more women
- Many sites have features where you can search for common interests (establish instant rapport).
- A virtually non-existent approach anxiety/fear of rejection.
- Because online dating is a relatively new phenomenon, the girls who are willing to meet are open minded, fun, and interesting.
- You don’t need a social group, money, or fame to get attractive women online.

Forget the cognitive trap of “first I’ll get the money, then I’ll get the girls.” That is a losers mentality. You can get attractive women without money, but you need to be mysterious and interesting.

It’s 2013, there are 40 million people on online dating, and it is a multi-billion dollar industry. Show me someone who thinks online dating is weird, and I’ll show you a fool. Happy new year.

- Cyrano

How To Find a Baller Apartment ANYWHERE

Eight months into my corporate America gig, I hit a wall. I was waking up at 7am, making a two hour commute to work in the city, leaving work at 6pm to go train jiu-jitsu and then leaving training around 9pm to get home at 11pm. Every. Night.

I would sprint around the house to get everything done in time for bed. Many nights during the week I would sleep at girl’s places, wear the same clothes to work the next day, and the entire office would know that I slept out.

On weekends I was a grimy savage and borrowed my friend’s beds. I was totally fed up with commute and I needed to move into the city in the next two weeks to avoid full manic mode, but I couldn’t get tied into a year lease.

I decided to send out 50+ emails a day on Craigslist for a room share. I would send out pretty much the same email to every apartment that looked decent. In attempts to put my best foot forward and give everyone what I thought they were looking for, my email was the following:

Hi,
I am interested in your room on Craigslist. I am a 22 year old male working in finance. I Graduated from University of Maryland with a finance degree and am currently commuting from NJ. I am clean and won’t bring the party home. Let me know if I could come see it. Thanks!

On average, with sending out 50 emails a day, I would get about 2-3 responses. In 10 days I saw 15-20 apartments scattered throughout the city. I felt like a delivery boy except I had to come in and sit through an interview, and there was no pizza. It was coming close to the two week mark and none of the people I met with ended up picking me. I remembered an article I once read about some kid looking for a room in California creating a “Best Roommate Ever” post on Craigslist and it generated a lot of publicity. So admittedly, I stole the same principle and decided to let it all hang out on Craigslist in a desperate attempt to move in for the new month. My post was exactly the following:

Hey, are you looking for the coolest fucking roommate ever. Look no further! I am currently commuting to the city from the arm pit of America to work this shit job that I landed as a data analyst. I make 26 dollars an hour to mindlessly plug numbers into excel. I don’t care who you are or what you look like I just want a bed to sleep in in the city. (Preferably the East Village)  I can’t handle the commute anymore. Yesterday, an obese woman sneezed on my face and into my mouth on the train. Now I have a cold. I don’t want to waste three hours of my day traveling on a cart into the smelliest city of the world anymore. I brush my teeth and shower daily. Mothers love me. I will even fucking cook for you. I can keep to myself or I can be loud and entertaining. I can drink and go out or I can stay in and read. I don’t care about anything. I train jiu-jitsu and I will even teach you how to kill people with your bare hands. For FREE! If you think we would be a good fit holla at me…

The results were astonishing. Snooki never got this much attention. One hour after the post I received five different emails begging me to come see the apartment. After two days, I had 20 different people begging me to come live with them. I was getting emails like this:

baller-apartment1

 

baller-apartment2

baller-apartment3

baller-apartment4

At the time, the most important things I was looking for in an apartment (in no particular order) were:
1. Good location
2. Cool roommates
3. Inexpensive
4. Nice apartment
5. Easy commute to work
6. Well-sized

Before the absurd post, I couldn’t find an apartment with more than two of these variables in check. Afterwards, I ended up having a ridiculous amount of options. I found a fucking huge apartment in the Lower East Side with two hot, cool chicks. It was spacious, dirt cheap (for Manhattan standards) and the commute was a breeze. I am still living here today and couldn’t be happier. Weeks after I moved in and my post was removed, I had 3 or 4 girls (who I never even met) texting or g-chatting me and asking me to hang out. I ended up meeting one of them out for drinks and sleeping with her.

Morals of the Story: (Could be applied to Online Dating as well)
1. People (especially women) are constantly looking for fun, entertaining, confident, funny, creative, and interesting people in their life. Everybody is bored but everybody is scared of pursuing anything risky. It’s easier and less stressful to be normal and be liked than it is to be yourself and let everyone see your true colors. But then when we see people who are living for what makes them happy, and following their own set of rules it intrigues us. Why do we care so much about what other people think but are intrigued by the people that don’t care what anyone else thinks? In online dating, we don’t want to come across as weird so we write the most boring shit, but we are all (moreso women than men) attracted the profiles that are different.
2. Sometimes you don’t need to put your best foot forward. It’s not what people want to hear and it’s boring.
3. You can sleep with girls from Craigslist.

Online Dating Superuser (Let’s Learn what NOT to do first)

In 2007 an employee of a popular online poker site got access to the super user account. A super user account cannot play the actual game, but it can see every player’s hole cards and open or close tables. It was designed to efficiently reveal any errors in the current software system. This employee conspired with several other players and took millions from the online poker community.

Do you want access to the Plenty of Fish super-user account? Follow these steps:
1. Go to POF.com
2. Create a new account
3. Check the box that says female instead of male.
4. Get a picture of a hot girl from Google images.

Contrary to conventional thought, in the game of online dating, your fellow mates are the opponents. The women are the cards that you are dealt and the chips that you are competing for. They need to be played right and you don’t want to blow your load on the wrong hand. But more importantly, you can see your opponents fucking cards.

In order for us to attract the opposite sex, we must first study our opponents. One of the most eye-opening experiences for me was when I created a fake female profile with a girl’s photo that I found typing “hot girl” on Google images. The results were utterly shocking. Some important observations:

1. I received 80 messages 20 minutes after I opened up an account.
2. In 2 days I received over 500 messages. It was a full-time job trying to read messages, and I wasn’t even responding to them.
3. Based on first message alone, it was disturbingly clear to me which guys were getting laid and which weren’t.
4.Guy’s profiles were disgustingly pathetic.
5. Two of my friends messaged me thinking I was a hot girl. I fucked with them, had them meet me somewhere, and then took a photo of their faces when they saw me. *This is not an important observation.

Some examples of typical messages I was getting: (with exact punctuation and spelling)

1. So, you’re absolutely gorgeous. I’d love to get a chance to chat sometime and get to know you a bit. Hope to hear back.
2. Irish guy saying hi :)
3. Congrats, you came up as a match for me by pof. Do you feel pretty lucky about that? Lol ;)
4. Nice profile. How’s your week so far?
5. You are gorgeous
6. Nice simple profile. I am new to this as well. It doesn’t seem like you need to be on this site. I’m pretty skeptical of the whole online dating thing but would be interested in talking with you. Any cool plans for the week?
7. Sup, Hey, or Hi
8. Hey there :) whats up? i am 20 years old, i am italian, polish and norwegian, i love music, reading and writing. I have gone to culinary school aswell as audio production. I am an honest, sweet and caring guy. I enjoy traveling, fishing and cuddling. I am currently taking the year off from classes I am going to school for criminal justice. How are you??
9. Hi, how are you? I swear I’ve seen you somewhere before, I’m pretty sure it was NY fashion week last year. We’re you there?
10. Hello stuning ;) u are just gorgeous

These messages are awful. They are not personalized and they lack wit and humor. You need to emotionally stimulate a woman in order to spark up any sort of conversation. Strength in both messages and profiles come with differentiation from the masses.

Check out what 95% of guys profiles look like (unedited and real):

Hi everyone. For work, I drive a school bus in Rockland and on the weekends I work at a wine and liquor store. So I’m always between Rockland and Orange Counties. I graduated from a 2-yr college in ’07. I like to go storm chasing! I visit California at least once a year to visit my niece and nephew. I ride my quad a lot and I’m very outdoorsy. I love fishing, hiking, camping, and tide pooling. Bonfires are my favorite!
In the wintertime I cut and chop up firewood to keep warm. I also go around the town when it snows and snowblow a few driveways. And when I can, I snowboard. Anything else, just ask. I won’t bite. This profile doesn’t describe me very well at all. Ask me some questions. I hate writing about myself and not knowing who’s going to read it.

Hey all. I like to think of myself as a down to earth guy and am really easy to get along with. I like going out to clubs, lounges, bars, etc. but also like to stay in and watch a good movie or do something of that sort with the right girl. I’m pretty adventurous and always like to be doing something whether its going out or just hanging out. In my free time I work out and play sports primarily basketball GO KNICKS lol. I love house music but also listen to hip hop, r&b and whatever else the radio plays lol. I’m on here looking to meet a cute girl with a sense of humor that I can have fun with and if all goes right we can take it further. Any other questions feel free to hit me up don’t be shy ladies :)

Hey! I would hate to sound like the other thousand people who messaged you, so I will start off with the bad; I am a terrible dancer, I say long words phonetically, and I can be very sarcastic. My idea of a fun night is at a local bar with a good group of friends, not getting grinded on by the situation and his bros while they creep on girls at a club. I’ve been in my field of work for over a year now and can’t wait to further my career; I have my MBA in Aviation Management and would like to find someone who is also well educated and a professional. Before my switch to aviation I was a sport management major, so yes sports are a huge part of my life; Jets, Yankees, and Knicks. The summer is the best part of the year, being at the beach and on the water is my favorite place. Staying in shape and being healthy is also a big part of my life, whether it be the gym or going on a bike ride. If you’d like to know more, message me.

These profiles all reek of desperation and boredom. The innate masculine thought process does not mesh well with success online. It seems as though most guys who join online dating are there because they are sick of playing the game at the bar/club scene or they just don’t have any game. I’ve seen countless profiles that exemplify this “I am just going to be real” attitude. We are all capable of writing a profile similar to these, and if you currently have a profile, I bet it looks something like the above.

The problem with these types of profiles it that they show weakness and that you have given up on the games. Just because it is online dating doesn’t mean that the games end. If you want success, you must be willing to play the game, no matter how pathetic it might be.

We are socially conditioned to think that women are looking for nice guys. We are conditioned to be less dominate. Women are socially conditioned to repress their desire to be dominated and to find a “nice” guy. But in reality, they will always be genetically attracted to a confident asshole over nice-guy-joe. The reason is, historically, assholes get what they want.

Sometimes girls say they aren’t looking for games either, but it takes years to develop the skills of not listening to your instincts. (I see a no-game attitude in some older women looking to settle down) For guys, because we choose our sexual partners so heavily based on looks, are able to want to sleep with a girl if no game is played. The reason attractive and unattractive men BOTH fail online is because we assume women are on the same paradigm as us. We need to understand that women are much less visually aroused than us, an attribute that has cut the pornography market in half.

Women fall in love with what they hear and men fall in love with what they see. That’s why men lie and women wear makeup. Or in the case of online dating, that’s why men try to hard and women use tricky camera angles.

Always remember that men are on a qualifying basis with whom they plan to sleep with and women are on a disqualifying basis. Men will see a woman and convince themselves of a reason to sleep with her. (For instance, I’m horny and drunk and she has nice breasts etc.) Women, on the other hand, search for something that you do wrong to disqualify you as a potential mate, whether it be in the course of a night, in your pathetic online dating profile, or text messages.

Learning what not to do is the first step to being successful with women online. Sign up, and stay tuned.

- America’s #1 Online Dater