Pick-up artists, MRAs, and their overall impact on the datingverse

Well MRA's don't really effect the datingverse at all. They don't actually go outside or talk to women typically.

PUA's on the other hand are interesting. The information going out about 'picking up women' today is ten times better than what it was in the days of 'the game' Most people in this thread have a pretty dated viewpoint on it.

The problem is that even if the information was all solid across all sources, there's still dudes who are trying it out, and even if armed with great information about how to be confident, and assertive, without being rapey, they're going to have some growing pains. They aren't going to read the room well. They're going to make mistakes. They're going to be awkward as fuck. I mean, it's a bunch of socially awkward nerdy dudes trying to figure out how to not be socially awkward. 10% of them probably become socially fluent individuals, and the other 90% stay in that pretty awkward zone, but THINK they're not awkward because they're still oblivious.

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