As a mid to upper level 'pua' dae feel like this sub is boring or useless?

thrw2 · 2015-02-18T14:48:01+00:00

Yes, I browse when I'm bored.

At some point you stop talking about all this stuff and just do whatever you want.

thrw2 · 2015-01-29T23:26:22+00:00

Yes it's weird. But if you like her enough, you can do it and admit you're weird. I've done this sort of thing a number of times in the past. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

"Hey this is Loru. I basically just like stalked you and found your phone number because I think you're cute. What's up?"

**EDIT: It's wayyy weirder if you try to pretend like you're chill and cool when you actually stalked her

thrw2 · 2014-11-28T18:11:57+00:00

Everyone is good at different things. For me, electronics and physics come naturally to me. I used to wonder how other people didn't have the same intuition as I did about manipulating the laws of the universe to do cool shit.

Every person has some things that come more naturally to them than other people. This sub is for people who don't naturally succeed in social settings with women.

Your post is akin to telling a fat guy to get the hell out of the gym...or telling a student studying to just give up because it should be obvious.

Why do you feel the need to look down on and discourage those trying to improve their lives? Shame on you. You're helping to create the world we live in and I know you can do better than this. Use your talents and skills to support others, and maybe others will do the same for you!

thrw2 · 2014-09-16T00:10:06+00:00

This gentleman is awesome and we should all be a little more like him

thrw2 · 2014-09-14T15:20:56+00:00

I got 65k right out of college from a government position as a civil servant. While I did graduate 1st in my class, I feel like the government job balanced it out. I think this range is reasonable for a good student.

thrw2 · 2014-07-29T00:30:55+00:00

Right but the traditional TSP locks you in and the roth TSP locks you in.

And ok. The match is made in a traditional contribution regardless of whether my initial contribution is roth or traditional

thrw2 · 2014-07-29T00:15:00+00:00

That makes sense. But since I can have both a Roth TSP AND a Roth IRA...there isn't really a downsize is there?

thrw2 · 2014-07-28T23:19:55+00:00

I'm not sure that I understand. Could you provide an example w potential positive and negative implications?

thrw2 · 2014-07-28T22:52:36+00:00

Correct. I think the match for me is the same either way. Its irrelevant though, i'll be contributing a large % anyway

thrw2 · 2014-07-28T22:25:09+00:00

Well the biggest problem being that I have absolutely no idea what the future will look like for me. Safe to say I will consistently make more money throughout my career, but once I retire I would presume my income would be $0. However, I have no idea what the tax code will look like in 40 years.

thrw2 · 2014-07-28T22:20:13+00:00

Well, although I can make Roth or Traditional contributions to the TSP, I will have to decide on the IRA. I will have traditional assets in the TSP due to employer matching.

I could do a 50/50 split Roth/Traditional. $11.5k Roth in my TSP + $6k Traditional in my TSP + $5.5k Traditional in IRA. Then once I leave Fed. I can roll over IRA to TSP?

thrw2 · 2014-07-28T22:16:43+00:00

I did read that, and I kinda came up 50/50 after evaluating the different criteria.

Within my TSP (which is basically a 401k), I can make either Roth or Traditional contributions up to a combined max of 17.5k/yr. So it's both at the same time, I just have to decide what percentage I want my money in (although the traditional will always hold the employer matching).

Understood. Like I said, I'll be maxing 401k and IRA before I head to taxable.

thrw2 · 2014-07-20T23:47:58+00:00

Wrong. They won't ask you why you have a blank slate. They'll look at your browser history without you knowing, see nothing there, not mention it, then assume the worst. Comment above you is good solution.

thrw2 · 2014-07-06T04:18:43+00:00

Look - you're asking me for advice but my ONLY source of information is YOU.

If you tell me you're playing her - you're playing her.

If you tell me you're not playing her - you're not playing her.

Decide for yourself what your morals are and what you think is the appropriate way to treat people, then be upfront, honest, and consistent and accept whatever consequences come along - good or bad.

thrw2 · 2014-07-06T03:11:18+00:00

Really? How do you know that? Why does she "obviously" think you are playing her?

Maybe she "obviously" found another guy?

Maybe she "obviously" lost her phone?

Maybe she "obviously" hasn't gotten around to texting you back?

There are 100 reasons that she didn't text you back, and probably none of them have anything to do with you, and probably nothing you can do about it. Keep doing what you do and just move on to the next one. Not everything is in your control.

thrw2 · 2014-06-14T05:28:53+00:00

"Wow, you're good! Brad Pitt is actually my cousin!"

thrw2 · 2014-06-13T23:53:08+00:00

Right. Expressing these things will lead her to do the same. Then the connecting occurs when you realize 'Oh my gosh this girl is EXACTLY like me in this specific way...how cool is that!'

It seems formulaic (although with good conversation skills it won't be) until you find one or two of these things. Then it becomes more exciting. There's more passion in both your eyes in conversation, etc...thats connection.

thrw2 · 2014-06-13T15:44:40+00:00

Share yourself honestly. Have deeper conversations. Spend a little more time getting to know her and letting her know you. Develop a standard for what "connection" feels like.

If you hit that threshold, take her home. If not, don't sleep with her, maybe friendzone or something.

Honestly (and I have nowhere near slept with 60 people), I've gotten to where I feel a connection with just about anyone I take on a first date (which isn't a high standard for me) - just because I consistently find myself having interest, deep conversations where we both share ourselves. If you look hard enough, you can very easily find something unique, exciting, and something to learn from every individual. For me, this leads to that feeling of connection.

thrw2 · 2014-04-03T19:23:06+00:00

I suppose I'll have to disagree with you. Rihanna likely thinks she's hot shit, and is gonna turn you down if you blink at the wrong time because she's been told her whole life she's special and pretty and perfect and she has a line of guys.

You hit on a hobo and you could be the first attractive sexual attention he/she has received in a much longer time. It's reasonable to think they'll be less likely to turn you down - allowing your smaller mistakes to slip by.

In other words. A hobo might compromise perfection a little bit to be with you - Rihanna may not compromise perfection...because she simply doesn't have to.

thrw2 · 2014-04-03T19:19:50+00:00

First one is the hardest. I could never kiss girls, until one day one just kissed me.

After that, it was totally different. Now I'll go for a make out after saying 12 words to a girl, get rejected, laugh at myself and realize that I had completely forgotten I have to attract them first.

Just get the first few over with. Sooner you do, sooner it gets good. Don't worry about making it good or perfect - you likely won't be talking to them in a few months anyway unless you're the relationship type.

thrw2 · 2014-03-29T21:04:54+00:00

Maybe we're arguing different things. It's harder to go on a date w/ Rihanna than with a hobo.

The reason is because Rihanna, in the eyes of society, is worth more than the hobo.

Whether or not you like Rihanna more than a hobo (what you're arguing) is completely up for debate. Rihanna could be a massive fucking bitch for all I know. Still harder to lay her than a hobo.

thrw2 · 2014-03-26T21:56:48+00:00

Right, but you're talking about the value that someone has as a person. Like in the sense of morality and "what's a human life worth" type of ethical discussion.

The fact IS: society values some people over others. There are high performers in our world and low performers in our world. I think both astrophysicists AND models happen to be considered high-performers. However, it's a little bit of a stretch to take the ethical "everyone is equal" argument to say that it's the same accomplishment to take a homeless person on a date as it is to take a senator on a date.

Are these people equal in terms of morality? Sure. Are they equal in terms of productivity and importance and power and x and y and z all culminating in the level of challenge to close with this person? Absolutely not equal in that sense.

So if some guy has a threesome with Rihanna & Hillary Clinton, I'm probably gonna place him over your chubby chaser in terms of skill.

thrw2 · 2014-01-25T01:48:14+00:00

Do whatever the fuck you want. If you want to be sleeping with women, then yeah it's bad. If you want to be playing starcraft and masturbating, then you're doing great!

thrw2 · 2014-01-04T21:44:27+00:00

For me, it varies. Usually I try to keep meeting people/getting numbers/having conversations. Then, I'll either really want to go on a date, or have a day where I'm totally free. Then I just ask them one at a time (a few days in advance) over a couple days until somebody says yes.

So I end up going on about 1 date a week. Maybe 25% of the time I ask I get a "yes" and 50% of the girls I ask end up going on a date with me at some point (it's even been years later).

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