Exclusive Pictures of Mystery

I'm currently going through a backlog of emails, and I'm surprised what some people have dug up. For instance, one guy who requested to remain completely anonymous sent me some nice pictures of Mystery. Well, I'll just repost them and you can form your own opinions of it. I think he looks a bit goofy, though. On the other hand, if I accidentally end up in a mainstream club with one of my "obscene" T shirts and skinny jeans, I'll probably look just as out of place.

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Again available: Phone Coaching Sessions

I haven't offered any kind of coaching for about a year now. Unfortunately, I don't yet know when (or if) I'll be able to offer one-on-one "in-field" training again. However, my real-life schedule has become manageable enough to revive my phone coaching program.

Prices and duration are the same as last year. Given the current rate of inflation, this probably means that it has become a steal in the meantime. Please have a look at the detailed description at my website and contact me if you are interested.

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OGFurious is Back

I have mentioned "OGFurious" and his hilarious take on the seduction community a couple of times on my blog (such as here, and here). But recently, a reader of my blog (Thanks, M.!) has made me aware of the fact that the creator of the OGFurious persona, Dean Leysen, has returned with a more serious message.

In his YouTube channel he is addressing a view common criticisms, and he also adds some pretty good explanations, too, like in the following video, where he explains what mirror neurons are and why overanalyzing what the other person's reaction towards your behavior might be will only bite you in the a**:



Here's an interesting take on how to deal with break-ups:



Love at first sight explained:



I especially liked his "I won the Lottery!" video:



Anyway, spend half an hour going through his videos if you feel like it. In my opinion, Dean Leysen is a very intelligent person well worth listening to.

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This could be the End of Online Dating as we know it. Seriously!

I promised to do more on Vin DiCarlo, but unfortunately I find his emails impossible to read. First I smile, then I laugh, but unfortunately, I too quickly get bored with them, so it might take me a while before I devote myself to this bullshitter again.

Fortunately, there are more interesting topics I have come across. For instance, very recently a friend of mine mentioned software algorithms that are able to make pictures of faces much more appealing. Just have a look at this:

That's a before/after no cosmetic surgeon will be able to produce

That's pretty amazing, isn't it? You almost wonder how the woman on the left managed to get such a beautiful daughter.

My buddy was joking that should there once be an app that lets people "fix" their pictures, it will be the end of online dating. Frankly, I think given that there usually seem to be x years and 3 times x pounds between a girl's image on an online dating site and her real self, you can easily see where this will be going. At first, some girls will start just making their forehead a bit higher or their face a bit rounder, and before you know it, they'll all do it. Heck, I bet Tyler from Real Social Dynamics would love to get his hands on such an app as well. After all, it works for videos, too.

For the more scientifically inclined, there has been quite a some research on what constitutes a beautiful face. If you've got access to pubmed, you can check out a study called "An objective system for measuring facial attractiveness". Otherwise, surely, this popular science article will do as well. It even contains some PUA jargon. :P

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Upcoming: Illuminatus interviews Aaron Sleazy

My little piece on Vin DiCarlo and loneliness wasn't the surprise I had hinted at in my little teaser on the upcoming German translation of Sleazy Stories. No, it's something even better: while I have been incredibly busy the last 10 months or so, I'm now in the fortunate position to finally see some of my projects come to fruition. I've previously mentioned another book I'm working on already, but there is much more going on behind the scenes, such as an interview with Illuminatus. You may know him as Corvette from mASF, but like pretty much every other big name, he doesn't post there anymore.

I've been in email conversation with Illuminatus for about three years now. At first, he took an intense interest in what I called "God Mode", a state of mind in which picking up girls is about as challenging as picking your nose. There was some confusion about the concept. For instance, people often mixed it up with the nonsense concept of "state" (acting as if you are drunk and pretend to be a rude a**hole) or "Social God Mode" (a phrase my buddy Sixty coined, which refers to a person who is naturally outgoing and nonchalantly talking to everyone in the bar). While I have been exchanging many thoughts with him, about a year ago he approached me with the idea of doing an interview for his forum, Personal Power Meditation, to explore some issues relevant to personal development as well as seduction in a broader context, and to the benefit of all.

The end result was a long dialogue in which Illuminatus picked my brain on mental states, meditation, perception of reality, philosophy of life, women, and everything in between. Currently, the text is undergoing its final editing phase, but it will be posted very soon. Once the text has been green-lighted, Illuminatus will release it, and I'll let you know about it immediately afterwards.

Look forward to it!

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Teaser: Cover of German Edition of Sleazy Stories

The German edition of Sleazy Stories with the title "Schmierige Geschichten" will be released very soon. If everything goes according to plan, which it so far does, you'll be able to order it next week already. I will release a sample PDF file as well. A dedicated page on my official website is already up and will be updated in due time.

To wet your appetite, here is the modified cover image:

The tone is a bit darker compared to the English edition, but the reason is simple: When I was going through the text again, it struck me that the cover should match the nature of my thoughts a bit more closely. As an additional bonus for art historians, there is some hidden symbolism in the cover design as well. No, I am not kidding.

(EDIT: With a bit of weed, one could probably even identify a third allusion.)

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Are you as lonely as Vin DiCarlo?

I promised to dissect a few of Vin DiCarlo's email newsletters, but unfortunately I barely made it past the title of his latest one, which was called:

"The Loneliest Day Of My Life.."

First, I remembered this:



After a laugh I kept on reading, despite the lousy intro:

Welcome Back To The Sucess With Women Newsletter

In this issue, I give you the secret to having tons of friends... an active social life... great business connections... a powerful social network... and women who walk up to you and introduce themselves, without you saying a word.

Enjoy :-)

- Vin

...I knew there was no way I'm going to make it through that drivel. I did try, though, but I quickly realized that it was just one very simple idea drawn out to utterly bizarre length, and the idea was:

This Secret Is The Difference Between Being Single & Alone, And Having Tons Of Hot Girlfriends, Loyal Friends And An Active Social Life...

(...)

The secret is this:

Getting over your fear of starting a conversation and talking to people is the secret to having an active social life, tons of friends, sex whenever you want it and the hottest girlfriend you can possibly imagine.

No shit, Sherlock! Of course, with the exception of non-verbal pickups, you have to start a conversation or at least be able to sustain one if you want to get anywhere. However it is far from being the "secret" that gets you laid. What's next, telling guys that they have to tie their shoes if they want to get their dick wet? If I wanted to be a smart-ass I would now waffle on about the difference between a necessary and a sufficient condition, but it's easy enough to see what the problem is --- except if you are Vin DiCarlo's Internet lackey who has to come up with those nonsensical newsletters.

However, let's talk about a more serious issue here: loneliness. Yeah, I know, we are all afraid of dying alone and being found half-rotten six weeks later because the neighbors start to wonder about the nasty smell coming from our apartment --- and then the whole world will know how despicable we were, and how pathetic.

But let's be real here: loneliness is a feeling and has nothing to do whether you actually are alone or not. You may even have heard of expression such as "the lonely crowd", and while you may not have been familiar with the landmark sociological study I just linked to, you surely know the feeling of sitting with a group of friends or acquaintances and being emotionally distant --- because something else concerns you, and you know you can't share it with the people around you because they won't understand. (Maybe it's as simple as wanting to talk about "common sense" when in a group of PUAs. It just won't work.)

It is obvious that the seduction industry targets the fears of men who feel socially rejected or otherwise unworthy because they lack a woman in their life. But, frankly, had they been with a lot of women, they would know that this will not necessarily change their state of mind. In fact, some of your loneliest moments can be when you are waking up next to a woman you have no desire for anymore. This is a not so uncommon occurrence if you are going through a string of one-night stands and operate solely based on your horniness. Once you've gotten your rocks off, your motivation of having that woman around will drop to zero. For obvious reasons, no "PUA" will ever tell you this because they either barely get laid and thus don't know about this, or because they are afraid that sharing this bit of information would repel potential customers as it destroys the illusion they have created.

If you think my last paragraph was overly misogynistic, then please consider how you use porn. Of course, an argument can be made that directors like Jules Jordan have added an hitherto unknown esthetical component to the genre, and there is much to be said if favour of that position. But, frankly, there is usually a reason why you watch a porn clip instead of some art house film. And how do you do it? Well, you may even have some favourite stars, so you check out random websites and think, "Mmm, Blown By Sativa Rose & Lela Star surely sounds tempting." Thus, you play the video, do your thing, and once you've blown your load --- you are probably not going to finish watching the scene, or are you? Instead, you are much more likely to smile and think, "Now there is no need for that anymore." And as shocking as it may sound, the very same can happen if you go through a lot of women and mainly use them for sexual gratification. Also, if there are any femi-nazis reading this: sexually active women are no different from men in this regard, so keep your misandrist whining to yourself, bitches!

Of course, not everyone wants to bang a lot of girls (because they are brainwashed with pc-nonsense) and want to settle down with "that particular girl", no matter what she looks like, instead. But what do you think how this will be? Yes, you will be less "alone", but this doesn't mean you won't feel lonely anymore. If loneliness was an issue for you before you've entered the relationship, it may very well remain an issue in the relationship. Or do you honestly believe that just one woman on this planet will be able to relate to anything you say? Of course, there will be many areas where she would have absolutely nothing to contribute because it is outside the scope of her interests.

Lastly, as an excurse, I'd like to add that the fact that you will be less alone in a relationship can have grave consequences, too, because if you are a man with serious interests, whatever they may be, you may soon find that suddenly things aren't going so well anymore. Heck, you may even wonder what happened to all your spare time. Maybe you'll even start think that you are not as sharp anymore. But why, oh why, could this be the case?

Of course, if you've got no ambition and no interests whatsoever, then you may as well just marry some random chick (and get taken to the cleaners in your divorce five years later), but if this is not the case, which I assume simply because I attract a smart readership judging from the emails I get, then please read an important study by Satoshi Kanazawa, who is now teaching at the London School of Economics. It is called "Why productivity fades with age: The crime–genius connection" But guess what the main issue of fading productivity in marriage is:

Crime and genius share something else in common: Marriage depresses both. (...) [E]xpressions of genius among scientists who never married do not decline sharply. Half as many (50.0%) unmarried scientists make their greatest contributions in their late 50s as they do in their late 20s. The corresponding percentage among the married scientists is 4.2%.

It makes you think, doesn't it?

So, the next time you feel lonely, just devote yourself to your interests, and you'll notice that those feelings will quickly dissipate.

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