tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post3855942154965504696..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Some self-deprecating cocky funny linesagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-80454375046608045662009-05-27T15:02:21.270-04:002009-05-27T15:02:21.270-04:00Veery good stuff here. I don't really like to ...Veery good stuff here. I don't really like to use self deprecating humor, but if you have a flaw that you feel you could use to your advantage like this, it can be very good. <br /><br />For more cocky & funny lines check out my blog :)Cocky&FunnyGuidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615724320719471058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-88904600319682583252008-08-07T13:04:00.000-04:002008-08-07T13:04:00.000-04:00I don't know about the DC area teen dance club cir...I don't know about the DC area teen dance club circuit, but my impression is that in New York it is actually fashionable for men to be skinny, and for white men to be really pale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-27631558350224517672008-08-03T19:06:00.000-04:002008-08-03T19:06:00.000-04:00The "get out of the way" line is very direct, and ...The "get out of the way" line is very direct, and that style works best on young girls. They just don't get subtlety at all. I don't know, maybe some precocious, arty high schooler might, but in general, it goes right over their heads.<BR/><BR/>I think the cutoff is somewhere around age 22. At the club I go to for '80s night, there's a narrow stairway leading from the dance room outside to the patio, and sometimes I'll stand on the steps to check my text messages or take a break. When a group of girls stands next to me, I wait until some other people walk by and say, "Hey, [smirky smile], I think you guys are blocking the steps."<BR/><BR/>Obviously, I am too, so I'm being a hypocrite by accusing them. The 20-somethings get it, feign indignation, and respond jokingly, "Hey, *you're* blocking the steps!"<BR/><BR/>Usually the 18 year-olds don't get it, often saying, "Oh are we?" in a serious tone and walking away.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-87496688748898707782008-08-03T18:32:00.000-04:002008-08-03T18:32:00.000-04:00Good stuff. The key to learning is finding out wh...Good stuff. The key to learning is finding out what doesn't work. It's a process of elimination. I have been experimenting with different comedy styles myself. One that I have had bad experiences with is the sarcastic tease. <BR/><BR/>So if I see two girls walking ahead of me and I'm on a bike, I'd say 'get out of the way' in a jokey voice, then smile. It gets a good reaction from teenagers, who giggle like crazy afterwards. But not from adults and ESPECIALLY not foreigners. It hasn't worked on an Eastern European yet. <BR/><BR/>I was in a clothing store chatting up a cute employee, it was going really well, she gave me ridiculous, overlapping IOI's within a minute, which usually happens after measuring her ring and index fingers in the testosterone/estrogen routine. But then another girl came over and asked her some questions about the clothes and I said 'Excuse me, I was talking with her' with a smile. She took it seriously, and even when I explained I was joking she was still a bitch about it. The whole situation went south, I hovered for about thirty seconds, tried to reinitiate with the target, got serious IOD's, bled social value, and left. The problem is that the INITIAL reaction is negative, while the positive comes afterwards. So you're digging yourself out of a whole to make her get the joke.<BR/>While for the more sarcastic negs the compliment comes first followed by the mild takedown (I like your eyes, especially the right one etc)Sebastian Flytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989678006829935150noreply@blogger.com