So, guys, Derek, more plates, more dates.com.

Today we are going to be reacting to pickup artist boot camp.

This is revisiting the more dates section of my channel.

It is, you know, a while, fuck, I don't know, like when did I start doing that?

Back when I was like 18, 19, I started really getting heavy into cold approach and like not

being a pickup artist even though like that's what it was classified as I guess if you

actually dedicated any like specific amount of time to like allocated specifically going out

to do pickup it would be like you know PUA stuff even pickup. It would be like, you know, PUA stuff.

Even though in reality, it's like, okay, if anyone goes out to a bar to meet chicks or whatever,

it's like, are you a PUA?

Like, I don't know.

But basically there was this book called The Game written by Neil Strauss.

You might have heard of it.

And that kind of like transformed my mindset on dating economy and women significantly.

And this was like back in the day when, you know, I was fucking petrified to even just like

walk up to a chick and talk to her.

And the thing made it seem like this whole like mathematical equation essentially to get

chicks.

And you know, obviously it was quite compelled as were numerous other men who read this book and they ended up you know

going out and you know trying some of the techniques and looking like fucking

idiots and then you soon realize that the stuff is not congruent with 99% of

people's personalities you don't actually develop any skills from it and you have

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