Get ready for my favorite series of blog posts to date. I was casually listening to Pandora on my phone one day, not sure exactly when, and an ad comes on for this website AttractionFormula.com. As someone who writes a blog about dating, this is like discovering a fucking goldmine. Well I have since explored said website, and this is what I have found so far.
First of all, it's a big scam. Of course. Aren't all of these websites that offer some form of life improvement? But for only $19.95 I can get some reeeeeeeeally good material for my writing vehicle. Totally worth it for me. Once my checking account is drained I may think differently. I'm sure somewhere some man has benefited from putting these practices to work. In general, I would guess that most men a) think they are better at dating than this site implies and therefore have no use for it or b) are not stupid enough to plop down money for something like this.
I'm sure everyone has heard of the Pick-Up Artist. There is a book out there and there was a show on VH1 for two seasons that I watched religiously. Remember, I write a bad-at-dating blog. This is pretty much the same thing. Almost exactly. The main difference is the guy behind AttractionFormula.com, Paul Janka, does not have some dopey nickname for himself and doesn't wear a top hat and Joseph's amazing technicolor dream coat. The principles are really the same with different terminology. Like a football playbook. Every coach runs the same plays, but they have different cadences. Well, in "the seduction community" (Janka seriously calls it that) it's the same. They just refer to things with different lingo.
This is a fresh perspective, so I'll go with it. The good thing is this guy's book - ahem, e-book - is less than 100 pages. We all know I'm not a reader so this works out perfectly. There were also some introductory videos documenting one of his seminars on the website. I'm almost half way through the book, which means I've gotten through three sections. This is basically an example of what one can expect to read when poring over the pages of "player literature":
"As of this writing, I’ve slept with several hundred women. Many of those have occurred in the last couple of years as I have honed my skills, embracing what works and discarding the rest. This program is about results – it’s not about being the “Nice Guy.” Be nice in other areas of your life – with your family, coworkers and friends. When it comes to being single and enjoying sexual variety, you have to learn how to be a man."
Is this guy confident or what? He sounds like the fucking douche bag you see at a bar every weekend. Which is ironic because he claims the bar scene works against men in a strong way. In the first three sections, he really setting the scene for successful pickupability. He discusses good environments, best practices, a bit of female psychology, metrics for success, and style/grooming/fashion, etc. So far no exact models have been presented as to how to make it "work" when picking up females. He does make it sound glamorous though. It's all about volume. You gotta brush off the rejections and press on. Every successful player gets rejected a bunch of times. The "real men" brush it off. Jesus man, if I could do that I wouldn't have to watch Love Actually a bunch of times while stress-eating bags of chips.
Janka appears to be a sharp guy (Harvard grad). So far, though, his writing blows. I realize I'm no professional so who am I to judge. But I mean put forth a little effort, will ya? He writes like he speaks, which part of me appreciates, but it's a bit sloppy. He uses a lot of cuss words, which is kind of sweet but mostly keeps everything off-balance:
"There are 10,000 different things you can do with a girl – 10,000
different ways to go – but only 3 will lead to you having sex with her.
If you don’t know what you’re doing you’re never going to fuck her."
Wow. Wasn't expecting that. Most of the language is about sex, bedding, fucking, etc. He doesn't seem to mince words. From the outset, this guy just seems like an asshole. I mean I realize he's teaching gents how to find women, meet women, and sleep with women. But the way he talks about it feels like objectification to the Nth degree. Hell, in that paragraph above he talks about not being nice. This is not a new concept, but you are harshly excluding me from the discussion, sir. Some of us don't want to employ your dickhead tendencies in order to meet people. He claims banging chicks will make you a better man in life, in friendships, and also in business. Maybe so, but I don't seem to have a problem with making friends and I don't slay chicks all the time. DEBUNKED.
The thing that gets me the most about this whole thing is that Janka is a fairly good-looking guy. Aren't all these guys that run sites like this?
He's obviously not for everyone, but you see my point. For once I just want someone who looks like the fat kid from Old School to run a website about mastering a woman's nether regions. That would be WAY more effective. I have no doubts that a tall, dark, and handsome dude without much fat on him can bed a ton of women. The fat guy with a bad doughnut habit is another story. What would provide more hope than that? Anyway, I will continue to delve into the remainder of the book to see what else Janka has to offer. And if there is anything I won't shake my head at and dismiss immediately. I'm like the perfect candidate to employ these methods, aren't I?
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