Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 at
12:37 pm
I have a love/hate relationship with the term ‘Pickup Artist.’
I’m definitely a fan of the ‘artist’ part, since the better I get with women, the more I see it as two parts science and one part artistry. Plus, by itself the word ‘pickup’ isn’t so bad. Out of all the slang terms out there for intentional flirting, it’s the most positive one – it’s certainly better to be seen as a guy who Picks Up Chicks rather than a dude that Hits On Chicks. You don’t want to be that guy.
You’d think the term could only get better when you put ‘Pickup’ and ‘Artist’ together – but that combo has become as poorly received as www.kidsexchange.net (where parents exchange their kids’ gently used clothing to other parents who need it, of course. What did YOU think it was?)
I think that the term Pickup Artist took a turn for the worse when it became PUA. Then that turn went off the road of worse and fell headfirst into the ditch of retarditude when people started calling it ‘pooah’ without batting an eye. Our little community then started getting media attention and PUA has become synonymous with creepy, needy guys dressing like a fucknozzle in feathers and trying desperately not to look creepy, needy, or desperate. Read the rest of this entry