Tag Archives: PUA

A tree is a tree is a tree, even when it's not

Posted on April 15, 2010 by jaehwan

Looks like CNN decided to do a story on how nice guys finish last.  The author talks about (what should be) common knowledge about how women don’t like guys who are too nice.  She interviews a “dating coach” (aka PUA), … Continue reading →

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PUA Douchebags Who Have No Boundaries (and Who "Sarge" FOBs)

Posted on February 24, 2010 by jaehwan

Check out the video above. “Ooh hoo, you so handsome!”  Please.  There ain’t nothing “fobulous” about this “approach.”  Girl didn’t know she was being filmed, but man, watch out fo’ Rice Chasahs!  (You can google the douchemeister if you want … Continue reading →

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The Death of PUA

Posted on January 14, 2010 by jaehwan

Thanks to King, for sending this article.  Openness truly is the PUA’s kryptonite.  It makes it hard to neg or peacock when your target knows the score from watching TV or reading about the “movement.”  Incidentally, I heard that PUA-ish … Continue reading →

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Rampaging PUAs

Posted on August 14, 2009 by jaehwan

Just saw this at the Anti-Social Ladder.  It’s a great post, and she also links this great article by Dan Savage. I’d been meaning to blog about this story for a while.  It’s the story of George Sodini, a man … Continue reading →

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CaucAsian PlayBoy/Better CaucAsian Kid

Posted on April 18, 2009 by jaehwan

I saw this video while doing research on another book (which I’ll talk about soon).  Nine year old Alec Greven wrote a book called “How to Talk To Girls.”  It reminded me a lot of those Asian Pick Up Artist … Continue reading →

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Dynamic Approach: Pickup from the Female Perspective

Posted on October 21, 2008 by W

[Jaehwan's Note: This is not written by me. It's an exclusive piece written by a female who has had experience on the female side of Asian PUA.  I think it brings lots of issues out in the open, and I … Continue reading →

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PUA Schools and the Quest for Liberation

Posted on October 14, 2008 by jaehwan

William and I have recently been debating on whether the Asian Playboy created his own system of pickup, and whether it’s right that Mystery, whom everyone agrees was Playboy’s original teacher, doesn’t get credit on the main section of APB’s … Continue reading →

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Better Asian Man Emergency Podcast 10/08/08

Posted on October 10, 2008 by jaehwan

So William posted podcast #2 from two night ago. You can see it here, or you can play it here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This podcast topic immediately followed our first bigWOWO podcast, and the purpose was … Continue reading →

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Better Asian Man: Jaehwan's Official Review

Posted on October 4, 2008 by jaehwan

Many of you have probably seen my discussions of PUA, or Pick Up Artistry, for Asian American men.  You may have heard my Fallout Central podcast where I spoke with the Asian Playboy, the first person to racialize PUA for … Continue reading →

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44s Teleconference Notes

Posted on September 29, 2008 by jaehwan

I am reposting the following from the Fighting 44s with permission of the author THX1138. This was our first teleconference that was open to the general public; I publicized it on the 44s front page, and I told everyone that … Continue reading →

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