Treat 'em mean keep 'em keen

[Rianoa]

I've always wondered if it actually works, on facebook there was a slightly slutty girl saying that it works like a charm, Have you ever tried it or do you find it childish, or have you done it unintentionally?

Do you treat someone mean and they come running like a puppy? Or do they go in the opposite direction like a startled fox ?

[Old Manus]

It works and anybody who says otherwise is fooling themselves.

Doesn't really work as much on females of a higher calibre/intelligence though (SPOILER)But who wants a girlfriend who is smarter than you?.

[Parker]

all women are sluts

[NorthernChaosGod]

It must work, because there's a girl that won't get off my nuts even though I'm such an asshole to her.

[Peegee]

Every girl is different, but generally they prefer a guy who isn't a pushover.

I actually like being nice to people, but I've learned to keep that sort of crap to myself. People who say nothing but nice things about me (and there are maybe 1 person who isn't mommy) have earned that level of nice-ness from PG

the rest of you can go to hell.

Oh example:
I work with this girl from wires who keeps hitting on me. I want nothing to do with her so I'm outright mean to her. Not mean enough to get in trouble, but I'm not nice like I am to everybody else.

And then there's people I used to be nice to, and then I later decided that their personality / beliefs / reactions to life events are just bad news, so I stop being nice Then it's like OMG PEEE GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE and I'm like -___________________________-

edit: wtf cause the bou spam? the word 't - h - e - m' ? WTF

test: so I stop being nice to the Then it's OMG PEEE GEEEEEEEEEEEEE

edit x2: WTF

[Hollycat]

all women are sluts

I find it very difficult to like you.

[Parker]

well, that's me burned

[Hollycat]

Obvious troll is obvious.

Treat your puppies nice!

[Freya]

Yeah it works. It kinda has that whole alpha male/female thing attached to it, I believe.

[Chris]

Girls or guys. All prefer people with independent means.

[Zeldy]

I don't do this approach, well I do, but unintentionally. I'm the most insulting and sarcastic person to people that I like, but lads cotton on quick and think it's cute for some reason. I'm not cute, goddamnit. I'm always really honest, if I like someone, I want them to know I like them, in my own little ways, just leads to me always getting burned though; but i'd always rather go down being honest, thinking one day karma will be dead good to me

[fire_of_avalon]

I'm not cute, goddamnit. I'm always really honest, if I like someone, I want them to know I like them, in my own little ways, just leads to me always getting burned though; but i'd always rather go down being honest, thinking one day karma will be dead good to me

This. So much this. My whole life.

[GhandiOwnsYou]

Eh, there's levels. It seems to me anytime it actually works on someone (and it does, more often than I care to admit) it points to them being a fairly vacant individual pointed towards climbing the social ladder. In short, someone I wouldn't consider worth my time.

There was a cool Psych experiment I read about that kinda relates. I forget the name of the scientist or study, but in essence he assigned 10 men and 10 women numbers 1-10 that could be seen by others, but not them. This was their "attractiveness" in the experiment. They were instructed to try to find the most attractive mate they could, and the two mates had to agree to the coupling. What they found was that over all, people tended to land within one or two spots of their own attractiveness value. Based on how dismissive the other people were, vs. how eager the other people were, they were able to gauge their general ranking on the "attractiveness" scale. I'd argue the same thing applies here. If you're an asshole to someone, you may just be giving them an impression that you are higher on the social ladder than them, and it would behoove them to try to sponge some of it off you.

But really, think about that. Is it honestly worth it to abuse a screwed up society wherein assholes are better than nice guys?

Edit: If anyone recognizes the general outline of the experiment and can give me a name or correct any details, I'd be appreciative. It's kinda driving me nuts that I can't remember the specifics.

[NorthernChaosGod]

all women are sluts

I find it very difficult to like you.

How funny, that's how the rest of us feel about you.

[Hollycat]

You guys make me sad.