| MOD's: If this belongs in a different section, I'm happy to have it moved, but in light of the most recent thread on the subject [actually began about something slightly different, but it was pointed out that it was getting off topic, as in, in the direction of the topic I'm about to discuss, lol], so I figured it most necessary to put in the lounge. It's certainly not a newbie questions or specific advice on a girl/situation, etc.
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First off, this is not an effort to engage in petty quibbling, or make personally insulting claims with no merit, but it is intended to get some issues aired, which have come to light recently, and, as, most importantly this is **Of tremendous concern to this community, the industries which support it, and all individual users who deserve to know the truth when taken for a ride**
When some honest dude who's plugging away at learning attraction, perhaps getting a little disillusioned by PUA, which could be for one of a number of reasons, is told by you that this site, and 99% of products out there are a scam, I think he's entitled to a little backup of those claims.
Unfortunately none of us have seen this. Requests for any kind of substantiation of whether Sleazy knows what he's talking about are vehemently struck down, usually involving a ban.
I figured this would be the best, if not only way to get a message out there to and about this guy, that other members deserve to see as well. We are owed an answer and he will be forced to acknowledge these questions, or ignore this letter outright. This decision of course, has its own consequences insofar as reputation is concerned.
So without further adieu....
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Mr. Sleazy,
Why do you ban us from your forum, for merely asking questions and expressing genuine curiosity about this whole anti-PUA approach?
I have seen more often than not lately, genuine posters who come in and respectfully, politely, ask about your claims, or further information on this yet you deride them, dismissing their posts, and accusing them of being a "shill for RSD" or some such. (which is a UK term by the way, most people on this side of the pond don't even know what the hell is meant by "shill", even *with* a dictionary definition.)
Of particular concern is the SPAM of a user by the name of Meister, who you recently banned. I'm providing a link to the full post activity here, and the full text of what this guy posted below in "Exhibit 1", in the event that you try to delete it.
But I'll briefly summarize what this guy appeared, from my reading, to be genuinely coming to your forum to explain and understand:
1. He openly acknowledged, in good faith, that his faith in Pickup had been shaken.
2. He understands, "Okay, so there's this new "anti-PUA" movement out there. But what does it do aside from say, "I bought this book, that book, those audio courses, and this DVD collection, and went on x, y, and z bootcamps. They all sucked. Pickup is a scam. Stay away from it. - The End- "?
3. He posed the very legitimate, valid question of whether the anti-PUA movement offers anything in its place, or if it simply leaves this clueless guy even more clueless, and "high and dry".
- On your forum, this was callously derided as "an atheist looking for the atheist heaven, now that his reality has been shattered.", and "Okay, well you anti-PUA guys show me how to sleep with 6 girls a day, because there's a way out there right?! I know there's gotta be a way!"
4. Asked if you, Sleazy, condone the SPAM of new visitors, who are not yet even sold on PUA (they could be your loyal followers), with basically being told to "shove off" when they visit sites like PUAHate.
5. An assessment of the legitimacy of one post on PUAHate, which pretty much said, "PUA is bullshit, you have no chance unless you're big/muscular, 6' 2"+, and good genes, and rich."; discussed in this post:
6. Unclear Narrative of someone who has "recovered" from PUA What does this mean? Again, you were asked "Where to go from here", or for that matter, "Where to go if I haven't even gotten into PUA?"
You provided no response.
7. A reference that both of your free e"Books", "Debunking the Seduction Community", and "Johnny's Journey", pretty much just say:
"Pickup sucks, I've tried it all. Get out of it if you're in it. Stay out of it if you haven't gotten in, - The End- "
The purpose of these works is indeed unclear, if nothing else, to discourage single guys from going out there and trying to create any attraction. Again, no next-steps are given.
8. You were provided with legitimate, constructive feedback: "Why not do stuff *better* than the PUA's?"
You dismissed this outright.
He did cite that works such as yours talk a whole lot about the travesty of one guy's experience with PUA, how he never did worse with the ladies than when they were in PUA, so he then left PUA, and the story ends.
What is quite astutely pointed out, however, is that what you see later in these works is not, "So I left PUA, and things have never been better with the ladies! I'm seeing 5 girls right now, and at least 3 want to be my girlfriend! Thanks Aaron!"
I think Meister summed it up quite well in his bottom-line questions at the end:
"What's the point of tearing down PUA if you offer nothing in its place?" (Buying girls drinks? Showing up on a first date in a tuxedo with a bouquet of flowers?)
"Where is the anti-"game" pick-up material, as it were?"
"What does it mean for someone to have 'recovered' from, PUA? Are they now doing better with the ladies?"
I feel this is a question that is long-since overdue...
One of the main reasons this reader stated he even was interested in your forum was because he found so much RooshV - related activity on your blog and forums. I imagine this would have been seen favorably since you, I mean EagleEyes, I mean Aaron Sleazy, apparently have such a hard on for this guy.
Seriously, what is it with the RooshV thing?! You let a "guest poster" come onto your blog and post like 6 lengthy posts in a row trying to take down RooshV.
Even in reviewing the posts on your forum, you, under your alias (ahem, I mean, EagleEyes) even continues in forum posts: "And for my next act in demolishing RooshV..."
I've got to second Meister in his statement, which you cited as the reason for his banning.
" . . . your hard-on for RooshV has lasted longer than 4 hours, and you need to call a doctor."
Meister was given a mandate to respond to your original, dismissive, highly critical response within 72 hours, or his account would be deleted.
Well, I have actually been in touch with Meister; he sent me all of the messages that he sent you guys, upon your request. I understand you never approved for posting (we'll get to that in a second), any of his messages, which, from my reading, were actually quite nice and respectful, bending over backwards to explain himself to you.
Yes you approved subsequent posts by other users.
Sleazy, Sleazy, Sleazy,
I've been doing some reading up on you, and it appears you've been quite the bad boy.
You were once a moderator over at PUAHate.com.
You lost your Moderator privileges for habitually banning users who would call attention to your conflict of interest in moderating an anti-PUA site, while selling PUA books at the same time!
This is well-documented in threads over there where you were torn to shreds, any ounce of credibility you would've had was lost, and laughed out of the forum. LOL
Now as for AaronSleazy.com, Who moderates his entire forum, post-for-post?!? What are you afraid of?
Indeed you are, a very, very, insecure little man, of profoundly low self esteem.
Exhibit 1: Original (and only accepted post) by Meister
Hey guys,
This is my first post to this forum. I mainly came here after finding a blog post, and lots of RooshV comments, because I live in DC.
I decided to get involved after just having enough of the same rhetoric, putting in the time, and getting nothing from PUA. Yeah I met guys who were good; but they didn't seem to be good because of "routines", etc.
Some of you may know me as *that guy*, yes, I was (and still am I suppose) the one PUA student of all time who has ever attended an Adam Lyons Bootcamp, was so disgusted at the conduct, teachings and SPAM of students, that I posted my own review on a major Pro-PUA site, to not be deleted under threat of massive posting, and I got my $1,000 refund. That post exists to this day.
Even at conferences and events, etc; I've been told, "OH! SO *YOU'RE* THAT GUY!!!"
So here we are.
The trouble I'm having with this whole anti-pua, anti-game, etc. stuff is....where's the narrative??!
I don't understand what the objective is.
Many blogs do nothing but tear down PUA sites/authors/blogs, etc., (without giving any counterpoint an opportunity, mind you), and they stop right there and the story's over. Not only does that come off as cheap, and as setting up a strawman, but then it leaves the reader with nothing...
This leaves the reader high and dry, knowing even *less* about what he's supposed to do now.
Other sites, like PUAHate.com, a visitor comes on, having not yet been sold on PUA, and asks for legitimate dating advice.
People post pictures of girls rubbing their pussies, lurid, insulting messages like, "Yeah, what color panties are your girlfriends' panties? Let me know but don't send photos yet because I'm gonna shoot my load to it."
Of particular are posts like this basically saying, "PUA is bullshit, you have no chance unless you're big/muscular, 6' 2"+, and good genes, and rich."
Like I said, I'm new to this whole "recovering from PUA" thing and I just don't understand the narrative.
"So I was having trouble with girls..then I found the community, I dropped a few $1,000's over a few years, and was doing just as bad, then I realized these guys were all full of shit!"
But what I don't seem to see next is, "Then, as soon as I gave up PUA, I was getting pussy left and right! I'm actively dating 5 girls, all pretty good looking, and at least 3 I know for sure want to be my girlfriend."
So what's the resolution/purpose to this? I mean, I've read the blog Lifestyle Journey, and I did my best to contribute, showing that some of the legit PUA products are completely against what PUA critics claim PUA is (eg. taking a girl off of one pedestal and putting her on another; nonsense, because you should always work to be outcome unattached. You say hi to a pretty girl one evening and she turns her back to you; you're supposed to take that home with you and mope about it?")
I corrected that guy real fast; but there are def. legit. complaints about the PUA community.
One thing I never understood was this separation of friends from PUA Wings, like, "Yeah I'm out sarging right now, but naw, Jeff, my wing, isn't invited to the party tomorrow night because he's not one of my friends." (I've seen it)
If you want to be a pro-mens forum to debunk these PUA sites, you should do better than the PUA's.
So far, I've read a few eBooks talking about he travesty of a guy's experience with PUA and how you should never get involved, - The End -
You should tell guys how to genuinely get out there and attract women. Whether it's a guy looking for a girlfriend, and he wants to make that chance encounter at the Starbucks in the lobby of his building into something more...
.. or if it's just a dude looking for sex. And no, there is nothing wrong with a guy going out just trying to get laid. That's between him and the girl. Many girls are out there likewise.
- but when it turns into tricks, making her think you're interested in a relationship just to get laid for the night, yeah, that's fucked up. Then again, that's existed long before "game" ever came about, and still goes on to this day.
I read the 170 pg. novel on this forum. I didn't get it.
He mentioned (paraphrased): "So I got to college, wow, I thought girls liked me in high school, but now I found out it was a big deal to have the interest of a girl in college! It was even monumental to have a girlfriend who was good looking!" ( - end of section - )
** So why's he saying this? Yeah it was a big deal because he achieved it or big deal because he now saw the social status associated with the affection of attractive women, and coultn't talk to any?? I don't know, because not another word was said about it.
He then moves on with his life after college:
"I got a presitgious job right out of college." (Okay, I mean, great, but I still don't understand the narrative.)
Does anti-game mean "don't talk to girls, especially out on the street during the day."
Does it mean "Don't approach girls in bars and clubs to talk to them?"
You realize the reputation these anti-game sites are starting to have, don't you? If nothing changes, these sites will simply be little reactionary businesses, and every few years or so another Adam Lyons will come along and you'll all have to critique his stuff.
Why not provide *better* stuff.
There is one legitimate product, from RSD, of all place (I know, I know), it may have some fluff, but I want to see what you guys think (who've seen the whole thing of course) I'm posting it in the review section.
But the bottom-line question I have is,
"What's the point of tearing down PUA if you offer nothing in its place?" (Buying girls drinks? Showing up on a first date in a tuxedo with a bouquet of flowers?)
"Where is the anti-"game" pick-up material, as it were?"
"What does it mean for somoene to have 'recovered' from, PUA? Are they now doing better with the ladies?"
I feel this is a question that is long-since overdue...
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