Now Chief, to me it seemed obvious that he was going direct as fuck, which is why I felt I could categorize it that way. But I can't judge that according to the quick read-through with his material. It was just a strong assumption.
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As for this whole shooting-in-the-face incident, all I can say is that I'm PISSED OFF that GW would stain the community with such a terrible scandal. Fuck him.
Exactly my point.
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I was not suggesting that PUA causes mental illness -- rather, I was suggesting that those with mental disorders are more likely to need PUA. There is a sampling error for the pool from which PUA Gurus come from.
I wouldn't say those with mental illnesses are more likely, I'd say that social rejects and people with low self esteem would be inclined to try PUA. I agree with xfman that it probably stems from a lack of love, and no real social connections.
Wouldn't you say that the 'mPUAs' have reached the top due to a different sort of mental illness than the one you imply, not an insecure type of disorder, but just an illness that makes them extremely eccentric, that helps with PUA but harms them in the long term.
I reckon its only a matter of time before mystery goes completely nuts.
Both points here bring up something important. . . Since this all depends on which kind of mental illness we're talking about and whether or not it is socially observable, it is hard to put in place.
If the mental illness causes you to get socially rejected then yes, you will be in great need of PU. Now which was the case with GW is hard to tell. After all, it would be wrong to completely judge him for what happened without knowing all the facts.
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I reckon its only a matter of time before mystery goes completely nuts.
Mystery has lost it more than once.
I'm not so sure about that. Weird people turning to PUA can just distort their already different social views. A normal guy will read about AMOG'ing and realise it's not about taking every bit of banter as a threat to your masculinity or trying to challange your state of alpha, but realise it's just basically being comfortable with yourself, and confident. Obviously there is more but I take it you get what I mean.
PUA can teach a weird person the skills needed to seduce women in a club, but on a date you're going to need social skills and not pickup skills, and if someone is mentally ill and not in tune with the world I very much doubt PU would be a great help.
Remember, PUA is just a bunch of unqualified (and often overconfident) people helping people to get women. It doesn't, shouldn't, and never will help people solve massive holes, be in mentally ill or just too weird to be able to form any social connections in their lives - psychiatric help would be better for that.