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Why does the media brainwash young men into thinking that calling/telling/genuinely believing that women are beautiful will attract them/make them swoon?
It gives men the idea that some geeky unattractive dude can get a woman just by telling her she's beautiful. Nothing is further from the truth in real life.
Seriously, I've never taken any commercial, sitcom, or rom-com to have anything to do with reality, or me.
If you find media as your influence, stop watching.
Edited: just watched the video. Seriously?! No one even got the woman, just some guy giving a cliche pick-up line, and an average girl "flirting" (barely) back.
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I don't want to derail this thread but one of my pet peaves is how recently the media has glorified geek culture. The reason it is a pet peave is because geek just means you are socially inept, juvenile, and more than likely high anxiety...it doesn't mean you are smart. So, I don't know how many intelligent youngsters are dissuaded from going into the STEM fields simply because they don't want to be associated with being a geek or can't relate to the lifestyle.
Seriously, I've never taken any commercial, sitcom, or rom-com to have anything to do with reality, or me.
If you find media as your influence, stop watching.
Edited: just watched the video. Seriously?! No one even got the woman, just some guy giving a cliche pick-up line, and an average girl "flirting" (barely) back.
Yea, you're how many years old right now?
Yea, I'm no spring chicken either so I know better.
You're dodging the question. If the media knows that young men will put women on pedestals and turn into shmucks trying to get women who have no physical attraction to them, then why do they promote it?
Yea, I'm no spring chicken either so I know better.
You're dodging the question. If the media knows that young men will put women on pedestals and turn into shmucks trying to get women who have no physical attraction to them, then why do they promote it?
Really? I'll be 48 for the record (rounding up so I get used to it). None of my nephews or other male relatives would feel that commercial was brainwashing anyone, except trying to convince us that ATT has good coverage. I'm not buying that either.
Why, if you don't feel brainwashed, do you thing younger guys are? Heck, I don't even get how you went from that commercial to the thought in the OP.
Why do you even think the girl had no attraction to him? She was pretty nerdy herself, and he's not ugly, just made up nerdy.
Why are you tilting at windmills?
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Yea, I'm no spring chicken either so I know better.
You're dodging the question. If the media knows that young men will put women on pedestals and turn into shmucks trying to get women who have no physical attraction to them, then why do they promote it?
....Profit? It's a promotional video for a telecom company. Obviously the main aim is to sell a service, the method by which it is done is immaterial to AT & T.
This is clearly meant as an ironic joke. The whole point is none of the people in this clip are beautiful.
LOL. Wow. But true!
As to the OP, that never entered my mind when ever I see that commercial. What I think when I see the commercial is that nerd people use lame lines to pick up chicks.
You do see it everywhere. Movies, tv, commercials, magazines...depicting things that don't work as "the way to get women". Some of it is on purpose (clothing, car, grooming companies, etc. that want you to think that having their product will increase your chances with a girl), but most is just people giving their opinion of what they think makes sense, without actually experiencing it themselves.
Experience > theory
It comes down to being relaxed around the girl, having fun together, and spending enough time together to develop a relationship. It's simple to understand but not always simple to execute.
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