May I meet you?
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Anonymous
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Short version for those not up on the discourse:
Bill Ackman, a 6'3" billionaire Harvard grad with a pretty good head of hair, claims "May I meet you?" was his go to line when out and about in his single days. He encouraged single men today to try it. A normal guy field tested it and was brutally laughed at, not just by the woman he approached, but all of her friends as well. How terrible is this line? Or is it not that bad and just depends on who delivers it? |
Anonymous
| It doesn't even make sense. |
Anonymous
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Bill Ackman, like Elon Musk, is a very driven person on the spectrum with below-average socio-emotional development. They use their money to mercilessly bully others. They were able to marry and procreate because of their ability to make money.
No one should be taking any dating advice from such men unless they also have a sizable fortune. In which case, the actual pick-up line does not matter. |
Anonymous
| I think it's adorkable and could work on a similarly adorkable person. |
Anonymous
You are a peach. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| He's like 60. If he tried this 35 years ago, that was in what, 1990? It was a different time then. People are much more casual now. Less class now. So people laugh at formality. |
Anonymous
| Yeah my friends and I absolutely would have laughed in his face back in the day. I get what PP is saying about it being adorkable, and if he approached us in a dorky way mayyybeee it would work, but I get the feeling it's more of the "negging" advice that existed when I was in my early 20s. Which just comes off douchy and not dorky. |
Anonymous
| It sounds like ChatBot. |
Anonymous
It feels creepy to me, not formal. I don't know why. |
Anonymous
That's not how people spoke in 1990. Or 1890, for that matter. Agree with the others that it's AI-ish/robotic/weird. |
Anonymous
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I don't see this happening, but it would be kinda nice. Imagine if, instead of weak pickup lines or gross commentary on our bodies, men asked for the opportunity to get to know us (and, critically, respected a polite "no"). If the choice is this or catcalls, I'm choosing this.
But I don't see that happening. |
Anonymous
| Terrible. |
Anonymous
| I'm embarrassed to say that once I fell for the line "I'm wondering what your story is. You're so very different from the other girls here" so who knows what might work? Depends on the woman. |
Anonymous
| Bill ackman is a very creepy guy but his wife (Neri Oxman) is actually so beautiful and supposedly brilliant. |