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'''Game''' is [[PUA|pick-up-artist]] lingo for the skillful manipulation of mental states ("frame")<ref>https://www.diaryfrenchpua.com/english/the-concept-of-frame-seduction/</ref> to help with [[courtship]] and seduction.<ref>https://www.pualingo.com/game/</ref> In practice, game means different things to different pick-up artists, but among major [[PUA]]s 'successful game' is mostly about self-esteem. More rarely, [[PUA]]s include showing-off or fabricating accomplishments in general as 'successful game'. | '''Game''' is [[PUA|pick-up-artist]] lingo for the skillful manipulation of mental states ("frame")<ref>https://www.diaryfrenchpua.com/english/the-concept-of-frame-seduction/</ref> to help with [[courtship]] and seduction.<ref>https://www.pualingo.com/game/</ref> In practice, game means different things to different pick-up artists, but among major [[PUA]]s 'successful game' is mostly about self-esteem. More rarely, [[PUA]]s include showing-off or fabricating accomplishments in general as 'successful game'. | ||
Around the mid-2000s PUA lingo entered colloquial speech through the adoption of modified PUA tactics by the general public, Hollywood, dating coaches etc. Colloquially, game is about [[confidence]], [[charisma|charm]] and [[Beauty#Beautiful_behavior|smoothness]] in showing off, much like courtship is presented in many Hollywood films.<ref>https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Game</ref> | Around the mid-2000s PUA lingo entered colloquial speech through the adoption of modified PUA tactics by the general public, Hollywood, dating coaches etc. Colloquially, game is about [[confidence]], [[charisma|charm]] and [[Beauty#Beautiful_behavior|smoothness]] in showing off, much like courtship is presented in many Hollywood films.<ref>https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Game</ref> Or even more broadly and colloquially, "game", is as a shorthand for any type of individual and intentional [[courtship|courting]] activity. | ||
''Frame'' is a pseudo-scientific bullshit concept used to refer to mental conditions that "give direction" to everything that happens in an social interaction (including dating) and which a man with game can skillfully manipulate to his advantage.<ref name="pua">https://www.diaryfrenchpua.com/english/the-concept-of-frame-seduction/</ref> | ''Frame'' is a pseudo-scientific bullshit concept used to refer to mental conditions that "give direction" to everything that happens in an social interaction (including dating) and which a man with game can skillfully manipulate to his advantage.<ref name="pua">https://www.diaryfrenchpua.com/english/the-concept-of-frame-seduction/</ref> | ||
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Meeting online is notably now the primary way people meet for relationships,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Meeting_online_is_now_the_primary_way_relationships_are_formed</ref> however, this includes meeting up through social networks and chats, where personality may play a larger role than in the blind and semi-blind dating. | Meeting online is notably now the primary way people meet for relationships,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Meeting_online_is_now_the_primary_way_relationships_are_formed</ref> however, this includes meeting up through social networks and chats, where personality may play a larger role than in the blind and semi-blind dating. | ||
Arguably, game may work outside of the face-to-face dating context, e.g. during socializing in a group, which is the more natural human mating context anyhow.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1474704919887706</ref> In a social context, confidence, game and charm may act as means of gaining [[dominance hierarchy|social status]] and intimidating other males in [[intrasexual competition]]s which, in turn, enables men access to women.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men.27s_social_status_accounts_for_62.25_of_the_variance_of_copulation_opportunities</ref> This intuition is perhaps what lead PUAs to mistakenly apply the same to the face-to-face setting. There is possibly a cultural element, in that anything beyond looks is not valued in the modern world, but one of the studies that found personality to play no role dates back to | Arguably, game may work outside of the face-to-face dating context, e.g. during socializing in a group, which is the more natural human mating context anyhow.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1474704919887706</ref> In a social context, confidence, game and charm may act as means of gaining [[dominance hierarchy|social status]] and intimidating other males in [[intrasexual competition]]s which, in turn, enables men access to women.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men.27s_social_status_accounts_for_62.25_of_the_variance_of_copulation_opportunities</ref> This intuition is perhaps what lead PUAs to mistakenly apply the same to the face-to-face setting. There is possibly a cultural element, in that anything beyond looks is not valued in the modern world, but one of the studies that found personality to play no role dates back to 1966,<ref name="walster"></ref> so superficiality in face-to-face dating is unlikely a novel phenomenon. | ||
==Other studies on frame-projection== | ==Other studies on frame-projection== | ||