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Don't be US-centric
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[[File:PUA.jpg|thumb|right|<center>PUAs target the most vulnerable people</center>]] | [[File:PUA.jpg|thumb|right|<center>PUAs target the most vulnerable people</center>]] | ||
A '''pickup artist''' or '''PUA''' is a scammer who claims to help incels get positive [[IOI]]s through social manipulation ("[[game]]"). Funnily enough, this is the same approach to incels taken by [[CBT|psychologists]], [[feminism|psychiatrists]], and [[feminists]], as well as virtually everyone else nowadays despite them falsly claiming to hate PUA type advice (Such as [[Confidence]], emphasis on [[Work on yourself|self-improvement]], etc.). The idea that one can dramatically change ones own personal life in modern | A '''pickup artist''' or '''PUA''' is a scammer who claims to help incels get positive [[IOI]]s through social manipulation ("[[game]]"). Funnily enough, this is the same approach to incels taken by [[CBT|psychologists]], [[feminism|psychiatrists]], and [[feminists]], as well as virtually everyone else nowadays despite them falsly claiming to hate PUA type advice (Such as [[Confidence]], emphasis on [[Work on yourself|self-improvement]], etc.). The idea that one can dramatically change ones own personal life in the modern world while mostly ignoring fundamental life issues (like ugliness, or poverty) is also an underlying principle of [[cognitive behavioral therapy]], the most widely practiced professional therapy mode in the US which has failed to slow down the increase in suicides. | ||
A PUA would scam an Asian [[manlet]] into believing that their low sexual market value lies in being too submissive, rather than being short and Asian. | A PUA would scam an Asian [[manlet]] into believing that their low sexual market value lies in being too submissive, rather than being short and Asian. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Ancient times=== | ===Ancient times=== | ||