I know what a lot of your are thinking when you read the title; "bullshit, he's gonna have to use some device". And in truth, I do, my PC, and an "Obama phone" I got from a lost and found, years ago. We'll get into those later, for now, lets dive in.

When it comes to new technology, I'm as excited and hell bent for it as any other geek/PC Master race member. However, I never enjoyed cell phones, not in the 80's, 90's, and certainly not now. And in case you're wondering, I have used burners and blackberry's before, but again, that's for later in this topic.

My goal when picking up, is to always use the "I forgot my phone, better just write it down" angle, when I ask for a number, wherein I tell them to jot it down on one of my business cards (get some cards, cheap, and make you look important). This is already something new and unique to a plate.

I own a bamboo fountain pen (a very old xmas gift) this also adds to the allure and image of a unique experience. While everyone will ask a girl to type her number down, I'm asking her to show me her penmanship, seeing as I also write cursive, this is the proper angle of attack.

Now I'm not saying go out there and learn some cursive (though it wouldn't be bad), the fact that you're not looking and or sounding like yet another mindless drone, will be appealing to said plate-to-be. This also makes you look far more important than you happen to (not)be.

Onto the PC and Quasi-phone. I use Bluestacks, a simple to install and operate app for my pc. Its basically a smartphone emulator, so I get IG, Snapchat, and everything else on it. Considering this is the DM era, I can't go wrong, and if I don't fee like running that, I have IGDM, a simple program that emulates just the messenger.

The O-Phone, can be a burner for all I care, I don't use it for anything but texting and on the spot searches if I'm outside. Quite honestly, I would tell anyone to invest in a Kindle, or a tablet, before I would ever mention anything about getting a phone.

Shit tests are also deflected easily with simple platitudes like; 'I prefer to live in the moment, not on a timeline" and "No phone means, no likes, and no worries". Basically whatever you think up, always makes you sound aloof and above the sheep.

So to recap; Invest in some cheap business cards, they always make you look important. Use said cards as a tool to make the experience unique, when getting their number. And more importantly get a fancy (cheap) pen. Women love hands-on activities, some cheap cards and a pen, can go a long way, simply due to scarcity and the horrible/repetitive approaches they have to deal with.