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[–]somethingisburning 6 points7 points8 points 15 years ago (10 children) | Copy Link
I remember a post somewhere where the guy found himself in a similar situation. He wanted to approach a woman on the subway but she had her headphones in. He sat down next to her, pulled out his phone, and typed "whatcha listenin' to?" or something on the notepad and handed it to her. IIRC, he got a number out of it.
[–]-Lrrr- 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link
I imagine this would work, now to take that idea and some how adapt it to walking past each other.
[–]somethingisburning 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Yeah :/ that's the tricky part.
[–]pooflinga 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Androids have an app where you can do scrolling LED text.. I've thought about using that when I'm in a car
[–]dropkickdog 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
I say be extravagant and hold up a BIG sign. I think it would show a bit of effort and confidence. But that's just me.
[–]AloofFool 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
You could be trolling but that made its way into my just-crazy-enough-to-work category. Something simple. Like: "Hey Music Lover what you rocking?" It would certainly get her to stop and laugh anyway.
[–]Ragarnok 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link
Don't try it in Detroit though
[–][deleted] 5 points6 points7 points 15 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link
The best advice is really to never go to Detroit in the first place.
[–]UglyPineapple 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Don't knock Detroit until you've been there.
[–]presidentender 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Don't knock Detroit until you've left, else it'll knock you right back.
[–]VoodooD2 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Detroit has awesome music, specifically hiphop right now.
[–]Lead ModeratorThrowawayPUA 3 points4 points5 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I don't think this would work, walking by in the street, but I heard an interesting opener with iPods. A guy was sitting next to a woman on a bus, they were both listening to their iPods. So he pulls the headphone jack out, holds the plug out, nudges the woman, and gives a little gesture of pushing the iPod and the headphone plug towards her. It was a little gesture of "hey, let's switch our headphones into each other's iPod, you listen to what I'm playing, I'll listen to what you're playing."
[–]PUAMinny 5 points6 points7 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
All depends on the situation. If I was you and there was enough time to pull this off, I would put on my own headphones and then once I saw her within range I would mime out the drum solo from "In the Air Tonight." When she looks puzzled, take your headphones out and say, "You have to do the drum solo to In the Air Tonight. What are you listening to?"
[–]ihaveabu 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago* (1 child) | Copy Link
Do the method David Wygant came up with for gym pickup.
When you see her with her headphones on, put your hands up to your ears and do the motion of taking out headphones. She'll take her's out cuz she knows you want to say something to her.
Now, say something like "I always see you walking buy, listening to your music and you're so -insert adjective (focused, efficient, w/e)-. What do you listen to?"
Discuss the music she listens to, tease her bout her music choice playfully, etc.
This does feel more natural at a gym cuz you can say "you always work out so intensly, you must have a bad ass playlist that you're listening to." But in this situation it'll work.
[–]-Lrrr- 1 point2 points3 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I like this idea, thanks for your reply!
[–]offshore_coppertop 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Do anything. Just do it like a boss. Say "Fahrvergnügen" with a half-cocked smile and see where it goes, à la the movie "Love Potion #9" -- watch him when he goes back into the bar and sits down next to the HB6 in the black dress.
[–][deleted] -1 points0 points1 point 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
If you are into the using iPhone to game thing - such as people brought up.
Try being a complete dork about your introduction, pick up an app like this and write her a message about what she's listening to.
[–]becomeanalphamale -1 points0 points1 point 15 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
pics or it didn't happen
[–]-Lrrr- 0 points1 point2 points 15 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I'm interested to know how you thought that fit into this thread =O
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