How did men learn this stuff before the internet?

BeeBopJoe · 2018-11-29T05:31:47+00:00

I dont think they did, I feel bad for guys who sucked with women back then. They were practically stuck.

revaforce · 2018-11-29T05:31:59+00:00

We were all born men, from the beginning of time and most importantly, primitive times. The way life played out is survival of the fittest, who can spread their seed to the most, who has the best seed, etc, and everything after that follows. If you’re talking about specific things on here then that would be trial and error.

btrpb · 2018-11-29T07:29:39+00:00

From experience. I had one-itis a couple of times as a young man. After the second, being held in the friend zone, drip fed the odd the blow job to keep me around, I looked in the mirror and told myself this girl was trouble and I would never allow a woman to do that to me again. And my next relationship was a lot better. I learned from long term relationships that if you apologise, it will never be enough, you will just be expected to apologise again. I learned, before mobile phones that you should be confident to phone women. But if you do it too much you will annoy them.

First I heard of PUA was reading the The Game, when it first came out. That was pretty enlightening. But I wasn't an idiot with women anyway.

I've learned a lot of TRP, and applied it. But some of the lessons of already learned for myself. Much of TRP has just confirmed my personal experience in life.

gregoire_ · 2018-11-29T06:34:03+00:00

It was more-so subconscious. Everyone thought PUAs were corny, so nobody took it seriously.

Giga_Caligula · 2018-11-29T08:24:10+00:00

They would learn from elders and friends. Also books

imtheoneimmortal · 2018-11-29T08:57:26+00:00

With books maybe?

teabagabeartrap · 2018-11-29T10:07:50+00:00

in the 80s it was spread mouth to mouth.
And I think Biker Gangs / Motorcycle Clubs had a good frame. :D

friendandadvisor · 2018-11-29T21:12:06+00:00

The winners attracted other winners.

Handsome, rich, naturally charming dude gets hot chicks. He has rich, handsome, charming friends. At some point, they have children to whom they pass on their knowledge, which was born of experience, not education. So, we have a clique of alphas and their offspring. The lesser beings who are wise, and are in contact with this clique, realize that the alpha in their behavior can be imitated/incorporated. They can ask questions about their techniques. Those not in contact with them, but, in a position to observe, simply ape them.

Further, the winners usually live in the same neighborhoods, and they are all in a position to be socialized into winning behavior, and have contact with higher quality role models and chicks, and learn how to interact with hot babes. Any beta faux pas will be dealt with summarily by peer pressure.

The rest of people are in the 80% bracket.

MakoShark93 · 2018-12-01T02:21:50+00:00

My Uncle is a natural trailblazer. He knew how to do everything TRP by instinct. Had his first child as a teenager, and afterwards constantly had a ton of women (and kids) following. It had to have been the harsh environment and always having to do everything by himself and being the oldest of over 10 children. Could grow a beard at 12, got prostate cancer at 50. Has kids he probably doesn't know about.

freew33zy · 2018-11-29T06:11:27+00:00

if you didn't get it naturally, you had two options: get lucky enough someone told you or become a rapist. there was a LOT of rape in human history. the idea of "consensual" sex hardly existed, so naturally the biggest and strongest guys had the most sex.

Sin-Silver · 2018-11-29T10:52:37+00:00

No More Mr.Nice Guy has some opinions on the recent changes to men.

50-80 years ago, most boys grew up in a radically different would. Rural life stlyes meant boys grew up with there fathers and had plenty of a strong male role models to mould them into men. These days boys don’t have as strong male role model. Are fathers work 9-5 away from home, and we are mostly raised and taught by females in school.

This generated a generation of boys raised how to be men from women and TV. These boys grow up out of touch with there masculinity, and despite what they think, are highly undesirable by woman.

BusterVadge · 2018-11-29T14:29:23+00:00

Mentorship.

I turned 18 in 1992. I was a clueless bp fag who somehow managed to occasionally get laid due to decent looks and good social skills.

That changed when I turned 20 and met a friend who taught me what works and what doesn't when dealing with women. Not all of his advice was RP but most of it was. And it worked too.

icecruzader · 2018-11-29T14:34:40+00:00

Good fathers, philosophy and experience

fitmindfitbody · 2018-11-29T06:40:52+00:00

they probably read the classics from ancient greece, ancient rome, mythology from all cultures, they read religious texts.

however the questions now stands, how many people over the centuries were literate to read those texts?

Title	How did men learn this stuff before the internet?
Author	whatyoucallaflip
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Comments	16
Date	November 29, 2018 5:28 AM UTC (7 years ago)
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