Never seriously self-deprecate with a woman you intend to be intimate with.

"Even if you don't seriously consider yourself pathetic, it never serves your best interest to paint yourself as pathetic."

One of my prominent 'tactics' of game is to playfully self-deprecate with a shit-eating grin with intention to pass shit-tests and thus show my confidence when a woman attempts to expose possible insecurities.

For example, one of the first things a girl will overtly communicate is how young I look. Over time, I've managed to blow this shit-test out of the water (or so I thought) by A&A/playful self-deprecation.

Perhaps I'm over-analyzing/misinterpreting this section of the Iron Rule, but have you guys not had the success in playful self-deprecation? Isn't this essentially an example of A&A?

Edit: I was impatient and created this question prior to finishing the Iron Rule. Rollo addresses this question in the proceeding paragraphs from where the quote was taken. I will leave this post up if any value can be extracted from it. Otherwise, I will delete it/it can be deleted by the Mods.