what makes you interesting?

ArMcK · 2010-12-11T13:46:46+00:00

What makes me interesting:

I play guitar.
I swing dance--East Coast, Charleston, Balboa, and Collegiate Shag.
I'm a martial artist, and have taught self defense tactics to the police and tai chi to a group of crotchety old ladies.
I'm a writer.
I'm big into alternative medicine.
I do parkour.
I can cook.
I know more about sex than a lot of people, and definitely more than most girls.
I'm funny.
I volunteer.
I've traveled all over the SE US and a little bit elsewhere, and have been to some amazingly scenic places.
Strong attachment to and knowledge of nature.
Saved a girlfriend's life (actually just kept her from falling in a creek, but it's a good story).
I speak English, French, and ASL.
I've nonviolently stopped an attempted assault.

Things that I'm working on to make me more interesting:

Being up to date on events that are happening in town, and getting as much access as possible.
Traveling more, especially Western US and overseas. Especially especially overseas.
Starting my own business. I have 3 ideas.
I want to get a dog. My current lease won't allow it.
Working on storytelling with Implied Investment, Open Loops, and DHVs woven into them.
Not turning down any opportunity to hang out with a friend, even boring or annoying ones because you never know when they'll introduce you to your next SNL or LTR or when random adventurous stuff will happen.

2010-12-12T00:13:18+00:00

Honestly, i still struggle with the idea that i have nothing to offer. I've always fluctuated between acting like a wise, 80 year old man, and a silly 12-year old boy. I've had terrible social anxiety my whole life. But my close friends seem to like me. They have said they really like my analytical mind. Well, let's just use some bullets:

I have an active mind; I'm constantly thinking and i have unconventional connections between ideas, which can lead to really interesting conversations in some cases, and total dead ends in others - depends on the conversation partner
I'm very passionate. The feelings i get from music, writing, and other things tend to be very intense.
I'm great at communicating once i get used to a person (i.e. get over the social anxiety [takes a long time... like a month.])
I used to instruct Kung Fu
I have great pattern recognition - i figure things out very quickly.
I think every day is a beautiful day. I take walks in the rain, and it's not a gloomy experience. I love a rainy, windy, inclement day just as much as a sunny day.
I write music.
Enjoy novel experiences.
Despite being socially anxious, i am a "high opener" as defined in psychological literature (Not sure if it means the same thing in your PUA circle) - that is, people tend to disclose personal information to me very readily. I don't really try for this at all - in fact, it can hinder relationship development if you throw out too much information all at once - it just comes naturally.
I am really and truly interested in other peoples' experience. I love to get to know others' viewpoints.

Perhaps some of those things don't contribute to me being an interesting person. I don't know. This was slightly therapeutic, thanks for the prompt.

DJ_Deathflea · 2010-12-11T10:13:23+00:00

"I collect spores, mold, and fungus."

KindaOffTopic · 2010-12-11T09:53:47+00:00

got my glider license before I got drive.
got my private pilots.
Drove a taxi for 6 months, have awesome stories from that; most of my jokes and drinking stories are from those days.
Going to still graduate with a CS degree in minimum time (21 yrs old).
Paperwork in for the reserves. -Workout religiously ( 6 pack and all ). speak almost 5 languages :P ( kinda )
Super artsy, can hold political / sociology conversations with people in those majors.
Addicted to Reddit

edit: used bullets.

side2 · 2010-12-11T10:37:33+00:00

I'm a female gamer who weighs less than 200 pounds and can hold an intelligent conversation. /win.

Drugba · 2010-12-11T23:15:51+00:00

Well let's see:

I have a level 70 blood elf
I have prestiged in the new call of duty 12 times
I can burp the whole alphabet
All the pizza guys in my town know my name
I live in my mom's basement
I know every line from the first three Star Wars

squigs · 2010-12-11T11:10:38+00:00

I can dance (Modern Jive)
I do trapeze, ropes and silks.
I occasionally roleplay a refugee for charity training simulations
I go to Sci-fi conventions.

The last one is interesting. Rather than painting me as a hopeless nerd, most people are actually intrigued about what happens at a convention.

lkasdfjl · 2010-12-11T19:21:20+00:00

im genuinely interested in everything and everyone
i work in an interesting field
in my free time i run a mailorder vinyl-only record label
ive recorded and released a number of cassettes and records of my own music
ive written and performed an experimental theatre piece
ive gotten sucked off by a guy ONLY ONCE
i play d&d

sig904 · 2010-12-11T10:40:57+00:00

I'm of the opinion that most things that make you interesting, besides your awesome personality, shouldn't be static and persistent, instead they should be forever changing and evolving.

I'm 20 and I run a serious business
I try and pack in as many visits to different countries as I can
I'm going skiing on Monday, and I'm bringing a camera
I work on producing/DJing d&b
When people need advice, they come to me because I'm seen as the knowledgeable/insightful one, and I can hold intellectual conversations
I own a car, and I know the best places to go for epic drives

RenegadeDoppelganger · 2010-12-11T22:00:13+00:00

I find art of storytelling to be a powerful and versatile tool. A good storyteller can make the most mundane events seem overly fantastical, outright hilarious or utterly bizzare. This means you don't necessarily need to have had traveled to all continents or be a brew master for your life to seem interesting. This is especially good for those of us in the beginning phases the seduction lifestyle (read: newbs)

Obviously there is no substitute for experience and I think most of us could do with more excitement in our lives. Yet another reason to push outside your comfort zone and do something extraordinary TODAY.

side2 · 2010-12-12T03:09:09+00:00

Sweet. Please upvote or downvote depending on if my skillset is boring or not.

Like to dance like a fool
Play pool
Like video games
Like camping, hiking, kayaking
Like building things
Like inventing things
Enjoy social interactions
Can hold a good conversation that has to do with life issues, political issues, scientific theories and ideas (of most types), and pretty much anything else that isn't highly specialized
Enjoy skiing
Am goofy
Entrepreneur
Want to try hang gliding, rock climbing (more than once at least), sky diving, para-sailing, and pretty much any crazy sport like that (although these cost more than I generally have laying around)

casinoemployee · 2010-12-11T22:09:42+00:00

Sky diving, traveling, scuba diving both as a divemaster (free trips!) and some local blackwater commercial work, mountain biking.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The scuba stuff in particular gets me tons of amazing stories. I'm like an onion, tons of cool shit about me that girls get to discover layer by layer.

Oh, closet computer nerd ;)

The downside - I prefer an adventurous girl, and those are hard to come by in this neck of the woods. Most of the things I do, girls aren't involved unless you bring your own =(

DCMurphy · 2010-12-12T04:55:44+00:00

I'm bilingual (English & German), if the girl is unintelligent enough then I'm also fluent in French.
I can cook well.
I can freestyle rap pretty well, and although I've never rocked a show whenever someone tries to one-up me they end up in their place.
I'm fairly well traveled.
I can play a guitar, and more than just 4 chords and the opening to stairway.
I write in my free time, although I've only shown my work to two targets. It's best to keep this mysterious.

2010-12-13T02:38:47+00:00

i give monkeys ecstasy for a living. that's about all the interesting i need.

2010-12-13T05:56:43+00:00

Learn body language, read her body language, and then tell her about it. She'll keep coming back cause she thinks you're interesting.

Worked for me.

my_seddit_throwaway · 2010-12-13T21:16:24+00:00

Sky diving ( I work as a parachute packer) .
Worked as a driver for a 5 star 5 diamond hotel for 4 years.
Can speak 2 languages fluently ( a 3rd poorly).
Good in bed.
knowledgeable about many different subjects ( I try to learn / read a lot).
Travel and hiking
Photographer
Freelance writer
Amateur surgeon

Mat_Cauthon · 2010-12-14T01:24:54+00:00

Congratulations guys, you all just qualified yourself.

Honestly though, I see some pretty cool stuff in here. I might just get a few ideas.

moparnut06 · 2010-12-14T05:17:43+00:00

I love to motorcycle (Taken multiple cross country trips)
I Snowmobile in the winter
Me and my dad own muscle cars worth 75k+
I do all my own work on everything
I've recently started snowboarding as well
I never say no to a good opportunity
I've got an amazing sense of humor and bullshit with people all the time.
I enjoy photography
I'm learning how to cook
I'm studying electrical engineering
I run a computer repair business that runs half of my town and then some.
I've accomplished all this by the age of 22

See, none of that matters though, because all I care about is making people laugh and making sure everybody has fun. I'm not afraid to embarrass myself, and frankly don't give a shit what you think about me.

reph · 2010-12-11T15:51:31+00:00

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Title	what makes you interesting?
Author	ThreeLeftFeet
Upvotes	11
Comments	47
Date	December 11, 2010 9:49 AM UTC (15 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/seduction
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