The Slacker's Method ;)

Have you ever glanced at the personals section of Craigslist? You should go and look at the men seeking women section. I know… I know… You’re not gay and neither am I but you peak at the competition. Looking at what the other guys are up to should give you some insight as to what’s common. Women are hunting for men night and day because online dating is the greatest passive dating tool ever created. But understand for women this can be a daunting task just to find one decent guy. For them it’s like trying to find the needle in the hay stack. You want to be the needle worth discovering. There are more men posting ads than women on Craigslist. Here are some stats so you can do the math.

In a random sampling of post between Men and Women taken from Craigslist November 12, 2010 There were a combined total of 475 personal ads:

• of these 194 ads had photos.   
• Men posted a total of 425 ads,

• of these 184 had photos.   
• Women posted a total 50 ads,

• of these 10 photos.   

This gives us a ratio of 2:19. Not exactly my kind of odds. Lets break this down further shall we? 

 There are a total of 425 ads posted by men which means puts things into “Sausagefest” territory.

The bad part is many of the male posters are making 90% of the mistakes I speak of in the ebook.

Numbers don’t mean much but in order for you to have the advantage you should take this data into consideration. This is why this approach will work over and over again… So keep reading!!!

"looking for a partner in crime" - already mapped out in her head everything she want us to do. I'm just some random meat whose only function is to dissuade potential rapists.

"not into drama" - starts drama.

"so bored" - boring.

"love sucks" - Oh, honey, no. You suck; love is fine.

"great sense of humour" - thinks 'The Office' is cutting edge comedy. I've never heard anyone describe themselves as having a crap sense of humour, so this is completely meaningless in any case.

"very sarcastic" - probably getting 'sarcastic' confused with 'annoying bitch'.

"I'm not racist, but" - a racist (but at least we have something in common).

"Yeah I'm [whatever]! If you can't handle that, then contact someone else!" - Jesus. If she this sort of attitude problem now, before I've even met her, I can only imagine the unending nightmare of actually dating her.

"down to earth" - boring.

"just come out of a bad relationship" - desperate and lonely.

"pic for pic" - ugly and/or ashamed of what she's doing.

"no photo/no reply" - shallow as fuck.

"not into playing games" - she will try to psychologically manipulate you.

"looking for my soulmate for long-term relationship" - The guys who don't run away screaming from this you'll be filing court orders against in two months.

"all men are cheaters/pigs/liars" - something about her attracts pathetic losers. Instead of working on that, she's decided to blame 50% of the world's population.

"300 pounds now, but working on losing it" - forever fatty.

"love to laugh" - she loves to laugh, I guess. Which is a shame, because I hate laughing.

"put [whatever] in your subject line" - she couldn't be bothered to actually read her messages.

"new to the area" - was driven from her previous location by irate locals with pitchforks.

"[any acronym you don't recognise]" - has been scouring the internet for potential mates for WAY too long.

"must be sane, no flakes" - What the hell makes you think that an insane, flaky guy will read that and be put off?

"fun-loving" - boring.

"fun" - unimaginative.

"kayaking" - trying to hard to sound not-boring.

"open-minded" + "must be [anything]" - idiot.

[any star sign talk] - idiot.

"kinda shy at first, but once you get to know me I'm a good friend" - boring.

"I'm [age], but I look MUCH younger!" - recently divorced, hung up on her age and her looks.

"I don't have a pic, but trust me, you won't be disappointed!" - disappointment is guaranteed.

Relationship Types - additional available types beyond what is listed above

• Strictly platonic
• Misc romance
• Casual encounters
  • w4m (woman seeking man)
  • m4m (man seeking man)
  • m4w (man seeking woman)
  • w4w (woman seeking woman)
  • t4m (transvestite seeking man)
  • m4t (man seeking transvestite)

No matter what happens remember that you always carry the decision making power. This is what playing the game conservatively does and it ensures that you win more than you lose. Women can never be 100% certain so every choice carries a risk.

You have two choices.

1. You can pursue women.
2. You can attract women.

There is no wrong or right way but if you're a Craigslist user one method works better considering the ratio of men to women who post in the personals section. From my experiences pursuit was a fruitless endevour until I came across material like MbM, The Matchbook Method. While I did have average success it improved as time went on. So it appears from an online aspect one should learn how to attract, as you will find out why later.

Slacker Tip: learn how to create and guage tension.