There's Now A Way To Train Yourself To Be Better At Dating Using Virtual Reality
So obviously this makes a lot of sense businesswise, dudes have thrown countless millions of dollars at guys hawking “pick up artist” tips and strategies for well over a decade now. But I’m with the tone of the WIRED reporter lady tweeting this Dating Lessons VR out, this shit is weird as hell to actually see. I’ve got no doubt that there’s some of that weird pickup artist science behind it given that the founder is a career pickup artist dude but viewing the world through this lens to try to get better at dating chicks is so unnatural to me:
Maybe it’ll actually help some guys out there and that’s great, more power to them. But the issue I’ve always had with these pickup artist type of things is that it completely removes the human element from things. To the guys that have been written about in books like The Game, it’s all about breaking down human connections as a science which is why a lot of nerdy types tend to gravitate towards it. If you have this reaction to her, she’ll respond a certain way, if you touch her in platonic ways she’ll be less inclined to hating you touching her non-platonically later, it’s all interesting stuff but it’s like reverse engineering a real chemistry with another human being.
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And then when you pair it with virtual reality it’s almost sort of like some uncanny valley thing where you’re completely warping any guy who’ll ever try it out, like dropping someone from playing Call of Duty into real active combat. Just because you’re racking up high scores in some game doesn’t mean you’re ready to get out there and do it for real. And could you imagine how some chick would respond if a guy were showing off his cool new virtual reality toy and she saw that he had this shit on there? Panties as dry as the Sahara and a possible restraining order is what you have there. I’m all for improvement and call me old school if you want but any dude trying this one out is playing a dangerous game. The future is a horrifying place (other than VR porn, that seems dope. Don’t give up on that).
(h/t Intern Hubbs)