“How Never To Attract Girls” – “Play Games” “Visit Brothels”
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jun 13, 2011 04:01 JST
- Tags: Dating, Otaku, Prostitution, Rankings, Relationships, Ronery
A dating article which singles out men with an unhealthy (i.e. any) interest in gaming as being amongst the least appealing sort of partner to the fairer sex has lately been making waves online, with the article even going to rank the pastime alongside such scurrilous pursuits as “visiting brothels,” “being interested in idols,” and, of course, “maintaining a figure collection.”
The list in question – “The guy who does this by himself is absolutely no good!”:
He stays home alone and plays games
Most women do not seem to think much of men who play games all the time. It doesn’t matter how handsome he is, if a man spends all day gaming, he’ll refuse to go on dates and won’t have an interest in such cultural pursuits as going to watch a movie or listen to music, or even engage in conversation, so a relationship won’t last.
When considering the future, many will likely be concerned about the bad influence such interests may exert on children. It’ll probably be hard for him to date a highly feminine woman.
He goes to brothels by himself
Whether he goes alone or with his friends, most women will be put out by a man using a brothel. To say nothing of him hiding it from his girlfriend and going…
He chases after idols by himself
It can’t be helped that women want to be given a break from men who chase idols. However you look at it, a man who learns dance moves, dons a headband and starts cheering loudly at an idol concert has no appeal whatsoever to the opposite gender.
He’s a solitary trophy collector
The kind of guy who secretly makes off with personal items like jewellery from all the girls he dates, and builds a trophy collection.
He plays with dolls by himself
He makes or buys dolls with emphasised boobage, etc, then lines his room with – there’s no way you can be anything but creeped out by this. You really can’t help but label him a pervert.
He’s a solitary claimer [complainer]
He’s the kind of guy who spends his time filling comment forms and forum threads with insults about some product or maker he doesn’t like, and even phones the company and files complaints with them. Even if he tries to keep it secret, he’ll soon find himself with no friends left.
Online the list has met with an inexplicably chilly reaction from 2ch and company, and some doubt about whether any of the targeted activities would actually be any more acceptable if conducted in the company of lots of friends has been raised…
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"He chases after idols by himself" lol danny choo did this.. and what is he? an handsome one.
Everything in moderation.
Anyone gets creepy/undateable as soon as they become obsessed with something.
I'm glad someone else actually read the reasoning.
This isn't about hobbies but obsession. If I don't go on dates or even have conversations because I was just playing video games all the time, I wouldn't expect too many girls staying with me.
i wouldnt even expect you meeting many girls XD
If you chase enough of them you could just catch one. With chloroform anyway.
chloroform always gets the girls. :3
bitches love chloroform.
The headache afterwards sucks though...
Spoken from experience?
hey hey hey you cant forget the duct tape, rope, and a large white van with no windows
Ahhh yes the Rapemobile with all the essential tools.
"He stays at home and plays games"
Handheld console out of the question?
I read the list as, "Take that otakus!"
otaku-1: "the list is irrelevant, it's none of my business."
Kind of silly... "if a man spends all day gaming, he’ll refuse to go on dates" I'm sure there are some, but in reality any guy that doesn't go on the occasional date will get dropped... oh the lulz this article is.
What girl would be worth both your gaming hobby and your figure collection? They seem to put rather high values on themselves.
Having hobbies of our own, our own time alone, playing games for hours or collecting figures isn't really a big deal at all. The real problem is when someone is too obsessed about it. If you don't care about spending at least some time with someone, would that be called a relationship anyways? It's not about putting rather high values on anyone, but having some self respect. I'd rather have someone that at least cares about my existence.
True, but this list makes it sound as if anyone who spends their off time playing games is a basement dweller. (although looking at the source page, a Hiki gamer is a different story altogether, but the description doesn't make that distinction) I've always played games in my solo time, but spending time with other people always takes precedence over that, especially a significant other. Sometimes I do want some "me" time, but that's the same with anyone.
That said, someone who couldn't accept my main hobby/passtime is a no-go as a girlfriend/wife--the tension caused by that would blow up sooner or later, no matter how patient we both are about it.
Exactly. One is better off finding someone who they can compromise with or someone with similar interests. It just makes life far easier and less tense.
I'm a highly effeminate woman who has a few figures and is an avid gamer. It's more fun to game with your boyfriend and share interests, so I look for a gamer in my boyfriend :D
Ladies, you've just given me back my hope after reading the article.
Sometimes, I can't understand what's the big deal about this kind of topics. If someone's hobbies are too obsessed to the point that they affect his/her life and relationships (like buying too much figures while you don't really have much money for living, or playing games all the time to the point that you ignore your partner's, family and friends' existence), then of course we can't expect someone else to put up with this person. If someone's hobbies are healthy, then if his/her partner accepts them or not is just a matter of compatibility, and there's no need to stress over it (some find fishing a nice hobby, some finds it boring/turn off, some like geeky ones, some don't). And this go for any hobby of both sexes.
What if i'm obsessed with masturbation?
find a girl who will have sex whenever, wherever and as many times in the day you want.
That could fix you're problem.
Yeah right, and when you find this magical girl then shake here because there might drop gold coins out of her various orifices...
And those girls are usually the fugliest of them all.
aww u just mad that your anti-social, deviant, increased chance of committing suicide-tier hobbies will keep u frum scoring even Japanese pussy, regardless of your "foreign" status.
You were so confident, too....
Really, with games like this one, who needs girls???
http://www.japansugoi.com/wordpress/jra-japan-world-cup-the-wackiest-online-racing-game/
For "How never to attract guys" article simple:
1.) No oppai, no chance
2.) No beauty, no chance
3.) No cuteness, no chance
4.) Fat, no chance.
5.) Whiny bitch, no chance.
kapow òo
what if she's the contrary of all of the above except #5? The beauty, boobs, cuteness and slimness would make up for her horrible whiny+bithcy personality?
I think being a hikkikomori and a shut-in is not always exclusive towards gamer behavior or vice versa.
The issue is legitimate. If you're highly addicted to games and NEVER socialize, you will likely not get a partner (same goes for both genders, not just guys).
I think that's what people don't really quite understand.
It doesn't matter if people have their hobbies, games or not. If people are in a relationship that is genuine and fun, conversations will happen. If people don't after being branded proper as 'significant other', THEN something is seriously wrong with them socially.
According to the survey, it's if guys do these by themselves, so as long as they do them with a friend or gf, then its ok.
"He goes to brothels by himself"
Did she want to come too?
"He plays with dolls by himself"
They're not dolls! They're collectable art!
you poor thing xD
Japanese women really need to get their priorities straight.
If you gamers are on the same level as punters, you'll get what you deserve.
>If you gamers
If you think gamers
Silence you solitary claimer [complainer]
You have to be really stupid to care about what 3DPD thinks. I mean, there has to be a limit to stupidity, right?
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
Albert Einstein
A quote that is as applicable here as anywhere else.
You don't need to quote Albert Einstein in order to come to that conclusion.
Sadly, it seems the limit wasn't lower than your stupidity level. I had hopes. All shattered now...
Well... I have no friends since I graduated from high school and from my point of view, most points in this list are absolutely correct.
No girl would like to hang out with a boring gamer who goes to brothels by himself, complains about meaningless bullshit, collects figures and salivates over idols. In fact, I don't think anyone would, unless that other person was of the same kind.
The saddest part of it is that this list doesn't describe me at all.
If that girl look something like the one on the right.., why not (following these steps)?
You know, all the above activities are precisely BECAUSE the guy can't attract girls in the first place.
Whatever the case, why are (so many) girls so picky, shallow and unaccommodating?
Hell, I always believe that a good partner must accept everything about you, the good and the bad. You always hear stories in the collecting community that go like this:
"My girlfriend/wife asked me to throw out my Transformers/Anime/Figure collection."
Seriously, if she can't even put up with your collection/hobby/interest, that's a big red flag that your relationship won't last long.
Also:
"He makes or buys dolls with emphasised boobage..."
All my dolls are DFCs thank you very much.
Well... DFC dolls would mean you're a pedo to those 'unaccommodating' and 'picky' girls, that's even worse...
I'd wager the problem with 'emphasized boobage' is that most Japanese girls just can't rival with a piece of plastic, if you know what I mean, most of them are pretty flat (though perfectly fine by my standards) and it wouldn't surprise me if some people actually preferred to fondle hard PVC instead of soft A-cups.
"Whatever the case, why are (so many) girls so picky, shallow and unaccommodating?"
I could ask the same question about nerds.
What's wrong with a girl wanting her partner to have normal hobbies and actually take care of himself?
Also, your partner complaining about your collection isn't a red flag. It's a test to see if you're competent enough to convince her that it's not a threat to your relationship.
Isn't gaming a normal hobby?
This articles are generalizing the concept of an unhealthy hobby ("He stays home alone and plays games"), of course it's deliberately sensationalist; it's not like the vast majority of us play videogames/spend time with collectible figures all day long. Of course some are addicted, but they seem harder to find a girlfriend in first place.
It seems that when a girl becomes your GF she wants to change you right away and that's just wrong, because if she wants to be your GF it should be because who you are (hobbies included). If she wants to change you, that's the red flag right there.
"Whats wrong with a girl wanting her partner to have normal hobbies"
Lolwut? What do you mean normal? I guess I have to stop playing games and watch football all day while screaming GO JETS or something to be normal.
Retard.
No, no, no. I think pumping iron 23 hours a day, taking steroids and earning billions is in the realms of general societal acceptance.
Though seriously, it is nearly impossible to define what is 'normal'. So let's not bring that into the picture.
...man, I am sarcastic today.
Let's bring it into the picture because you CAN define what is normal. Hell you said it yourself that:
"when people and society dictate the 'norms' and 'expectations' and force nerds and girls alike to conform to societal norms and expectations."
Society defines what is normal. You can violate what is normal and get positive or negative feedback.
>> Society defines what is normal. You can violate what is normal and get positive or negative feedback.
lol, so you're gonna lay down and accept every darn thing society dictates? what if society tells you to jump off a bridge? will you?
c'mon...
"what if society tells you to jump off a bridge? will you?"
Really? Obviously I'm not going to jump. That's an extreme, vague, and unlikely situation. If you had thought constructively you could take any social movement or something from popular culture.
Normal is 'average' within society. Unfortunately anime fans and gamers are not normal.
Does the person who sits next to me in class play video games? Probably. For more than 3 hours a day? Probably not. Does your chances of scoring an attractive girlfriend decrease the more hours you play games? Absolutely.
> Does your chances of scoring an attractive girlfriend decrease the more hours you play games? Absolutely.
it's not like it really matters, since most ppl here are happy with their 2d waifus...
"What's wrong with a girl wanting her partner to have normal hobbies and actually take care of HER?"
There, fixed.
More to the point, love and relationship in general is all about boosting your ego by receiving special attention from your significant other.
Some people(usually girls/women) feel more need for that ego boost than others and thus have low tolerance for anything their significant other might do that isn't directly related to her.
There's nothing like test or whatever, it's pure attention craving *look at me, not at those figures*
Now while i do agree no one should get obsessed over his games/collection/whatever, it's similarly bad for someone to get obsessed over his significant other hobbies.
Oh, and yes, japanese womens do tend to have really high standards on top of being really careful about how society might perceive them, thus, dating someone doing something that is shuned upon by society is a no go.
Hell, if fishing was categorized as a brainless activity, it'd be in the top 10 hobbies you don't want your boyfriend to have.
Hey, you leave fishing out of this.
Bloody no fun brigade!
Uh what? What's abnormal about playing games or watching anime/collecting figures?
What are you even doing on this site?
I'm here because I grew up enjoying anime and I've been lurking Sankon for ages. Nothing wrong with gaming in moderation, but not the biggest fan of figures though.
To the anon above, fuck football. If you wanna spend your days gaming feel free. More opportunity for others. It's like toons, games and collecting filters the gene pool.
Of course, gender equality, the high cost of living and other unimportant factors like that don't do anything to affect the birth rate whatsoever.
Of course it does. I never mentioned the birthrate though.
I think the gene pool you came from should have been filtered. It seems it spawned all kinds of shit...
The answer to your question is that there is nothing wrong.
The problem comes in when people and society dictate the 'norms' and 'expectations' and force nerds and girls alike to conform to societal norms and expectations.
It depends. If the hobby is not being unhealthy (buying lots of figures while you barely have money for living), then it's just a matter of compatibility. But if it's becoming an obsession, then it's just unrealistic to expect someone else to accept it unconditionally.