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Nick S Bensema

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Apr 5, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/5/99
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A friend of mine pointed me to www.seduction.com on a lark, a giant
website related to speed seduction which involves some kind of
neurolinguistic programming that, in theory, will make women decide
all of a sudden that they want to go down on you.

And I thought to myself, damn this is a long page, and when I got
halfway through all I got was the inventor's life story and the
start of the testimonials section. And I realized, you don't get
a domain name like "www.seduction.com" by being benevolent. You
get it by making money hand over fist.

And I thought, maybe he has a book for $19.95 that wouldn't be too
much trouble to get, and maybe it's been in the newspapers or
something. Wrong. The prices I got were something like $225 for
a whole package deal, something like what Don LaPre tries to sell
you on an infomercial, with a book, a tape, and all-this-is-included
sort of stuff, and due to a surplus he claims that "the first 136
to order get X% off"... yadda yadda.

Wow, not only might his theory be bogus by now, but his entire
operation! MAKE.PUSSY.FAST!

Then I remembered something I read in my sophomore English class
when I had to write about the psychology of... you guessed it,
video games. And I came across a few pages about cognitive
dissonance, I believe in a book by Geoffrey A. Loftus called
"Mind of Play: The Psychology of Video Games". It states how
much more captivating games are when they cost a quarter to
play them. Because you paid your quarter and you feel obligated
to have a quarter's worth of a good time, and if you didn't,
you often convince yourself that you did rather than admit you've
wasted a quarter.

Multiply that effect by900, but instead of applying it to enjoying
the control of a yellow circle that eats dots and monsters, apply it
to confidence in one's ability to land a woman, because landing that
woman is easier than becoming disappointed with your investment.

So what you are purchasing are pamphlets and tapes and flash cards
and transcripts and clip-on bow ties that teach you methods that may
or may not be effective, and which may or may not be worth slightly
more than all that heart-to-heart advice Jaffo gave me a few years
ago back when he had all the pussy he could eat. The most valuable
part of the package is the $225 worth of placebo effect.

Unfortunately, I know myself to be the skeptical type that probably
would not experience the full benefits of the placebo effect. Thus
my confidence will have to be genuine.

I graduate in June, and by that time I will very likely have landed
a nice job in a nice company, earning enough to get myself a great
apartment, possibly in a better city. After my initial first-job
jitters, I'll be feeling so good, how can a fulfilling life not
follow?

And, finally... has this Ross guy ever been in an infomercial?

And is he really Don LaPre?

That's why I like Ron Popeil. He doesn't sell you inflated books
and seminars about stuff you either already know but have been
afraid to apply, or about motivation or other abstract concepts
that nobody knows what they really really mean. He sells products
that make FOOD, and while that food dehydrator looks like a dumb
idea, I like that rotisserie I saw a few months ago.

And Stephen R. Covey isn't that bad because he sells a book for
$15, not some silly package and website access and tote bag with
flash cards and stuffed animals with neurolinguistic patterns
in their eyeballs. And he probably made more money honestly off
his $15 seven-habits book than that MAKE.PUSSY.FAST guy. Though
that may be because his book helps solve problems that rich people
have, and rich people are seldom in need of pussy pyramid schemes.

And I really object to how often I used the word "pussy" in this
post, but that last time it was just for alliteration.

Oh no! My pot roast is on fire! Gotta go!

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Joseph Michael Bay

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ni...@primenet.com (Nick S Bensema) writes:

>Then I remembered something I read in my sophomore English class
>when I had to write about the psychology of... you guessed it,
>video games. And I came across a few pages about cognitive
>dissonance, I believe in a book by Geoffrey A. Loftus called
>"Mind of Play: The Psychology of Video Games".

So THAT'S why those pages are stuck together. Ewww, Nick!

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Shlurp. Shlurp. *BOING*. Shlurp. Shlurp. *BOING*. Shlurp. Shlurp. *BOING*.

Cronan

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Nick S Bensema wrote in message <7ebqef$a0o$1...@nnrp03.primenet.com>...
>In article <7ebi90$4...@epic2.Stanford.EDU>,

>Joseph Michael Bay <jm...@leland.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>>ni...@primenet.com (Nick S Bensema) writes:
>>
>>>Then I remembered something I read in my sophomore English class
>>>when I had to write about the psychology of... you guessed it,
>>>video games. And I came across a few pages about cognitive
>>>dissonance, I believe in a book by Geoffrey A. Loftus called
>>>"Mind of Play: The Psychology of Video Games".
>>
>>So THAT'S why those pages are stuck together. Ewww, Nick!
>
>It's not my fault they included n00d g1fs of Ms. Pac-Man!

I'd thank you to remember that Ms. Pac-Man is my bitch; Old Pac
traded her to me for a carton of Marlboros and some Kraft brand
power pellets.

Cronan

Nick S Bensema

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Apr 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/6/99
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In article <7ebi90$4...@epic2.Stanford.EDU>,
Joseph Michael Bay <jm...@leland.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>ni...@primenet.com (Nick S Bensema) writes:
>
>>Then I remembered something I read in my sophomore English class
>>when I had to write about the psychology of... you guessed it,
>>video games. And I came across a few pages about cognitive
>>dissonance, I believe in a book by Geoffrey A. Loftus called
>>"Mind of Play: The Psychology of Video Games".
>
>So THAT'S why those pages are stuck together. Ewww, Nick!

It's not my fault they included n00d g1fs of Ms. Pac-Man!

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maria

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Nick S Bensema wrote:

> A friend of mine pointed me to www.seduction.com on a lark, a giant
> website related to speed seduction which involves some kind of
> neurolinguistic programming that,

So you know Nick, tonight, that Steven Pinker guy was a guest speaker at this
University which is about an hour away from where I live.

He talked alot about that there seduction stuff and how irrational/rational it
may or may not be based on his theories about other stuff.

And you know, I could barely listen to him. Because I was so busy today that I
forgot to have a meal. Nada. No food. And all I could think of was the
stupid free cheese that they were bound to have at the reception after his
lecture.

All this smart stuff in front of me, and all I could think about was whether on
not they might spring for brie. (They didn't. Just that cheap jalapeno jack
stuff).

So, finally, I made it through the hour of him talking about seduction (I think,
I was really hungry, it could have been carepentry for all I know) and that was
followed by all these brilliant questions from all these brilliant apparently
well fed college folks.

So, on my way out, SP politely held the door for me, and instead of saying HI
how are you Mr. Brilliant Guy, smile smile smile, I muttered to myself - I hope
they have real rye bread instead of cocktail crackers - and then I almost missed
the stairs. Boy am I glad I didn't fall down. They didn't have rye bread.
Just one kind of cheap cracker.

And then, after stuffing my face with jalapeno jack cheese, 2 kinds of dip, and
some of those awful chocolate things, I tried to come up with a good intelligent
question for SP....

And all I could come up with was "So is it true that, vis a vis Benigni....."

And then I said, oh hell, I can't ask him anything that retarded....Especially
after spending the last 20 minutes voraciously stuffing myself with little tiny
finger food faux pies with faux meat aroma.

It didn't matter. He had a mob of fawning smart people who were asking him far
more intelligent questions than any Kato Kaelin related inquiries I could make.

Having partaken of some really crummy cocktail food, my potential meeting with
greatness ended, and I went home


>
>
> Multiply that effect by900, but instead of applying it to enjoying
> the control of a yellow circle that eats dots and monsters, apply it
> to confidence in one's ability to land a woman, because landing that
> woman is easier than becoming disappointed with your investment.

This is the most complicated math I have ever encountered. Phone sex x
PacMan = $0.25?
I don't get it.


David DeLaney

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Apr 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/6/99
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Nick asked:

>And, finally... has this Ross guy ever been in an infomercial?

No ... but he -has- been close to Live On Usenet!

>And is he really Don LaPre?

He's really Lewis DePayne Therin. As far as we could tell at the time.
[Lewis denied being him, of course.]

>And I really object to how often I used the word "pussy" in this
>post, but that last time it was just for alliteration.

That's okay - it's not like it's discrimination against the pussy-impaired,
or anything.

>Oh no! My pot roast is on fire! Gotta go!

Dave "...but he wouldn't have _typed_ AAAAARGGG!!!, he'd just have _said_ it!"
DeLaney
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It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
http://panacea.phys.utk.edu/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ/ I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

Dag ]gren FYSI

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Nick S Bensema (ni...@primenet.com) wrote:
> I graduate in June, and by that time I will very likely have landed
> a nice job in a nice company, earning enough to get myself a great
> apartment, possibly in a better city. After my initial first-job
> jitters, I'll be feeling so good, how can a fulfilling life not
> follow?

Scary, Nick.

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Please don't go to http://www.abo.fi/~dagren/
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Nick S Bensema

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In article <7edav3$c...@josie.abo.fi>, Dag ]gren FYSI <dag...@abo.fi> wrote:
>Nick S Bensema (ni...@primenet.com) wrote:
>> I graduate in June, and by that time I will very likely have landed
>> a nice job in a nice company, earning enough to get myself a great
>> apartment, possibly in a better city. After my initial first-job
>> jitters, I'll be feeling so good, how can a fulfilling life not
>> follow?
>
>Scary, Nick.

You're just jealous because in America, there are places to go after
9 p.m. =D =D =D

Alex Suter

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Thus spake ni...@primenet.com (Nick S Bensema):

>Dag ]gren FYSI <dag...@abo.fi> wrote:
>>Nick S Bensema (ni...@primenet.com) wrote:
>>> I graduate in June, and by that time I will very likely have landed
>>> a nice job in a nice company, earning enough to get myself a great
>>> apartment, possibly in a better city. After my initial first-job
>>> jitters, I'll be feeling so good, how can a fulfilling life not
>>> follow?
>>
>>Scary, Nick.
>
>You're just jealous because in America, there are places to go after
>9 p.m. =D =D =D

Yep! Right to bed for you. And no video games until you
finish your COBOL.


--
Alex Suter
http://world.std.com/~asuter/
"I carried a watermelon."

lemn...@my-dejanews.com

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>
> Nick S Bensema wrote:
>
> >
> > Multiply that effect by900, but instead of applying it to enjoying
> > the control of a yellow circle that eats dots and monsters, apply it
> > to confidence in one's ability to land a woman, because landing that
> > woman is easier than becoming disappointed with your investment.

maria responded:


>
> This is the most complicated math I have ever encountered. Phone sex x
> PacMan = $0.25?

Garth Brooks no nonsenz
Here's a quarter....call someone who cares

you BOTH got no cents.

SK8 "Phone Us you'll GET the Bone-Us" LemniSKI

My buddy's gonna get me a Guiness board
I got the matching lipstick all picked out
can't wait to do those 360s
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Joseph Michael Bay

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asu...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Alex Suter) writes:

>>You're just jealous because in America, there are places to go after
>>9 p.m. =D =D =D

>Yep! Right to bed for you. And no video games until you
>finish your COBOL.


Mamby pamby wuss girl. I didn't get into the lab until a quarter to
nine tonight. And then we went to bars until two, and now I'm doing
fukken cnacncer biology, muthatfufka. I gonna clona gene! yayh!

I got missus fields and resse sticks to keep me up wile I clonand
se quence this fukken gene! then it's a sell paper for me,
or memby natuer!!!!

Alex Suter

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Thus spake jm...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Joseph Michael Bay):

>asu...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Alex Suter) writes:
>>>You're just jealous because in America, there are places to go after
>>>9 p.m. =D =D =D
>
>>Yep! Right to bed for you. And no video games until you
>>finish your COBOL.
>
>Mamby pamby wuss girl. I didn't get into the lab until a quarter to
>nine tonight. And then we went to bars until two, and now I'm doing
>fukken cnacncer biology, muthatfufka. I gonna clona gene! yayh!
>
> I got missus fields and resse sticks to keep me up wile I clonand
>se quence this fukken gene! then it's a sell paper for me,
>or memby natuer!!!!

JOE! TOO MUCH CRACK! AND YOUR FUKKEN RABBITS HAVE NO NOSE! AND
WHERE DID ALL MY SPOONS GO? AND ARE YOU A VAMPIRE?

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man stupid and blind in
the eyes.

Tim Serpas

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David DeLaney <d...@gatekeeper.vic.com> wrote:
>>And is he really Don LaPre?
>
>He's really Lewis DePayne Therin. As far as we could tell at the time.
>[Lewis denied being him, of course.]

And he kept saying "don't call me 'Dragon!'"
What's up with that?

Wretch


Riboflavin

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Apr 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/8/99
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Michael Duff wrote in message <371bdf20...@news.earthlink.net>...

[angstoramic post snipped]
>Couples have to help each other all the time, that's a normal. But some
>people are like boat anchors.

Actually, all people are like boat anchors; when you wrap them in a chain
and throw them over the side of the boat, they sink right to the bottom of
the lake. Trust me, it's the easiest way to get rid of the bodies.
--
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"At least one could get something through Trotsky's skull."
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Chris Franks

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Nick S Bensema wrote:

>
> In article <7edav3$c...@josie.abo.fi>, Dag ]gren FYSI <dag...@abo.fi> wrote:
> >Nick S Bensema (ni...@primenet.com) wrote:
> >> I graduate in June, and by that time I will very likely have landed
> >> a nice job in a nice company, earning enough to get myself a great
> >> apartment, possibly in a better city. After my initial first-job
> >> jitters, I'll be feeling so good, how can a fulfilling life not
> >> follow?
> >
> >Scary, Nick.
>
> You're just jealous because in America, there are places to go after
> 9 p.m. =D =D =D

Nick, my friend Barry graduated from Phoenix DeVry in 1982 and came to
work for Hewlett Packard. He has spent 3 years in Europe as our
factory product manager, 3 years in Hong Kong as factory product
manager, has invented several new counters and is now Marketing Manager
for our Division. He lives on the Pacific sea shore and commutes
daily "over the hill" to Silicon Valley. He has a wife and 2 kids
and really enjoys life and is a neat person to work with. I hope you
have similar success.


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Riboflavin wrote...

>Michael Duff wrote in message <371bdf20...@news.earthlink.net>...
>
>[angstoramic post snipped]
>>Couples have to help each other all the time, that's a normal. But some
>>people are like boat anchors.
>
>Actually, all people are like boat anchors; when you wrap them in a chain
>and throw them over the side of the boat, they sink right to the bottom of
>the lake. Trust me, it's the easiest way to get rid of the bodies.

Except witches, Ribo. They float.

Chris McG.
Harming humanity since 1951
Cry havoc and sic Harlan on 'em!

Carlos Froggy May

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: I need *new* glasses because an important part of mine broke two weeks
: ago. But I haven't gotten new ones because I'm saving up to go to the
: Linux expo and to get a real, working C++ compiler for Win32.
^^^^^
Ah, the "New Dell" system.

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