pick-up chicks and broken glass

Today I learned how to pick up models and strippers by reading excerpts from The Game. Since I'm not exactly in the market for a model or a stripper, I don't know what possible use I could have for this information, but here you go:

1. You have to have a good opening line that does not involve hitting on your target, and there are places on the internet where you can locate these things.
2. You need to deliver a 'neg' - a backhanded compliment - to knock down your target's self esteem.
3. Self-esteem knocking may also be achieved by ignoring your target if she's in a group, and in bars, pretty girls only come in groups.
4. Self-esteem challenged women apparently are more likely to kiss funny-looking guys with low-level social skills who have a memorized shtick, or at least hand over their phone numbers.

So, um, who knew? Also, this information did not particularly help the author when he met a woman he actually liked.

In other news, I learned that there is something in the air outside that when I breathe it feels like there's broken glass in my lungs, so it might not just be the baking soda bugging me. In fact, it could be that I dried a bunch of loads of laundry including my sheets yesterday with regular outside air instead of filtered air. I don't really care as long as I'm not awake at 3 am again.