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post 1639145193 05-21-2021, 09:13 PM
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"Improve ur social skills bro" Serious thread

Deleted earlier thread, gave out TMI, didn't want classmates to find out I'm a miscer in the off chance that they are too.

Before
-5'10
-Slightly babyfaced / juvenile
-Higher pitched more effeminate voice

After (~1.5 years)
-6'3
-7/10 Adult face
-Deeper voice that people have said sounds 20
-18 inch bideltoid (untrained and skinny)

Used to have awkward silences, getting ignored, jokes that people cringed at, etc.

After my first long conversation in a year I couldn't even believe how easy it was to socialize. My confidence grew with every sentence because of the positive feedback I got. It felt like people wanted to continue talking with me. When I told jokes that may have fallen short earlier they were well received and further bolstered my confidence. After like 45 minutes of talking with this one chick I was sure I could literally say anything and get a good response. I could not even believe myself as I had never been able to smoothly carry a conversation before, let alone with a girl.

I said something about not getting laid yet in a joking fashion and she said she would take my virginity if I asked. The delivery was sort of deadpan so I didn't know how to judge it (you would have to be there). Didn't really matter, shes not my type (there is a limit to LTC even with good face).

I could literally bring up specific examples of me being an ******* and get a genuine positive reaction. I don't think the nice guys<bad boys thing is real, its just that attractive dudes can get easily away with being an ******* or at least brutally honest, so they do it.

I feel like looksmaxxing in some manner is a rich get richer thing where your social skills improve because other people are so receptive and want your respect/cawk. You realize you can say anything and get positive feedback-->your social anxiety immediately fades-->you become more genuine and spontaneous.

I didn't just post this to humblebrag and move on. Post your experience with developing social skills and looksmaxxing. I am acutely interested in this as I could not even believe how much better my convos got by looksmaxxing alone.

INB4 nice larp/story
INB4 dn read
post 1639145263 05-21-2021, 09:15 PM
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I honestly believe that you either have it or you don’t. People skills can’t be taught.
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Nice fantasy story you incel. "She was the best, man"
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Originally Posted By LethalGunz34
I honestly believe that you either have it or you don’t. People skills can’t be taught.
I feel as if it was within me. I always thought I was going to be a quiet introvert, but either the change in how people receive me or the long isolation has revealed a very loud and extroverted part of me that I used to have in 4th-5th grade (class clown, no inhibition, etc.)
I can definitely see people that are beyond help and will always be weeded out as a social outcast (and it is quite sad).
post 1639145503 05-21-2021, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted By sf813


Stfu you incel. "She was the best, man"
Payback I suppose. But what are your thoughts on this whole thing?
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Shame you're likely frauding/trolling.
I'd be interested in reading a legit thread on the subject.
post 1639145783 05-21-2021, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted By PermaNoob
Shame you're likely frauding/trolling.
I'd be interested in reading a legit thread on the subject.
I am not frauding or trolling. I was literally so anxious that I gave out TMI in my last post. I was just being paranoid.

Conversing after looksmax was a surreal feeling. I had never actually known what spontaneity was like; i would just freeze up and be silent.
post 1639146003 05-21-2021, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted By NW350hairline
be in the moment and do not over analyze
Thats what I always used to try to do but then I would inevitably overthink. I was like that in the beginning of my first real convo with a chick after the pandemic/looksmax, but I literally shifted mid conversation after seeing the reception. Then I talked to a group later and it was insane. People used to be purposefully uncharitable to my words and it felt stacked against me, but this was like a positive feedback loop.
post 1639146533 05-21-2021, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted By LethalGunz34
I honestly believe that you either have it or you don’t. People skills can’t be taught.
I think you can certainly learn to get better at talking to people/being conversational. At least being average in that category. The people who are naturally charismatic/life of the party types are a different breed and it's really hard to replicate that. Good thing is you just have to be average if you check the other boxes. I used to be complete shut-in/introvert, but I'm now good enough where I can hang out with non-loser friends and even fool them sometimes into thinking I'm an extrovert. That said, I'll never be the center of attention in the room, and I'm fine with that.
post 1639146863 05-21-2021, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted By verymuchalpha
get a sales job and start cold approaching girls
I feel as if looks play the largest role in sexually/relationship motivated cold approach. For example, if a chick approached you randomly you would know in a second whether you would take things further. It could be that someone who is social enough to change your mind is very rare and therefore hard to believe.
post 1639147283 05-21-2021, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted By verymuchalpha
with this attitude, you already lost, so I'm not sure what you want from this thread. In life you can either complain and cry like a bitch, or you can maximize what you can control and take action.

That said, just lol if you think social skills and charisma cannot be learned.
Brah I'm literally saying that these are the things that elevated me indirectly because I was treated so much differently. Before I wasn't even given a shot in interactions with peers. Now they tend to want my respect. I just wanted to hear other peoples experiences. Not everyone has this sort of above average looksmax but they still manage so I'm wondering what they did.
post 1639147713 05-21-2021, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted By verymuchalpha
how old are you?
17 currently. I am no social god, but infinitely better than when I was an awkward looksmin dude
post 1639147903 05-21-2021, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted By TugOfPeace
people respond more favorably to people that are better looking.

in other news, water is wet.
The news to me was that I gained this spontaneity and fluidity after only a few minutes of this response. Perhaps it was always with me, or perhaps it was created by the environment.
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Originally Posted By sf813


Nice fantasy story you incel. "She was the best, man"
No AVI, Did not read SRS.
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post 1639148253 05-21-2021, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted By Realclout
No AVI, Did not read SRS.
Brah, he is still salty because I called bull**** on his "100+ laycount" using that jpg. This thread is probably not for u because you could not even get good reception on a gay indian bodybuilding forum, let alone the contexts being discussed.
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Originally Posted By interfearance
Brah, he is still salty because I called bull**** on his "100+ laycount" using that jpg. This thread is probably not for u because you could not even get good reception on a gay indian bodybuilding forum, let alone the contexts being discussed.
Originally Posted By sf813


Nice fantasy story you incel. "She was the best, man"
No AVI, Did not read SRS.
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post 1639148523 05-21-2021, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted By Realclout
No AVI, Did not read SRS.
Give me back my overcoat. It complements my frame and hugs the waist. For you it just emphasizes your manlet status.
post 1639148653 05-21-2021, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted By interfearance
Give me back my overcoat. It complements my frame and hugs the waist. For you it just emphasizes your manlet status.
Originally Posted By sf813


Nice fantasy story you incel. "She was the best, man"
No AVI, Did not read SRS.
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post 1639149103 05-21-2021, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted By Realclout
No AVI, Did not read SRS.
-Height fraud
-Status fraud
-Physique fraud
-Fashion fraud
-Bottom 1% intelligence
-Bottom 1% smv
-Bottom .01% social skills

I would rather have no avi then live your tragic and tortured existence.

I am glad you didn't read because the only thing you had to add to the discussion was evidence that looksmin brahs are socially autistic.
post 1639149223 05-21-2021, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted By interfearance
-Height fraud
-Status fraud
-Physique fraud
-Fashion fraud
-Bottom 1% intelligence
-Bottom 1% smv
-Bottom .01% social skills

I would rather have no avi then live your tragic and tortured existence.

I am glad you didn't read because the only thing you had to add to the discussion was evidence that looksmin brahs are socially autistic.
Originally Posted By sf813


Nice fantasy story you incel. "She was the best, man"
No AVI, Did not read SRS.
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post 1639149773 05-21-2021, 10:36 PM
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social skills barely matter with women. it almost becomes laughable when you experience it first hand
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Originally Posted By Realclout
No AVI, Did not read SRS.
You will never be a real man. You have no style, you have no awareness, you had no parents. You are a homosexual man twisted by drugs and small paychecks into a crude mockery of nature’s perfection. All the “validation” you get is two-faced and half-hearted. Behind your back people mock you. Your parents would be disgusted and ashamed of you, your “friends” laugh at your ghoulish appearance behind closed doors. Women are utterly repulsed by you. Thousands of years of evolution have allowed women to sniff out frauds with incredible efficiency. Even social autists who “pass” feel uncanny and unnatural to a woman . Your subhuman bone structure is a dead giveaway. And even if you manage to get a drunk chick home with you, she’ll turn tail and bolt the second she gets a look at your deformed, minuscule cock. You will never be happy . You wrench out a fake smile every single morning and tell yourself it’s going to be ok, but deep inside you feel the depression creeping up like a weed , ready to crush you under the unbearable weight. Eventually it’ll be too much to bear- you’ll buy a rope, tie a noose, put it around your neck , and plunge into the cold abyss . Your relatives will find you, heartbroken but relieved that they no longer have to live with the unbearable shame and disappointment. They’ll bury you with a headstone marked with your birth name, and every passerby for the rest of eternity will know a subhuman is buried there. Your body will decay and go back to the dust, and all that will remain of your legacy is a skeleton that is unmistakably recessed. This is your fate. This is what you chose. There is no turning back.
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Originally Posted By interfearance
You will never be a real man. You have no style, you have no awareness, you had no parents. You are a homosexual man twisted by drugs and small paychecks into a crude mockery of nature’s perfection. All the “validation” you get is two-faced and half-hearted. Behind your back people mock you. Your parents would be disgusted and ashamed of you, your “friends” laugh at your ghoulish appearance behind closed doors. Women are utterly repulsed by you. Thousands of years of evolution have allowed women to sniff out frauds with incredible efficiency. Even social autists who “pass” feel uncanny and unnatural to a woman . Your subhuman bone structure is a dead giveaway. And even if you manage to get a drunk chick home with you, she’ll turn tail and bolt the second she gets a look at your deformed, minuscule cock. You will never be happy . You wrench out a fake smile every single morning and tell yourself it’s going to be ok, but deep inside you feel the depression creeping up like a weed , ready to crush you under the unbearable weight. Eventually it’ll be too much to bear- you’ll buy a rope, tie a noose, put it around your neck , and plunge into the cold abyss . Your relatives will find you, heartbroken but relieved that they no longer have to live with the unbearable shame and disappointment. They’ll bury you with a headstone marked with your birth name, and every passerby for the rest of eternity will know a subhuman is buried there. Your body will decay and go back to the dust, and all that will remain of your legacy is a skeleton that is unmistakably recessed. This is your fate. This is what you chose. There is no turning back.
Originally Posted By sf813


Nice fantasy story you incel. "She was the best, man"
No AVI, Did not read SRS.
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Originally Posted By LethalGunz34
I honestly believe that you either have it or you don’t. People skills can’t be taught.
100% disagree
I was the geeky type in high school, skinny with a bad posture and couldn't look people in the eyes. I had no idea what to talk about and was the "good listener" type. I used to bang one chubby chicks every two years on average.

Sometime along the way I got into self improvement and worked in sales to get out of my comfort zone.

A few years later I was 50 lbs heavier, stood straight, could become friends with anyone, didn't gaf about approaching people in social settings and reached a tripple digits slay count.

Anything can be learned.
Originally Posted By verymuchalpha
get a sales job and start cold approaching girls
Absolutely. You quickly stop caring about what people think of you when you start seeing it as a numbers game. Worst case scenario they'll turn you down and promptly forget about you. You're the on'y one who cares.
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Originally Posted By wolfofmarkcity
A few years later I was 50 lbs heavier, stood straight, could become friends with anyone, didn't gaf about approaching people in social settings and reached a tripple digits slay count.
I believe ur story and am happy thats how it turned out. However, wouldn't you say that a large portion of the socialmaxxing was only possible due to ur looksmax.
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You still have time to delete this srs
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Likability and success (or what ever the fuk that happens to mean to you) is closely tied to self-respect

> Principles
> Personality

...in that order

Stick to your guns. Dont take the heaps of bullchit this world will throw at you literally day in and day out, THEN you worry about sOcIaL sKiLlS

People are drawn to your standards, not your slick jokes. If after they deem you actually have a backbone and will walk from ANY person or situation because youre balls deep in self respect, then and ONLY then do people start to respect and give a fuk about you. But if they dont respect you then they cant be drawn to you or like you.

It's like trying to bang a chick with her jeans still on. Got to put in the work to get them off (getting respect) in the first place, then you can get it (getting liked).

And with this simp a$$ culture getting worse by the day, bunch of dudes seem to forget all that.
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