Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre - Do Pickup Lines Ever Work?

Do Pickup Lines Ever Work?

01/24/22 • 56 min

Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre

We’re all looking for a little love and human connection, right? So why is it so dang hard for us to talk to someone we’re interested in? Studies show 3 out of 4 of us are terrible flirts and are really bad at identifying when someone likes us.

So what’s a lonely heart to do?

This episode, we’re talking about the art of the pick up. We dig into human behavior to uncover the subtle signs used to show interest, and more importantly when you should trust them. We see what research says about which lines work on what personality types. We explore the multi-million dollar industry claiming to teach men to get the women of their dreams and ask if any of this is ethical at all?
All to get to the bottom of a rude question from our friends at the How I Didn’t Meet Your Mother podcast.

That’s what you’re in for today, on Impolite Society.
Check out the How I Didn't Meet Your Mother Podcast

Email us your impolite questions at [email protected] and visit our website for info about the show and your hosts Laura and Rachel.
Sources:
50 years of pickup artists: why is the toxic skill still so in demand? | Men | The Guardian

(PDF) Strangers meet: Laughter and nonverbal signs of interest in opposite-sex encounters (researchgate.net)

(PDF) Accurately Detecting Flirting: Error Management Theory, the Traditional Sexual Script, and Flirting Base Rate (researchgate.net)

What Is Flirting? A Psychological Explanation (thoughtco.com)

The Art, and Crucial Importance, of Flirting | Psychology Today

The Science of Pick-Up Lines | Psychology Today

The Cognitive Psychology of Pick-up Lines | Psychology Today

Do Pick-Up Artist Techniques Really Work? | Psychology Today

Pickup Artists Are Still A Thing. And They Want You To Know They’ve Evolved. (buzzfeednews.com)

Got your own thoughts? Text them to Impolite Society!

Text Rachel and Laura or email us at [email protected]. Visit our website for info about the show and your hosts.

So what’s a lonely heart to do?

That’s what you’re in for today, on Impolite Society.
Check out the How I Didn't Meet Your Mother Podcast

(PDF) Strangers meet: Laughter and nonverbal signs of interest in opposite-sex encounters (researchgate.net)

(PDF) Accurately Detecting Flirting: Error Management Theory, the Traditional Sexual Script, and Flirting Base Rate (researchgate.net)

What Is Flirting? A Psychological Explanation (thoughtco.com)

The Art, and Crucial Importance, of Flirting | Psychology Today

The Science of Pick-Up Lines | Psychology Today

The Cognitive Psychology of Pick-up Lines | Psychology Today

Do Pick-Up Artist Techniques Really Work? | Psychology Today

Pickup Artists Are Still A Thing. And They Want You To Know They’ve Evolved. (buzzfeednews.com)

Got your own thoughts? Text them to Impolite Society!

Text Rachel and Laura or email us at [email protected]. Visit our website for info about the show and your hosts.

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Email us your impolite questions at [email protected] and visit our website for info about the show and your hosts Laura and Rachel.

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Email us your impolite questions at [email protected] and visit our website for info about the show and your hosts Laura and Rachel.
Sources:
Male Bats Caught Performing Oral Sex on Females
Gorillas shock onlookers with oral sex show at Bronx Zoo in hilarious video

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The Evolution Of Oral Sex: Does 'Going Down' On Your Partner Have Biological Roots?
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Cunnilingus in the Middle Ages and the Problem of Understanding Past Sex Lives
A history of oral sex, from fellatio's ancient roots to the modern blow job
Going Down is Coming Up: Oral Sex and its Confusions
A Study of Sex, Gender, and Power: Cunnilingus and Fellacio in Casual Sex Ads
Dominant or Submissive? Paradox of Power in Sexual Relations
What It Really Means If a Man Won't Go Down on You
Men Explain, in Great Detail, Why They Don't Eat Pussy
I’m a Straight Man and I Hate Giving Oral Sex