Comments on: Blog of the Week — 07/20/09: Elysium Revisited

By: Josh Xiong | Conor, Can You Spare Me the Sanctimony? In Defense of Pick-up Artists and “Game”

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:32:01 +0000

[...] a deep disdain for the “pick-up” community. It has manifested itself in at least four posts. And it just so happens that I very much like “pick-up artists”. Some of what they [...]

By: puanyc

puanyc — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:07:42 +0000

The beauty scale of an HB is just an internet meme of sorts. It’s easier to say “she was a 9″ as opposed to, “she was a mix between Salma Hayek and Jessica Alba”. Sure, the latter description is more visual. But when writing out a FR (field report) for ‘net readers the womans look is secondary to the skillset of the PUA.

By: Conor Friedersdorf - Metablog - Some I Insult, Some I Let Go - True/Slant

Conor Friedersdorf - Metablog - Some I Insult, Some I Let Go - True/Slant — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:38:10 +0000

[...] uses deception to get sex. The cerebral “player,” exemplified by the author of the blog Elysium Revisited, doesn’t grasp that anything is the matter with his [...]

By: Conor Friedersdorf - Metablog - “When I Drink…” - True/Slant

Conor Friedersdorf - Metablog - “When I Drink…” - True/Slant — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:43:32 +0000

[...] commenter at Elysium Revisited insists that contra the advice of bachelor guides, it is perfectly okay to drink in a bar while [...]