Hey check out this idea. VH1 Pickup Artist

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I'm sure at least some of you have seen VH1's "Pick Up Artist." For those of you who have not seen the show, a group of men are taught how to become pick up artists. Now here comes the idea. What if we all e-mail, call, mail, or otherwise contact VH1 and suggest that in the next season of Pick Up Artist they try out the ultimate challange. Turn a group of aspies into pick up artists...

In my opinion it would help spread the knowledge of what we deal with on a daily basis and it could have the potential to teach aspies everywhere how to properly interact in social situations. If they want a challange that will draw alot of attention from around the country and even the world, I've got it right here.

I guess you know you've got this posted in two locations?
I posted in the other one... oops, now I've posted here!

well I guess I'm not sure which area it belongs in, one of them should get deleted then

The VH1 Pickup Artist is a very bad role model for any males, AS or NT. His whole technique is based around insulting women who are insecure. That's a terrible way to treat someone that you find attractive and interesting. If I were out somewhere and noticed a guy acting like him, I would get far away from him and warn any female friends I was with to do the same.

I do like your idea of a dating-related show involving Aspies, though, since so many people on this forum say they have trouble in that area. Maybe some kind of Bachelor or Bachelorette setup instead, where there is one woman or man choosing from a field of 20 or so members of the opposite sex, with the twist being that most or all of the people in the field have AS. The AS individuals could receive some kind of coaching on improving social skills.

I think you are quite discerning to spot that type of behaviour, Coop. When I heard the 'winner' state that now that he can pick up women for meaningless sex his life now has a purpose!

I didn't see anyone actually ATTRACTED to each other, and the only true feelings and emotions happened were maybe the guys in the contest when they bonded. Everyone else were 'targets' and 'wingmen' to help get the 'targets'.

I can say I am 100% sure I would run far, far away from anyone using the "Pick Up Artist's" methods. When I was single I avoided men like that. I watch that show for a good laugh.