birds??????

I usually talk a little - ask her what's she doing at the moment

There's nothing intrinsic to people who are doctors or from LSE/Harvard/MIT/Oxbridge though. People do... slide as it were.

Almost everyone is intelligent in some way. Taking a purist approach as an economist, with comparative advantage even. Your own superficial tendancies are showing

Makes (more) sense. Going. 'Hi, I go to LSE' as the first thing you say would likely be blanked.

Meh, I think that name-dropping of a prestigious university would only appeal to the shallowest of girls. I love intelligent girls as well, however I've met some complete idiots from Oxford that didn't appeal to me, whilst I've also met girls from 'lesser' universities such as Kent or City that have been wonderfully smart and interesting. However, one can only find out what these girls and people in general are like by actually conversing properly with them - loud bar or not.

The girls that you've dated just like the LSE thing? My, that'd upset me if someone I was dating was going out with me simply because of the institution I attend as opposed to the character of my soul.

That's a good point - I wasn't thinking about it like that.

And yeah, if anyone ever came up to me and said, 'Hi, I go to Yale', then I'd more than likely be tempted to walk off.

Well President,
I think you're trying to quantify something that is inherently not academic - this is more an art than science my friend - and you can rationalize the situation - but we're dealing with irrational actors.

And yes, LSE does come up - I do go to school - it's what I do full time now - I'm not sure how I would need/want to avoid it - I'm proud of it and it's a big part of my life now - if girls like it - all the better.

I'm sure there are brilliant people everywhere, but all I'm telling you is that girls like the LSE thing, and I'm reasonably smart - so it works. I'm just telling some new LSE folk that it does work.

An analogy - my friend has an english accent - he's a complete douche - but when he comes to visit me back home in N.A, he gets mad women - why? because girls are super attracted to his accent - many girls are attracted to my NA accent as well - so it might seem shallow, but it's an attractive quality - it's innate dude, I'm not sure if you want the slag in the corner who fills your soul - I just like tall, pretty smart girls.

Quite. Don't let yourself become someone that clings onto the heels of something else that starts to define you. Define yourself and all that jazz...




No, some things are empirically pretty clear. eg. walking up to someone and smacking them with a glass bottle is not likely to win their favour. I don't think bragging has ever managed to develop or start any of the relationships or friendships I have or have had.

That people would only be interested in me because of what I do, where I go rather than who I am would be something I'm intelligent enough to pick up (usually, alcohol can make things tricky).

I didn't say that girls date me because of the LSE thing - it just another attractive quality, like a pretty face or long legs on a girl. I personally like taller girls because I am tall - does that mean that all tall women are girls I am going to dig? No, not a all - but it's something I def. notice and use in my assessment of a girl - that's all dude.

I'm sure there are brilliant people everywhere, but all I'm telling you is that girls like the LSE thing, and I'm reasonably smart - so it works. I'm just telling some new LSE folk that it does work.

An analogy - my friend has an english accent - he's a complete douche - but when he comes to visit me back home in N.A, he gets mad women - why? because girls are super attracted to his accent - many girls are attracted to my NA accent as well - so it might seem shallow, but it's an attractive quality - it's innate dude, I'm not sure if you want the slag in the corner who fills your soul - I just like tall, pretty smart girls.

yeah, alcohol does make it a mess - but isn't what I do part of who I am? I am student, I go to LSE - I'm doing an MSc, I like sports and cars and a whole bunch of things - what I do is related to who I am. I like politics - and I have worked for some politiicians - I mention that because it's important to me and does define me.

I don't know man - I think the point is that it's not bragging - it's just something chicks dig. I dig pretty girls - does that make me a terrible person? I don't know, but I don't think so.

well ben, I don't stash a wedding ring in my pocket when I go out to cheapskates - I guess if you're interested in soul searching all the time when you're drunk and at the bar, then so be it.

Drop the LSE line once - see what happens - you can then judge for yourselves and see if it's 'soul-worthy' enough or not - if not, then move on - go find what you like.

In my experience, I just find that when I'm drunk, I look for pretty girls - if they're donks, then they're donks, but a pretty girl with a nice smile and something interesting to say is enough for me - this kind of stuff needn't be this complicated fellas - and it's not.

You are not your products nor the things that are external to you. You, the person, are a complex being that reacts to other things and it is how you react that defines who you are. Something that is best observed rather than deduced or inferred.

The past is not always a guide to the present. Especially since people do tell porkies or spin yarn. Not saying you are, but people are mindful of these things.

Makes you superficial. Them too. Is this bad? Is ignorance bliss?

Philosophising over the human condition and the nature of human interaction at 3am and beyond Now that is a sign of intelligence (or stupidity)

See, something interesting to say - saying 'I go to LSE' is hardly interesting - it's just a fact - that's all. I would have a better chance of enticing a girl by saying 'Excuse me, but did you know that there have een 776 Nobel Prize winners up until now?'.

See, something interesting to say - saying 'I go to LSE' is hardly interesting - it's just a fact - that's all. I would have a better chance of enticing a girl by saying 'Excuse me, but did you know that there have been 776 Nobel Prize winners up until now?'.

How interesting Pratik. Would you like a drink? How about coffee at mine?





And it is 777. There's a secret just for me. It is the Nobel Prize for pwning people

Bit old for cheapskates aren't you!!

I'm a second year and feel ancient. Nevermind postgrad (which you are, I think)



I've done my fair share of social experimentation in all kinds of collaborated ways. As someone in a stable and looking increasingly long-term relationship, doing such things now would probably be a bad idea. Walls have ears you know.

Yes, I'm sure that some girls are attracted to smart men, however I think a decent intellect would come across better in conversation - if a girl liked me purely because they assumed that I was smart because of dropping the name of my university, then I would be quite frankly appalled.

Um, I disagree - I think girls are looking for a stable, intelligent person - I think the LSE seems to convey that - I don't openly reveal that information, but I think the response when I say it has been very positive - that's just my experience - it may be incorrect, but I can't really explain it.