Ghost wrote:The_Adventurer wrote:
Herein lies the problem. At what point does it become more trouble than it's worth? I've had good women in the past. The problem is that was the past. In just ten years it seems like they are becoming harder and harder to come by. I do believe smartphones and social media play a role. It can't be ignored.
Knowing these good women exist is one thing. If, however, the time, effort and energy required to find and catch one outweigh other things you want to do with your life, where does that leave you?
Exactly. While one could say "just put in more effort," the problem is that the effort required to get anything from women keeps growing. First, you just need to be a nice guy. Then you need to be very attractive. Then have a degree. Then have a house and car. Then be a doctor. Then be fluent in her language.
Social media narcissism machines bolster feminism a thousand fold. The lowliest of foreign women can now plug in anytime and get hits of attention from guys. She's got mobile vanity, and women will gladly age away while slutting on social media for attention.
It's not nearly that bad with foreign women outside the anglosphere...yet. But that is the trend. In the West, you have to be Brad Pitt just to get a sniff, and even the ugliest, bitchiest girl gets unlimited attention from chumps on her mobile crack. Extreme example, but the trend for hypergamy is to always increase. It's similar to how one's emotional level always adjust to whatever becomes "normal." (For example, coming upon a lot of money or buying a new car is exciting at first, but won't remain exciting. Emotional level always returns to baseline.) Feeding into that system is bound for failure. It has grown too big to control. It must crash and collapse or be dismantled.
It just occurred to me, as I often read stories on here of how bad it is, and then think back to my own experience and want to say, "It wasn't that bad." Now I remember. When I left USA, the
very first iPhone had just come out. There was nothing even remotely close in Philippines or other foreign countries. Not every other manufacturer had copied that format yet.
When I was running around dating in USA, Facebook
didn't exist. It was only available to Ivy League colleges up until 2006 when it opened to the public. It certainly would be some time before foreign countries heard of it. My first trips to Philippines and Korea, I never heard of it or saw anyone use it. In Korea, they had cool phones and could video chat, but you had to
pay for it, every little bit of it, probably by the MB, so very few people could use it.
It seems almost everyday now I come across these news stories about sexting, where teen (or younger) girls are sending nude pics to boys they like, then one or both are getting charged with making and/or distributing child pron and having to register as sex offenders. This was a concept that
didn't exist back then. Back then, the only people who even had cameras were those interested in photography.
Pirating a movie was something that was still done on DVD. There were no computers or networks fast enough to do this kind of thing. (except maybe in Korea) Now it can be done on a phone. Girls can show off nude right in front of their phone and even get money, to say nothing of the attention. Why get a real job and be a decent girl? It's not like they are going out and hooking, right?
These are things that only became possible in the last ten years, and it is spreading over the world faster than any other. Even in Africa, there are more people with smart phones with fast satellite networks than have electricity in their homes. I am sure I wrote before about the poor farmer I saw in China, walking on the side of the road, pulling a cow with a rope and listening to rap music on his smartphone. IT is more prevalent than TV, has a larger install base than DVD, Sony PS4 and Xbox put together. It is everywhere.
Do you know why? What is that ten year old iPhone I mentioned worth today? Truth be told, it's actually still quite a good phone as far as the tech is concerned. People, however, want the latest greatest. In the this world, though, a phone with equivalent tech can be had for less than $100 and people will [v]save[/b] for it. Some will get on a plan where they pay monthly and don't even have to buy the phone. Even the poorest person in the third world has access to this, meaning Facebook, DIA, video chat etc.
More importantly, it is
young people who are target by and enamoured with all this stuff. What does that mean for your chances of finding a hot young girl who is sweet and innocent and unspoilt. Of course they still exist. After all, some parents don't let their kids have smartphones.
“Booty is so strong that there are dudes willing to blow themselves up for the highly unlikely possibility of booty in another dimension." -- Joe Rogan
