How many of you discovered this site in 2000-2001

[eli77]

and how has it helped you for the better?

 

[Billtx49]

Why would you expect anyone to still be on this forum after 20 years? Many members discover all they personally need to know before that many years pass …

 

[corrector]

This was my last year in University in 2000. Going on sites like this would not even be on my radar. However, I do remember visiting old BBS sites (or what they were called with ultra-slow dial up internet back in the day?) in the mid-90s where people would post and exchange ideas about any subject.

When you start going back in the years like that (ie this is when Matrix was a blockbuster in 1999 and the concept blue and red pills are forever etched in pop culture), its a different world.

Most of the advice on this site, if applied during that time, probably would have more traction because there is always a large volume of women to interact with in University rather than today when everything is bottlenecked with OLD and normal guys like @Zimbabwe is even struggling to meet normal girls in a normal way and he was my age today as I was back then...so that sounds really tough.

 

[biggoal]

This was my last year in University in 2000. Going on sites like this would not even be on my radar. However, I do remember visiting old BBS sites (or what they were called with ultra-slow dial up internet back in the day?) in the mid-90s where people would post and exchange ideas about any subject.

When you start going back in the years like that (ie this is when Matrix was a blockbuster in 1999 and the concept blue and red pills are forever etched in pop culture), its a different world.

Most of the advice on this site, if applied during that time, probably would have more traction because there is always a large volume of women to interact with in University rather than today when everything is bottlenecked with OLD and normal guys like @Zimbabwe is even struggling to meet normal girls in a normal way and he was my age today as I was back then...so that sounds really tough.

College is probably the best way to meet girls if you're under 25. There is a reason why on OLD you see very few under 25 on there unless they're landwhales. The key is going to a college that doesn't have a lot of commuter students, but students that live on campus like a state university. Being I went to college in a major city many of the students were commuter students so after classes they'd head back home or to work so you wouldn't see them hanging around much after class to mingle with.

Also, many colleges have more women than men. My private liberal arts university I believe was 54 percent female to 46 percent male. I had good grades in college, but was about 4 years older than many of the students, but looked young for my age. I was to focused on my school work though, but looking back now I was a fool not to get involved in campus activities to meet women. Especially when I go on OLD and see how sh*tty 95 percent of the women are on there.

 

[Zimbabwe]

College is probably the best way to meet girls if you're under 25. There is a reason why on OLD you see very few under 25 on there unless they're landwhales. The key is going to a college that doesn't have a lot of commuter students, but students that live on campus like a state university. Being I went to college in a major city many of the students were commuter students so after classes they'd head back home or to work so you wouldn't see them hanging around much after class to mingle with.

Also, many colleges have more women than men. My private liberal arts university I believe was 54 percent female to 46 percent male. I had good grades in college, but was about 4 years older than many of the students, but looked young for my age. I was to focused on my school work though, but looking back now I was a fool not to get involved in campus activities to meet women. Especially when I go on OLD and see how sh*tty 95 percent of the women are on there.

I'm pretty sure America is the only country that doesn't have commuter schools. Everyone commutes here in Australia, the only ones living on campus are the international chinese students.

As soon as it's 4:30pm the campus would be a ghost town since everyone would rush home. We also don't have fraternities like you guys do.

Young Americans need to make the best of college, you guys have more opportunities

 

[biggoal]

I'm pretty sure America is the only country that doesn't have commuter schools. Everyone commutes here in Australia, the only ones living on campus are the international chinese students.

As soon as it's 4:30pm the campus would be a ghost town since everyone would rush home. We also don't have fraternities like you guys do.

Young Americans need to make the best of college, you guys have more opportunities

They're in big cities. St. Louis most of the universities are commuter schools because it's a major city and most going there live in the region. I mean there are dorms on the campus and we have a lot of students from outside the area, but a good chunk of them were local. Washington University and SLU have a lot more living on campus. Wash U has a lot of international students there.

Not sure how familiar you're with college in America but not every college is like a Mizzou or Ohio State where almost everyone lives in a dorm. We have hundreds of private universities in the major cities.

My campus was like that too. On weekends it was a ghost town due to a lot of commuter students and teh students that live on campus generally stuck to the dorm areas of campus and if you didn't have a pass to get past the gates you can't get in the area.

But even then looking back at it I should have done more.

Another key is when you're in college and needing to take your electives classes is try to pick a few that will be female dominated and will usually require group work. I took a lot of electives in community college so when I went to university I didn't get to take many. My business classes typically were male dominated.

That reminds me one summer I took a pilates class in community college for my gym class credit to transfer to my university. I was disappointed though even though only 3 guys in the total class, only 3 decent looking girls, and all had boyfriends! But I did get over my fears of approaching HB 9-10. I had a tall, blonde HB 9.5 in class I on purposely scoped out the first class and sat next to the entire semester. I saw on facebook she had a boyfriend at the time, BUT I decided F it anyway. One day after class I was chatting on the way to our cars and just flat out asked for her number. She told me to whip my phone out and told me to put her number in my phone. Number was legit because I went on spydailer to confirm and we texted a bit but she admitted she had a bf and shouldn't be talking to me.

 

[SW15]

Not sure how familiar you're with college in America but not every college is like a Mizzou or Ohio State where almost everyone lives in a dorm. We have hundreds of private universities in the major cities.

At many of the large, state-run public universities, dorms are only a thing for freshmen. By sophomore or junior year, most students are living with other student roommates in off campus apartments that are within a few miles of campus. These apartment complexes are mainly students.

Another key is when you're in college and needing to take your electives classes is try to pick a few that will be female dominated and will usually require group work. I took a lot of electives in community college so when I went to university I didn't get to take many. My business classes typically were male dominated.

Solid advice. Business is a major with many women so I'm surprised to read that a business class was male dominated.

That reminds me one summer I took a pilates class in community college for my gym class credit to transfer to my university. I was disappointed though even though only 3 guys in the total class, only 3 decent looking girls, and all had boyfriends! But I did get over my fears of approaching HB 9-10. I had a tall, blonde HB 9.5 in class I on purposely scoped out the first class and sat next to the entire semester. I saw on facebook she had a boyfriend at the time, BUT I decided F it anyway. One day after class I was chatting on the way to our cars and just flat out asked for her number. She told me to whip my phone out and told me to put her number in my phone. Number was legit because I went on spydailer to confirm and we texted a bit but she admitted she had a bf and shouldn't be talking to me.

Solid move doing the approach and getting her number. You needed to manly interact in person and not interact over text messages. You needed to use boyfriend destroyer lines your communication with her. If you demonstrated superior value to her existing boyfriend, she would have dropped him for you. You did not establish your superiority in that interaction.

We also don't have fraternities like you guys do.

Young Americans need to make the best of college, you guys have more opportunities

Greek Life (fraternities and sororities) is a thing at many schools. It's not uncommon for Greek Life to have an outsized influence on the party scene. For instance, my university was slightly over 10% Greek Life. All the Greeks talked about was partying and where the next party would be so you might think the Greeks ran all the parties. If you weren't in Greek Life and needed to find a party, you could find one at some off campus apartment with mainly non Greek Life attendees. All you needed to do was to not be weird.

 

[Tilex]

I wish I would've found this site back in 2001.
I was getting terrible dating advice back then from a bullsh!t forum.

Even after 2007 when the Pickup Artist blew up and went mainstream, I still couldn't locate this site.
It never showed up within my search results.