Prog for Lonely guys who can`t pick up ch
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Topic: Prog for Lonely guys who can`t pick up ch
Posted By: magellan_head
Subject: Prog for Lonely guys who can`t pick up ch
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 12:32
is Prog for lonely guys who can`t pick up chicks ? 
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Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 12:37
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With my luck, yes.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 12:44
| Well, certainly not in my case, as I'm a woman and I'm not particularly interested in 'picking up' anyone. Anyway, I hate those stereotypes. I understand many people here are happily married or in a relationship, even though they've been listening to prog for years. |
Posted By: akiko
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 12:50
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Not in my case either. My wife likes Yes, Jethro Tull and all of Neal Morse's bands. Prog metal she can't stand. I guess this is just a silly post from a lonely prog lover. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 12:51
Ghost rider is a chick?!? Wow...what next...Ed the dead a vegetarian...oh wait a minute   ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Ghost Rider wrote:Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 14:06
Do you have a problem with that?
 Aren't you happy that there are women here? Or did I sound like a man in my posts? I should start asking myself serious questions....  |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 14:33
I'm a married family guy who can't pick up chicks... Sometimes I wonder
if chicks don't want to date me because I listen to prog?  |
Posted By: omri
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 14:54
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To the question : I realy hope not cause if you feel down cause you ca'nt find a partner to sex (let's include women and those who prefer their gender here) than listening to some of Hammil or Robert Wyatt staff can easily persuade you to commit suicide.
To Ghost rider : you are the fourth I know is a woman here (with tons of men) so there is something wrong either in you or in all other females (I vote that the others have a problem). ------------- omri |
Posted By: Hierophant
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 15:06
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Looks like someone watches alot of MTV . ------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 15:49
This is true. Someone watches a lot of MTV. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 16:00
| ^That can't be true, I know someone and I'm almost certain that someone doesn't watch MTV at all! |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 16:01
| To answer the original question: No. A particular type of music that appeals to one is completely unrelated to his/her "social interactions," whatever they may be. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 16:04
Well Mr Eraserhead, I know someone else, who in turn knows someone else who knows someone that watches MTV a lot.
Or is that someone else.
 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 16:11
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I like prog and I'm a total loser when it comes to women and dating ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 16:14
It must be someone else, because the someone I know doesn't even know any someones who watch MTV a lot, or if they do, I haven't heard about those someones. But now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure I've seen someones like that on TV. |
Posted By: mithrandir
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 16:36
| you'll find desolate music nerds in all types of music, nothing wrong with that, while I personally am in a relationship, I find listening/collecting/discussing/ music more appealing and fulfilling than trying to pick up on some floozy at bar, thats just me though, |
Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 16:47
I object!
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 17:33
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I currently have a girlfriend who likes prog and before, I had two other girlfriends that liked prog. I guess I'm a lucky guy (All girls fall for me ).
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RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 18:54
Lucky b*****d  ()------------- 
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 20:53
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well, for me, to get a women has always been the most difficult part of my life. it is a 100% failure. i did not develop intimacy when it was time, and nowadays it is practically impossible to rehabilitate.
beoing not my cup of tea, i decided to put energy elsewhere and prog rock is good for that.
i think sex is overrated, and many people have made sex their master....
so, to answer the original post: YES! ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 21:27
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Well, I'm married and my wife loves prog (I taught her ).
Probably prog-heads aren't successful with chicks... why not try adult, intelligent, real women?  ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: samurai
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 21:33
| Haha, well i'm definitely a shy guy and i hardly ever go out. I prefer the solitude. I never actually tried to pick up a chick, so i don't know how my luck would pan out. Honestly though, progressive rock is something i only delved into very recently. Ive been a Tool fan for years, thats about it. |
Posted By: Masque
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 22:12
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It is a numbers game.. the more you try the higher chance you have .. don`t shot too high don`t aim too low and always show respect and you can`t go wrong (that's what I do) the average guy (which most guys are) statistically has a 1/10 chance (those are the odds scientifically worked out by experts) so accept rejection as a fact of life and bravely soldier on till you eventually get lucky
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Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 22:27
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The nice thing about most woman is they usually weigh considerably less than 200 pounds or 90.7 Kg if you like, thus making them relatively easy to pick up.
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 23:04
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Why do you need a girlfriend who likes prog? You should look for someone that you can get along with. If they have to like prog to get along then there is something wrong with you. -------------  
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 23:11
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I've never had a problem meeting women, but prog usually never came up in the conversation either. None of the women I've been with were ever really into it. A few tolerated it, but that's about all. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: DarioIndjic
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 23:50
Y E S !!! 
But thats not our problem,its society's problem
Well at least its better to hate you for what you are than to love you for what you are not ------------- Ars longa , vita brevis |
Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 23:55
I like the solitude too. I have never really tried to get a girl who could tolerate this stuff. But it's never bothered me... too much. |
Posted By: moonlapse
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 00:09
So you're not part of society? No wonder prog guys can't get chicks If you guys are really desperate (and no I'm not, been married, and living with my girlfriend for 3 years now) try going to Japan. If you're a white guy and have decent game, they say getting Japanese girls is like shooting fish in a barrel. Roppongi is the best place. And don't forget the saran wrap! |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 14:00
  VV i love your avatar.....who's the babe ??.............is she your sister?...........is she available??? -------------  Prog Archives Tour Van 
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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 15:45
Ha! You people and your....."relationships"..... *ker EMO'D!!!* Seriously though I've only asked one person out, who said yes, then didnt talk to me for a month, then when I kept trying to talk to her she called me a stalker, then it turns out she never wanted to go out with me and only said yes because she didn't want to hurt me.......I'm a go listen to space-dye vest now.......------------- 
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Posted By: Zepology101
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 16:55
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 18:20
Yea, finding a girl you can click with is hard enough, and if you throw prog fan into the equation you're ba sically asking to be alone. My girlfriend is nice and tolerates my prog tendencies but shes more of a classic rock gal, I guess I can live with that ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: May 01 2006 at 13:09
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I'm a loser with girls
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Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: May 01 2006 at 13:12
I'm meeting a girl who likes Dream Theater, fortunately.
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Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: May 01 2006 at 14:50
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I might help if you don't wear the "Proggers do it longer" tee shirt. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: darren
Date Posted: May 01 2006 at 23:20
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Yeah, that old stereotype; the guy who listens to weird music, reads sci-fi with no social skills who will one day grow up to be Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons. I think you'll be lonely if you listen exclusively to prog and refuse to "waste time" listening to other types of music. This would exclude you from hanging out where other people are. Lack of interaction would mean lack of social skills. I think a true progger would be able to apreciate other forms of music, no matter what it was. My experience has been different from the stereotype. My first kiss was from a gorgeous woman who was a major ELP fan. She was a friend of my sister's who was moving. She jokingly said "A goodbye kiss for you" and leaned in for a peck on the cheek.I went for it. Full on the lips. Full dip. I still have the copy of Brain Salad Surgery that she left behind. Sorry to digress.
My wife's first concert was Zappa and has been a fan ever since. She loves my music. She likes "Supper's Ready" but has never sat and listened to the whole thing beginning to end. We sat and listened to the entire "Meddle" album just the other day. She has introduced me to a lot of music that I never would have listened to, like Lauren Hill, The Waterboys and some lesser Motown hits. We both like Peter Gabriel. Of my friends that grew up loving prog, they are all married.
So, it's just a stereotype. I'm sure we all move through life at our own speed on our own path. ------------- "they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world. the fools they locked up the wrong man." - Leonard Cohen |
Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 02:47
she's pretty much my fantasy. Actress and singer Mandy Moore. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 03:15
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YAWN!
Prog is NOT music for "lonely guys.........etc" it is music for everyone, all ages, both sexes, all releationship types. Darren is right, I have often thought "comic store guy" about sums of the guys you see at prog gigs, but hey that is about THEM, not about the music. Take responsibility for you own life, DO NOT blame the music! There are "comic store guys" attatched to pretty much ALL genres of music, and of other things too....the only person that can stop you turning into that guy is YOU! Widen your interests, as Darren says, you need to have other interests so you can a) REALLY appreciate prog, b) so that you do not become a total dullard. Interesting & fun guys do not pick up chicks............ they get picked up! Sorry to sound harsh, but I have been around the block a couple of times (and being a girl I know these things!!!) and some of you kids need to get more daylight. Less computer time, more fresh air, and OTHER INTERESTS if you want to pick up chicks! Good Luck! Prog-Chick 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 03:23
If you really think this,
I would suggest that you cannot "pick up chicks" for other reasons than your musical tastes (never stopped me from having girlfiends) .
The first reason I could come up with is the "picking up chicks" attitude, which does not stand in too well with roughly 100% of the female populations and more like 80% of the world population (males included).
Sorry, telling it as I see it ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 11:46
nnnnnnnnnn.....trust me....another MANDY!!!! ------------- Prog Archives Tour Van
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 12:10
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Here is my "blog" on this
About not being obtuse in life
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12780 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12780 ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 17:00
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oh....this has to do with prog related relationship problems...I just suck at *attempting* relationships period.....I'm a leave now
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