Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Stealth real life example
Deleted line(s) 2 (click to see context) :
* DesignatedHero: Neil attempts to cast himself as the OnlySaneMan in a community filled with lotharios, but he comes off as just as bad (if not worse) and his attempts to justify or explain his own behavior come off as disingenuous at best. Among other instances in the book, he knowingly gets involved in affairs with married or committed women, steals women from their boyfriends in the middle of clubs, mocks other men for their inability to score, uses every advantage he can (up to and including fake personas) to get what he wants, and generally acts like a smarmy, self-entitled man throughout the original book and its companion.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added line(s) 6 (click to see context) :
* CondemnedByHistory: The book was a massive success when it first came out in 2005, selling over 3 million copies and propelling its central subject, former magician and self-proclaimed "seduction guru" Mystery, to stardom with his own best-selling book and reality show. However, as the subculture of pick-up artists became better understood, the book became subject to increasingly harsh scrutiny for promoting and glorifying an openly misogynistic lifestyle that treated women as robots that could be "won" with the right tactics, and little in the terms of actually caring about them as people. The final death blow was a decade later in 2015, when Strauss published the follow-up ''The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships'', where he [[CreatorBacklash openly denounced his original book]] and showed how following it like he did ultimately did nothing but damage his own life and relationships. Today, the book is only remembered for emboldening a dangerous subculture, with Mystery and those like him now viewed as bitter con artists who used the book's success as a means of earning profit.
Deleted line(s) 6 (click to see context) :
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Not YMMV.
Changed line(s) 5 (click to see context) from:
* ShaggyDogStory: One chapter in ''Rules of the Game'' has Neil [[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Ethan Hunt]]-ing his way into his own apartment after he loses the keys to his front door, and all while a pair of women (who he's trying to seduce) are waiting below. By the time he gets in, and after performing ridiculous actions like jumping to an overhang in order to get back in, he discovers that the woman he wanted to sleep with got bored and went home, thus ruining his night.
to:
* ShaggyDogStory: One chapter in ''Rules of the Game'' has HarsherInHindsight: Not only did Neil [[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Ethan Hunt]]-ing his way into his own apartment after and Lisa's relationship fail but he loses became permanently linked to the keys to his front door, and all while a pair of women (who he's trying to seduce) are waiting below. By pickup artist community as well as makes money supporting their lifestyle via the time he gets in, and after performing ridiculous actions like jumping to an overhang in order to get back in, he discovers that the woman he wanted to sleep with got bored and went home, thus ruining his night.Stylelife Academy.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5 (click to see context) from:
* ShaggyDogStory: One chapter in ''Rules of the Game'' has Neil [[Film/MissionImpossible Ethan Hunt]]-ing his way into his own apartment after he loses the keys to his front door, and all while a pair of women (who he's trying to seduce) are waiting below. By the time he gets in, and after performing ridiculous actions like jumping to an overhang in order to get back in, he discovers that the woman he wanted to sleep with got bored and went home, thus ruining his night.
to:
* ShaggyDogStory: One chapter in ''Rules of the Game'' has Neil [[Film/MissionImpossible [[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Ethan Hunt]]-ing his way into his own apartment after he loses the keys to his front door, and all while a pair of women (who he's trying to seduce) are waiting below. By the time he gets in, and after performing ridiculous actions like jumping to an overhang in order to get back in, he discovers that the woman he wanted to sleep with got bored and went home, thus ruining his night.night.
----
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Undermined By Reality has been cut (and it wasn't even a YMMV trope to begin with)
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
* ShaggyDogStory: One chapter in ''Rules of the Game'' has Neil [[Film/MissionImpossible Ethan Hunt]]-ing his way into his own apartment after he loses the keys to his front door, and all while a pair of women (who he's trying to seduce) are waiting below. By the time he gets in, and after performing ridiculous actions like jumping to an overhang in order to get back in, he discovers that the woman he wanted to sleep with got bored and went home, thus ruining his night.
* UnderminedByReality: Not only did Neil and Lisa's relationship fail but he became permanently linked to the pickup artist community as well as makes money supporting their lifestyle via the Stylelife Academy.
* UnderminedByReality: Not only did Neil and Lisa's relationship fail but he became permanently linked to the pickup artist community as well as makes money supporting their lifestyle via the Stylelife Academy.
to:
* ShaggyDogStory: One chapter in ''Rules of the Game'' has Neil [[Film/MissionImpossible Ethan Hunt]]-ing his way into his own apartment after he loses the keys to his front door, and all while a pair of women (who he's trying to seduce) are waiting below. By the time he gets in, and after performing ridiculous actions like jumping to an overhang in order to get back in, he discovers that the woman he wanted to sleep with got bored and went home, thus ruining his night.
* UnderminedByReality: Not only did Neil and Lisa's relationship fail but he became permanently linked to the pickup artist community as well as makes money supporting their lifestyle via the Stylelife Academy.night.
* UnderminedByReality: Not only did Neil and Lisa's relationship fail but he became permanently linked to the pickup artist community as well as makes money supporting their lifestyle via the Stylelife Academy.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DesignatedHero: Neil attempts to cast himself as the OnlySaneMan in a community filled with lotharios, but he comes off as just as bad (if not worse) and his attempts to justify or explain his own behavior come off as disingenuous at best. Among other instances in the book, he knowingly gets involved in affairs with married or committed women, steals women from their boyfriends in the middle of clubs, mocks other men for their inability to score, uses every advantage he can (up to and including fake personas) to get what he wants, and generally acts like a smarmy, self-entitled man throughout the original book and its companion.
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing:
** The book concludes that the Seduction Community can become hollow over time and that being able to pick up scores of women will not solve your problems. In fact, as the climax shows, it can actually make things worse, and perhaps the only way to make your life better is to do it yourself. Yet, many [=PUAs=] cite that this is the book that started their journey.
** While ''Rules of the Game''s first volume ostensibly tries to get the reader to a point where they'll be comfortable hosting their own dinner party with people they might not even know, the book itself repeatedly has disclaimers and warnings saying that you should not pursue the techniques within unless you're absolutely confident in your abilities.
* ShaggyDogStory: One chapter in ''Rules of the Game'' has Neil [[Film/MissionImpossible Ethan Hunt]]-ing his way into his own apartment after he loses the keys to his front door, and all while a pair of women (who he's trying to seduce) are waiting below. By the time he gets in, and after performing ridiculous actions like jumping to an overhang in order to get back in, he discovers that the woman he wanted to sleep with got bored and went home, thus ruining his night.
* UnderminedByReality: Not only did Neil and Lisa's relationship fail but he became permanently linked to the pickup artist community as well as makes money supporting their lifestyle via the Stylelife Academy.
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing:
** The book concludes that the Seduction Community can become hollow over time and that being able to pick up scores of women will not solve your problems. In fact, as the climax shows, it can actually make things worse, and perhaps the only way to make your life better is to do it yourself. Yet, many [=PUAs=] cite that this is the book that started their journey.
** While ''Rules of the Game''s first volume ostensibly tries to get the reader to a point where they'll be comfortable hosting their own dinner party with people they might not even know, the book itself repeatedly has disclaimers and warnings saying that you should not pursue the techniques within unless you're absolutely confident in your abilities.
* ShaggyDogStory: One chapter in ''Rules of the Game'' has Neil [[Film/MissionImpossible Ethan Hunt]]-ing his way into his own apartment after he loses the keys to his front door, and all while a pair of women (who he's trying to seduce) are waiting below. By the time he gets in, and after performing ridiculous actions like jumping to an overhang in order to get back in, he discovers that the woman he wanted to sleep with got bored and went home, thus ruining his night.
* UnderminedByReality: Not only did Neil and Lisa's relationship fail but he became permanently linked to the pickup artist community as well as makes money supporting their lifestyle via the Stylelife Academy.
