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How to Talk to a Woman Who Is Wearing Headphones

How to Talk to a Woman Who Is Wearing Headphones

Part of a series on Pickup Artist. [View Related Entries]

Updated Aug 30, 2016 at 04:03PM EDT by Brad.

Added Aug 30, 2016 at 11:49AM EDT by Adam.

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About

"How to Talk to a Woman Who is Wearing Headphones" is a pickup tutorial article written by Dan Bacon and originally published on Australian men's interest blog The Modern Man in October 2013.

Origin

While "How to Talk to a Woman Who is Wearing Headphones" was first published in October 2013, the article didn't receive any mass exposure until August 29th, 2016, when the article was rediscovered and shared among bloggers and commentators on Twitter. Upon entering mass circulation, the article quickly prompted a debate on the propriety of approaching strangers with headphones in public.

The Article

Bacon's article[1] is divided into four sections. The first offers a step-by-step guide on how to approach women with headphones, with advice like "Stand in front of her (with 1-1.5 meters between you)." The second gives an example of dialogue to engage in once a man has successfully gotten a woman to remove her headphones (shown below). The third outlines common mistakes men make in this situation. The fourth assures men that most women like being approached.


"source":http://www.themodernman.com/dating/how-to-talk-to-a-woman-who-is-wearing-headphones.html

Spread

Criticism of the article has largely focused on how it ignores the idea that for many women, wearing headphones is a clear sign they are not interested in being hit on. Twitter user @YoPhoebs[2] posted a screenshot of the article's title and answered it, "you don't." The tweet, shown below, gained over 5,000 retweets and 7,600 likes in a little over 24 hours.


"source":https://twitter.com/YoPhoebs/status/770240930272120832

Other Twitter users mocked the piece, turning "How to Talk To a Woman" into a phrasal template with which they'd either offer satirical advice on how to talk to a woman with headphones or they'd rewrite the headline altogether.


"source":https://twitter.com/missokistic/status/770475240354971648 "source":https://twitter.com/djackmanson/status/770392175775363072 "source":https://twitter.com/OhColeman/status/770418154992304128

News Media Coverage

News publications soon picked up the article's online spread. Metro.co.uk,[3] Huffington Post,[4] Vice,[5] AskMen,[6] Glamour,[7] and others published articles offering point-by-point criticism of Bacon's piece and giving the advice, "Don't talk to women wearing headphones." Buzzfeed[8] compiled a list of Twitter's best responses. It also published a parody piece titled "How to Talk To a Woman Even Though She's a Ghost."[9] The Independent[10] also parodied the article by imagining it in a "more realistic" screenplay.

Various Examples


"source":https://twitter.com/Pandamoanimum/status/770538498529132549 "source":https://twitter.com/SnoozeInBrief/status/770540541004120064 "source":https://twitter.com/MaraWilson/status/770485041260535809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw "source":https://twitter.com/neville_park/status/770460458952294400 "source":https://twitter.com/orbette/status/770528657672638468 "source":https://twitter.com/tthcomic/status/770618666773651456

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thefrozenone
thefrozenone

Am I the only one who only wears headphones because I like listening to music and not for some passive-aggressive, anti-social behavior?

Like seriously, if you don’t want people talking to you just tell them to fuck off. People these days are so socially inept it boarders absurd.

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