<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Chateau Heartiste]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://heartiste.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[CH]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://heartiste.wordpress.com/author/roissy/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Hangover Game]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>A reader e-mailed me the following observation:</p>
<blockquote><p>No game?</p>
<p>Go out, get drunk with your friends.</p>
<p>Wake up feeling like a bag of shit.</p>
<p>THEN go run your game.  I can&#8217;t believe I never noticed this.  I went drinking last night with a few buddies, got hammered and today felt like crap.  I went to the mall to get a <span class="yshortcuts">Mother&#8217;s Day gift</span>, and I tried to get a few things going with some sexy girls.  I&#8217;m at the mall so rarely so I try to take advantage of it.  I approached five girls and came away with two numbers.</p>
<p>Gaming girls when you&#8217;re hungover is pretty airtight, just make sure you shower and get dressed first, because you at least want to look presentable (I donned a typical jeans and t combo over black loafers with aviators up top) and not smell like a brewery.  When you&#8217;re hungover, you don&#8217;t give a fuck, you feel like shit, your movements are slow, your voice is in a lower register and you feel too crappy to put up a false facade of happiness when some little hottie is talking to you.  In other words, hangovers make you more aloof, less caring, more alpha.</p></blockquote>
<p>Looking back on those times when my pickup attempts intersected with my hangovers, I have to say this sounds right. There is gold to be mined in hangover game. The reader hit upon the main reason hangover game works &#8212; it turns you <a href="https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/hitting-a-woman-will-turn-her-on/" target="_blank">into a surly</a> <a href="https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/a-hole-game-day-1/" target="_blank">asshole</a>.</p>
<p>What do you get when you take a man and deepen his voice, slow down his movements, remove all semblance of a smile, infuse him with a don&#8217;t-give-a-fuck attitude, and prop dark sunglasses on his raccoon eyes? You create a pussy magnet.</p>
<p>Suggestion: There is a fine line between hungover zombie and homeless bum, so shower off the stank and brush your teeth before heading out into the painfully bright sunlight.</p>
<p>Another solid game tactic is &#8220;Day Drinking Game&#8221;. On warm weekends, I like to sit outside on the patio with my buddies at my favorite bars and drink cheap beer, achieving a slow buzz and keeping it there as long as possible without tipping over into full blown drunkenness. This is known as the &#8220;European way&#8221;. Then I run day game. Twenty-two Yuenglings on a hot, humid August day will make you irresistible to the ladies. No joke. Have gum ready.</p>
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