An example of subtle negging in text (devaluing the "I'm a model" DHV)

Quote from Lucio Buffalmano on December 21, 2019, 12:36 pm

Early pick-up artists, see "The Game" and "Mystery Method" loved the "neg".

The neg was meant to lower her self-confidence without looking too much like an insult.

I never liked the idea too much as it comes from the mindset the man, just because he's interacting with a beautiful woman, is lower in value than she is.
And that's generally a poor mindset.
Plus, for relationships, a mindset of repeated negging is abusive and leads to terrible relationships.

However, in certain scenarios at the beginning of an interaction, negging can be a good strategy.
For example:

• she is being a bit too "braggy"
• she is being dismissive
• he is indeed lower value in a few areas and she's focusing on them
• he can't show in person that he is unimpressed

This is one such example:

My reply does two things:

• Takes her down a notch (ie.: "yeah, but you're in a backwater market")
• Makes her invest more

Notice how after that she is trying to "undig" herself from the association of "modeling in Vietnam", and thus expanding effort to prove herself to me.

When girls brag to be admired by you, it's a good thing and you never want to neg.
But when they brag as if to say "I'm such hot shit", then negging can come handy.