Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.

-Joseph Conrad

Justification is, of course, a massively powerful tool in terms of interpersonal communication.
For a full rundown on it’s application in pickup, come to a bootcamp where we discuss psychological studies and all sorts of things having to do with it.

In this article, we’re going to talk specifically about using justification for the purposes of hooking and humor.

Justification is always present; but game cannot be indirect without a stated justification, since if it’s NOT stated, the justification is automatically that you want something. With enough value, not justifying things is a form of not qualifying yourself.
If Johnny Depp wants to meet a girl, he can open with: “I want starbucks,” and hold out his hand, and if she knows who he is, the combination of his looks, style, sub-communications, fame, wealth, social proof, and excellence in his craft will most likely result in the girl shyly and giddily taking his hand and following him to Starbucks.
If you’re reading this, you’re probably not a gorgeous award winning A list celebrity famous for creating iconic characters.
So in the same way that we’ll invest in the girl before we ask her to invest in us, we’ll qualify ourselves to the girl before we start asking her to qualify herself to us.
Now at this point, you may be thinking to yourself, “But The Braeden, isn’t it bad to qualify yourself to the girl?
Keep reading, we’re going to flip the script.

When you start talking, when you open, you want to keep talking till the girl relaxes, till she hooks.
I do this in front of students and they get really intimidated.
“How do you keep talking like that?” they ask me, I like to think in a sort of awed tone.
“Just keep talking,” I respond; but it’s not really the most useful answer.
In a sense it is, because the ability to just ramble on is very important, and until you just let yourself spout off you won’t realize that saying whatever is often better than saying the things you’ve been taught all your life are “good enough” for polite conversation, because girls have heard all those things thousands of times.

I asked myself, how can someone who is used to being very technical or very terse, the kind of person who has spent his life studying numbers or computers, suddenly go from talking for four seconds at a time to talking for forty seconds at a time?

By Justifying.
Everything you say you can give a reason for. This may only double the time you’re speaking for, but that’s where the layers come in.  Justify what you’re asking, then justify that, and on and on. You can go on for as long as you want. I like to keep going till the set hooks. How will you know when it hooks? The girl will relax, or even laugh. If you justify till the girl starts laughing, you’ve gone past qualifying yourself and are actually demonstrating that you’re unconcerned about her opinion of you, giving you that magical “drunk on your own awesomeness” vibe.

Once you hook, you can simply introduce yourself.

Example:

Unjustified statement: I want Starbucks.

Unjustified question: Where is Starbucks?

Unjustified polite question with attention getter: Excuse me, not to bother you but do you happen to know where the nearest Starbucks is?

(Layer one) Justified polite question with attention getter: Excuse me, not to bother you but do you happen to know where the nearest Starbucks is? It’s just that I really need some caffeine.

(Layer two) Justified polite question with attention getter: Excuse me, not to bother you but do you happen to know where the nearest Starbucks is? It’s just that I really need some caffeine. I think I have an addiction.

(Layer three) Justified polite question with attention getter: Excuse me, not to bother you but do you happen to know where the nearest Starbucks is? It’s just that I really need some caffeine. I think I have an addiction.  They say that you know you’re addicted when you need something to feel normal, and I’m pretty sure that’s where I’m at, I can’t even function without coffee.

(Layer four) Justified polite question with attention getter: Excuse me, not to bother you but do you happen to know where the nearest Starbucks is? It’s just that I really need some caffeine. I think I have an addiction.  They say that you know you’re addicted when you need something to feel normal, and I’m pretty sure that’s where I’m at, I can’t even function without coffee. I think it has something to do with my endocrine system.

(Layer five) Justified polite question with attention getter and introduction: Excuse me, not to bother you but do you happen to know where the nearest Starbucks is? It’s just that I really need some caffeine. I think I have an addiction.  They say that you know you’re addicted when you need something to feel normal, and I’m pretty sure that’s where I’m at, I can’t even function without coffee. I think it has something to do with my endocrine system. Not that I know what an endocrine system does, but it sounds like it would regulate something like that.  I’m Braeden, by the way.

Make sense? I mean, I know it’s intimidating. The idea of walking up to someone and rambling like a moron for three minutes; but for those who can open yet are having issues getting interactions to the point where the woman is willing to invest or contribute, try it out and let me know how it works for you.

Till next time guys,
If you don’t know what to say, just say something.
Love ya!
-The Braeden

PS: I’ll respond to comments just as soon as I, uh, figure out how. It’s not that I’m dumb, it’s just that I’m not sure I can be me without taking extra steps. Like I might have to sign in a specific place to comment so you know it’s me doing it. Rather than just someone using my name. Cause that would obviously be pretty confusing, if there was just someone named “The Braeden” responding to comments; but it wasn’t me. And how would you know? I mean you’re not psychic after all. It’s not as though you have some sort of psychocognitory powers you honed to a razors edge whilst studying at Xavior’s school for gifted youngsters between saving the world, usually from your mood swinging or mind controlled teammates. Or maybe you are, maybe you’re reading my mind right now, I don’t know. Go ahead, try it. Am i thinking about girls? Or food? Or perhaps Street Fighter? I love food, I may actually go get a burger right now. Cause I’m hungry.