1. Agree and amplify
2. Ignore and stack forward
3. Positive misinterpretation
4. Answer a question you WISH she asked
Examples:
1. HB: "Are you balding?"
EQ: "Yeah, I'm just getting WAY more head aren't I?!"
2. HB: "You're getting too touchy feely..."
EQ: Take mental note and ease kino "Have you ever heard of _____? (insert name of bar, sport, event, etc.)"
3. HB: "Rum and Coke? That's like, a drink that you get when you just get out of college..."
EQ: (Look with a judgemental face) "...Is that your BEST pickup line? Jeez!"
4. HB: "Stop asking us stupid questions!"
EQ: "I'm NOT gunna have sex with you lady!" (Make sure everyone hears this)
These methods all work because these are all actual examples of shit I received when I was in-field, and after getting past these situations, the reaction you're looking for is a giggle and a punch on the arm or they start grabbing your neck. If they don't, no sweat, just stack forward like I did in Example 2.
If it's a guy trying to AMOG, I'd just say "Dude, I'm not gay, stop hitting on me!" and keep going with your story or whatever you were doing beforehand. Or you can just completely ignore him, or just use the classic "cool man" line and keep stacking forward.
The common theme here is that these are all reframing techniques. The other person is trying to impose a low status frame on you. It's up to you to recognize it, and impose another frame, or ignore theirs completely, rendering it ineffective. After a while you start to realize that pickup is a constant frame battle, and whoever has the strongest frame wins. The only way to get good with these techniques is to practice in the field. You WILL freeze up, you WILL forget this stuff, but make it a point to work on passing shit tests/comebacks for a week until you get it down.
Hope this helped,
EQ
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