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I don't think you read the post mate. Opinion openers only serve one purpose, to get you into set with a girl and appear non threatening.
At the end of the day you don't really care about there opinion, you only care about getting them talking to you, this way you give yourself a chance to convey your personality to a girl by the way you talk and communicate non verbally.
Your solidly focused on the girls opinion aspect not the opening aspect.
What I want to know is what's behind mechanics of indirect openers why girls will give you a small opportunity to talk if you show that your non-threatening and interested in what they have to say.
I appreciate your response but you missed what I was really asking.... why do they work not if they work.
I read your post. So if I ask you why 1+1 = 3 you are going to try to explain to me why that is true even if it's obviously not? Just because you started the thread doesn't mean you get to dictate its contents
So you're right about the opinion/opening thing. Let me say something on opening. If you start with an opinion opener the target will always know (unless she is stupid/naive/etc) you're saying something premeditated. Something you could've said to anybody and if you're very unlucky, something someone has asked her before. Not to mention you will be unchallenging. What is essential is to create interesting experiences with (for) people and there is simply nothing interesting nor challenging about whether your friend's shirt looks gay (or whatever subject unless it very explicitly involves you doing her). Opening isn't the hard nor important part anyway, if you're even remotely decent-looking and don't come across as nervous almost any opener is going to get you in for at least a minute with almost any target(s). But if you want to usefully apply the opening for something it should be to project value and confidence (i.e. standing out from the crowd). Does some lame random question do this for you?
To answer your question, they will engage in a polite conversation for a few minutes because they don't want to come across as impolite bitches to the people they actually care about. Because, after all, you are non-threatening and you're not doing anything "wrong" so they can't very well just tell you to F-off. But will those five minutes get you where you want to go?
Are you saying that an opinion opener emits value and confidence and above all are you seriously claiming that "appearing non-threatening" (read: non-challenging, friendly) is going to be a benefit to the rest of your interaction?
As a final thought, take into account the matter of congruency. One of the things I consider most important in general, not just pick-up. If there is anything I don't tolerate it's incongruency and I am not the only one who finds it bothersome. If you speak and act like you are type X (just a placeholder variable, it can mean any type), you better stick with it unless you experience some major character development. If you suddenly change your values to one of person Y that's incongruent. In other words, if you have a five minute long conversation with a girl and then you suddenly change the vibe to sexual you will be incongruent and it will be much much harder to get away with it than when you start off the right way. Of course, if you plan to take your opinion opener over several months, befriend the girl and then slowly work your way into her heart then that's a different story (i.e. character development) but for a short encounter...opinion openers don't project any of the things you should be projecting and are the lose.
In conclusion, any opener will get you laid if you are handsome, confident and rich. If you're lacking in one of these areas, it's best to focus on an opener that will fake it till you make it.