A neg is a backhanded complement or playful insult which completes several tasks. It lowers the target's self perceived value, it creates comfort and laughter within the group, it falsely disqualifies you from trying to pick her up, and it makes you appear to have higher social status.
The ideology behind it, is that you are acting as though you are the alpha male. You are the man with such high status, that you are not trying to seduce her. By treating her like an annoying little sister, you are doing exactly the opposite of what every lovable loser out there is doing: you are conveying dominance. The more you show active disinterest, the more she will wonder why you aren't hitting on her. The more you push her away, the more she will want to come back.
The hotter the girl, the more you tease her. Politeness to strangers is not human nature. A girl hasn't earned the right for you to be polite to her until she has satisfactorily conveyed that she is of value to you.
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No more than 2 negs on an average HB (7-9/7-9), a maximum of 3 on a super HB (10/10).
We aren't robots here. Don't flippin' count how many negs you are throwing. Negs should just be a part of your normal conversation with women. You should be able to calibrate when it is going too far and when she's had enough. There is no maximum number of negs, or minimum. You stop when you elicit values and SOI's from the target. That can be 20 negs, or it can be done without saying a word.