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There was guy I knew at university that worked on the principle that if he never asked, he'd never know.
He was a statistcian, so he also worked out that there was a relationship between chances of success and duration spent talking.
Lets assume that each minute you spent talking raises your chances by 1 percent up to your own inate maximum (factoring for charm, hygeine, appearence etc).
The problem is that each girl has a starting chance of accepting, based on her own perceived need (if she's cute, popular and outgoing her own starting point may be negative - if she's a double bagger then she may have a chance approaching unity from the off.
Long story short - he worked out that the ideal length of discussion was about 5 minutes.
So he'd say hi, crack a line, compliment her, ask for a date, move on.
I saw him work a room regularly for 3 years. and I never saw him go home alone.
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