Cold Reading

[Gamble]

So I have been studying up on cold reading and I was wondering if it was worth my time to perfect or should I just learn the basics?
I think the basics would be enough to entertain drunk girls at clubs and the majority of hired guns since they don't have that much time to interpret everything you say.
But as far as day game goes, a cold reading can be a very positive DHV game that can be played light and not necesarily show that much attraction.
I just don't know if the basics of mentalism would be enough to pass the day game test.

Is anyone else into cold reading? I was wondering if anyone could help me out with some ways that I could incorperate cold reads into a normal conversation. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Scoundrel]

I sometimes use "mini cold reads." I'll say something like "I think you're a trouble maker" or "You're a bad girl aren't you." I have also taken a girl's hand, looked at her palm and said "This in your life line. This is your head line and this is your love (sex) line." Then I'll look at her like I know what she's been up to.

[kurisu]

cold reading requires alot of analyzing
and practice to perfect

[Scoundrel]

It's not that hard. Just say something and they add "but sometimes..." Then say something else.

Example:

I get the feeling you are a very outgoing person, but sometimes you feel shy and want to hide.

[Tribulus1000]

The cold reading you study in books is very different than the cold reading a PUA would do out in a bar. A Psychic or Fortune Teller or even a Magician's cold readings are different.

With girls you just met in a bar or out in the day, its got to be quick. Scoundrel's example is called the Rainbow Ruse where if one side is true than the other is also true.

"You're very shy with people you meet but at the same time there's a side of you that is open to new adventures."

What the hell does that mean? Its so general that it could apply to just about anyone.

So here's what to do, make a few of these up yourself and go out an test them out.

There's alot of keyboard jockeying around here. You gotta go out and do stuff in the real world.

Also you want to be normal as you do this stuff. Be calm, talk normal and then throw in a "You seem like an interesting person, I bet that when you were little you always wanted to get good grades but sometimes the mischievious side would come out and play...."
See if it hooks.

The Fun Facts Book of Cold Reading by Ian Rowling is a great reference.

[Gamble]

Thanks for the input guys, I'm gonna try to incorporate some of this into my sets this weekend and see how it works out.

[livershop]

Cold reading is extremely effective in sparking conversation! You really don't have to study too much into cold reading... I try to go off of an actual insight or gut-feeling that I have on a person; When I'm right it sets off conversational fireworks & when wrong, still have a conversation trail to get to the person's real story...

Also, cold-read to the positive, don't say, "I bet you're a psycho." or, "I bet you're a stocker at Wal-Mart."

[Alger]

The author's I once recommended Barbara and Allan Pease who wrote the book on body language I recommended have a really good book that can be applied to cold-reading. It is called Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps. Even though the book is not made for cold reading, a lot of the book is about debunking astrologers, professed psychics, etc. and explains how there mind reading and human behavior skills are able to fool people that they are clairvoyant. The book also talks about how understanding female/male evolutionary behavior in profound ways that makes Mystery look ignorant.