[karl]

(11-03-2011 08:33 PM)Roosh Wrote:  

Did you bang down her door when her interview suggesting that Icelandic women were easy was broadcasted into millions of homes?

Nah, but the media frenzy was about the same as this book is causing now and if I remember correctly she had some explaining to do after she got back home, lol.

Roosh maybe you should consider a discuise for your next trip...


Note to self: Start learning spanish!

[Sirob]

The "outrage" shown by the Icelandic media and some of the population definitely has a racial element to it. If a tall, blond, blue eyed clean cut man had written a book detailing his slaying of the local lizards, the reaction would have been way less muted, with possibly some element of back-slapping thrown in.

I'm sure the fact that a middle eastern looking bearded guy, who is supposedly low on the projected totem pole of desirability, has ravished the "most genetically pure" women on earth is raising the hackles of many of the closet racists out there. Too bad for them.

The reaction is also typical of the feminist movement towards "game" and its applicability in obtaining what a man really wants.

In all, if this publicity raises Roosh's book sales, it will be a happy outcome. I for one would definitely propose that Roosh raises the price of "Bang Iceland", especially when the IP address of the person making the purchase is seen to come from Iceland.

p.s. I'm sure that the local Icelandic men are sitting back in their dachas, sipping Brennevin and laughing their guts out.

[Yams]

(11-03-2011 08:25 PM)El Rey Wrote:  

(11-03-2011 06:42 PM)Vicious Wrote:  

Just for clarity, Iceland isn't part of Scandinavia.

I believe the main reason Bang Iceland is getting publicity is due to the place being very small - anything that puts Iceland on the map internationally will be noticed.

Vicious hit the nail on the head. Iceland has a population of only 320,000, so it was the perfect environment for this to blow up. And it's a small island nation, so the population will be pretty insular. Who knows how long this buzz lasts, but a return trip w/ a TV crew would be funny.

This is 100% it. When Roosh said he was going to write a book on Iceland I knew he was going to be famous to every Icelander because they always give a shit on what everyone in the world thinks about them.

Everyone knows everyone there and news travels extremely fast. Its going to be the topic of conversation in every home over there for the next month at least. That's just how that place is.

[Caligula]

You're wrong about the racial element playing a part in this. It was never brought up or even hinted at anywhere. Being non-Icelandic is enough. I doubt it would have been any different if he was a blue-eyed Swede. It's a predictable combination of feminist outrage, white-knighting and news spreading fast in a small country. Visir is easily read by 30%+ of the population and Iceland has one of the highest penetrations of Facebook use in the world so news spreads quickly.

There's a long history of this kind of outrage in Iceland. Icelandair once ran ad campaigns in London and other cities encouraging men to come to Iceland suggesting they'd get laid easily. This triggered massive feminist outrage; a lot of commenters are bringing that up in reference to Bang Iceland.

Anyone who has been out on the weekend in Reykjavik immediately recognises that what Roosh is saying is mostly true. The criticisms are mainly about rationalising away at the margins using the usual straw men.

Icelanders are very concerned about what foreigners think of them. That's the one thing I was surprised by in Bang Iceland: that the girls didn't seem to give a shit about what Roosh thought of the country. They take a lot of pride in their international image of being a unique, creative, educated and prosperous nation. Any validation of this kind of self-image by international media is immediately trumpeted everywhere. Conversely any criticism is quickly met by outrage. In a small nation individuals are much more personally invested in the country's reputation.

There's a running joke there that the only question visitors ever get asked is "How do you like Iceland?" Roosh is right that people usually don't give a fuck about where you're from or what your background is. If you're outside social circles there you don't count; great for one-night stands, less so for getting to know people.

It's a very inward-looking, insular country. Peoples' horizons are very narrow. Even people who live abroad for years mostly hang out with other Icelanders and are not very curious about the rest of the world. This is why something like this blows up with all the navel-gazing that it entails.

[ElJefe]

(11-04-2011 08:54 AM)Caligula Wrote:  

You're wrong about the racial element playing a part in this. It was never brought up or even hinted at anywhere. Being non-Icelandic is enough. I doubt it would have been any different if he was a blue-eyed Swede. It's a predictable combination of feminist outrage, white-knighting and news spreading fast in a small country. Visir is easily read by 30%+ of the population and Iceland has one of the highest penetrations of Facebook use in the world so news spreads quickly.

There's a long history of this kind of outrage in Iceland. Icelandair once ran ad campaigns in London and other cities encouraging men to come to Iceland suggesting they'd get laid easily. This triggered massive feminist outrage; a lot of commenters are bringing that up in reference to Bang Iceland.

Anyone who has been out on the weekend in Reykjavik immediately recognises that what Roosh is saying is mostly true. The criticisms are mainly about rationalising away at the margins using the usual straw men.

Icelanders are very concerned about what foreigners think of them. That's the one thing I was surprised by in Bang Iceland: that the girls didn't seem to give a shit about what Roosh thought of the country. They take a lot of pride in their international image of being a unique, creative, educated and prosperous nation. Any validation of this kind of self-image by international media is immediately trumpeted everywhere. Conversely any criticism is quickly met by outrage. In a small nation individuals are much more personally invested in the country's reputation.

There's a running joke there that the only question visitors ever get asked is "How do you like Iceland?" Roosh is right that people usually don't give a fuck about where you're from or what your background is. If you're outside social circles there you don't count; great for one-night stands, less so for getting to know people.

It's a very inward-looking, insular country. Peoples' horizons are very narrow. Even people who live abroad for years mostly hang out with other Icelanders and are not very curious about the rest of the world. This is why something like this blows up with all the navel-gazing that it entails.

This.

And Vicious, I know you're Swedish... how can you possibly say Iceland is not Scandinavia?

Greenland is not Scandinavia... Iceland is 100% Scandinavian as it gets. The vast, vast majority of Icelanders are descended from Norwegians. You want a genetic description, this is it.

And they are Scandinavian in another sense, a cultural one... for some reason, like the rest of Scandinavia, all the descendants of one of the toughest European cultures all turned out to be super-wusses (but more so in their opinions than in their actions - in reality I think Scandinavian men are about as beta/alpha as Americans, on average). Scandinavian members of this board excepted

[Caligula]

(11-04-2011 09:32 AM)ElJefe Wrote:  

This.

And Vicious, I know you're Swedish... how can you possibly say Iceland is not Scandinavia?

Greenland is not Scandinavia... Iceland is 100% Scandinavian as it gets. The vast, vast majority of Icelanders are descended from Norwegians. You want a genetic description, this is it.

And they are Scandinavian in another sense, a cultural one... for some reason, like the rest of Scandinavia, all the descendants of one of the toughest European cultures all turned out to be super-wusses (but more so in their opinions than in their actions - in reality I think Scandinavian men are about as beta/alpha as Americans, on average). Scandinavian members of this board excepted

It's nitpicking but Scandinavia is a geographic description that doesn't include Iceland and Finland. Nordic is the cultural one that covers Scandinavia plus Finland and Iceland.

But you've got the right idea: Iceland is Nordic and was ruled by Norway and then by Denmark for most of its history until 1945. The culture has more in common with Sweden / Norway / Denmark than anywhere else.

The main difference is that Icelanders are less communal minded and more individualist / family oriented than the other Nordic countries. This may be due to its tougher history; Iceland only started to rise out of poverty in the 1960s and has had right-wing governments for 80% or more of the time since independence. For a long time peoples' main social safety net was their extended family, not the state. Right-wing dominance was only reversed a few years ago after the economic meltdown discredited the old potentates. In contrast, the post-war politics of the other Nordic countries have been more dominated by social democratic parties.

[Roosh]

http://www.amazon.com/review/R2CCMX0SO67...&linkCode=

Quote:

If you are thinking about taking a trip to Iceland just to Bang the women, I hope you can live with your self after taking advantage of a drunk woman who doesn't sue you for doing so, she takes responsibility for her own actions and moves on. Lucky you!

So stop calling us easy and loose and just be grateful for the beautiful island in the Northern Atlantic Ocean where women are free and you might get lucky! (Although it is kind of sad that you have to travel so far to get lucky with a super drunk woman. I have traveled to quite a few countries and there are women like that in every city in the world).

[karl]

(11-04-2011 08:54 AM)Caligula Wrote:  

There's a running joke there that the only question visitors ever get asked is "How do you like Iceland?"

We prefer to ask people few minutes after they step off their plane!

(11-04-2011 10:18 AM)Caligula Wrote:  

But you've got the right idea: Iceland is Nordic and was ruled by Norway and then by Denmark for most of its history until 1945.

1944 thank you very much!

[Pilgrim37]

You're outselling Rough Guide and Lonely Planet...

Listen...you've got to start rolling this out,Brand,Show ,Books,Workshops around the globe.

This is your catalyst to become one of the 1 %

I'm pissing myself laughing

What a warm and satisfying feeling you must be having as you sup your Wodka in the club!

[Roosh]

My response to the people of Iceland:

[Caligula]

Another article!

http://www.dv.is/frettir/2011/11/4/gillz...-haegt-er/

This dude white knights saying Roosh is all wrong - adding that his own books are a much better guide for picking up Icelandic women. His tips are about "being fresh and entertaining to the women" whatever that entails.

Picture is meme-worthy -

[Batata]

After that video, Iceland is going to lobby Interpol to take Roosh out.

[Luckystar]

(11-04-2011 06:21 PM)Caligula Wrote:  

Another article!

http://www.dv.is/frettir/2011/11/4/gillz...-haegt-er/

This dude white knights saying Roosh is all wrong - adding that his own books are a much better guide for picking up Icelandic women. His tips are about "being fresh and entertaining to the women" whatever that entails.

Picture is meme-worthy -

"I lie in research work for the best-selling my books. Although the Icelandic girls partying and lifted up like the other, they are not quite as easy as that gæi believes, "said Egil that has not much opinion of the author.

I think anyone that knows anything about picking up women wouldn't exactly consider Scandinavians authorities on the subject (only exception is Vicious - he knows the deal). It's not a surprise Egil thinks Icelandic girls are not quite as easy as Roosh believes. Interesting that he can't fully commit to them not be 'easy'.

The dude looks cheesy as fuck too.

[Roosh]

The only thing missing from that photo is a tub of Muscle Milk.

[Soma]

(11-04-2011 09:38 PM)Roosh Wrote:  

The only thing missing from that photo is a tub of Muscle Milk.

And what's up with his left forearm? It's the size of his bicep with that weird muscle(?) thing on the bottom.

[Roosh]

Another article: http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/d....news.aspx

Quote:

This glistening Hairdonis (you see what I did there?) is Roosh Vörek and he’s a real dark-eyed stud. He was once a microbiologist but quit that job because why should you contribute to society when you can help men lie and trick women into sleeping with them?

It’s noble path; that much is unquestionable.

God's work, I like to call it.

Quote:

As you can see, this is why he’s so smart and awesome and we Icelandic girls are so worthless because us being welcoming makes it easier for him to stick his holy baton in our crotch holes.

Strawman... never said Icelandic girls are worthless.

Quote:

I hope I get to meet him some day so he can bless me with his holy baton of love but from what I understand chances aren’t high because my relevance as a person apparently decreases exponentially with each pound I put on from my mad ice cream addiction.

True... if you're fat I won't hit.

[Roosh]

The muscleman in the photo has a Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egill_Einarsson

Quote:

His popularity increased as the host of his own TV show Kallarnir, and the author of the lifestyle book Biblía fallega fólksins.[1] Recent speculation has been rising on Egill's sexuality, but many consider him homosexual most of which are men, although this may be because of other men envy his figure. Egill is on the other hand rather feminine and does not fit well into the description of a typical man figure.

Heh. So they got a possibly gay man to refute my book on how to sleep with women?

[dk902]

Funny reading your twitter page Roosh:

"Your on the news in Iceland Guess what: when you come to Iceland do NOT expect to be treated friendly. In fact expect an asskicking."

Bring the haters.

I love it, made me chuckle.

[gringochileno]

(11-05-2011 08:58 AM)Roosh Wrote:  

Another article: http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/d....news.aspx

My prediction: if you go back to Iceland you'll get more ass than even you know what to do with.

[Roosh]

Icelandic feminist organization condemns the book via a spokesperson, calls it a rape guide:
http://www.dv.is/frettir/2011/11/5/femin...ok-voreks/

Lots of interesting comments on this one. Some mock the feminist group and others are along the lines of "the truth hurts." I can almost predict the comment based on the little avatar pic (if there's a little baby in it, it will be anti-roosh).

[chochemonger1]

Roosh, I wonder if any of the Icelandic girls you banged could have pulled a Julian Assange on you and claimed rape for not wearing a condom with her consent (Or is the law different than in Sweden?). Either way, I'm guessing they were too drunk to remember your name or where you lived. Now i know why you publish your country travel books months after you leave the country.

[Craig88]

Those comments on the video were priceless.

[Sardino]

I would be very careful about going back to Iceland, even with an MMA trained body guard. I wouldn't put it past an Icelandic girl who has heard about you to try to fuck you so that she can claim that you "isolated" her and raped her. Since you've already published a "rape guide" to Iceland it would be an open and shut case there. Since its a small town you would have a tough time flying out without someone catching you, and since its an island you'd have a long way to swim.

[Screwston]

(11-05-2011 09:32 AM)dk902 Wrote:  

Funny reading your twitter page Roosh:

"Your on the news in Iceland Guess what: when you come to Iceland do NOT expect to be treated friendly. In fact expect an asskicking."

Bring the haters.

I love it, made me chuckle.

Lmao. Are you going back Roosh?

[Locksmith]

I was both amazed and amused with the reactions in Iceland!

Roosh: You did a great job describing what you have experienced there and the point is they probably know it (in such a small town it would be virtually impossible not to see what you're talking about). They may like it or dislike it, give other perspectives, have different points of view, this is all OK. But what strikes me here is the undertone of denial and condemnation. They are bashing someone who just formed an opinion based on empirical evidence. It all sounds like a witch-hunt.

You hit a sensitive nerve. I suspect these reactions come from a peculiar Politically Correct behavioral corset. To openly comment certain traits you clearly noticed from first-hand experience was for them seemingly "incorrect" or shook their sense of how they believe they ought to be or how they want to be perceived by outsiders.

These people seem to take themselves very seriously, too seriously. From what I understand, I don't see them easily dropping this heavy PC armour, which they probably have to carry throughout their lives, if they are sober or less than wasted. I sort of miss the fun part, the party atmosphere, a laid-back environment that (at least for me -let me stress this-) goes along with hitting on beautiful women.