Discuss “Spread the word: Pick-up lines suck”

“The word of the day is ‘legs.’ Let’s get together and spread the word.” Chances are, if you’ve heard this, you’ve smacked someone. Pick-up lines... do they actually work? No. If you’ve had success with a line, your target was either drunk or inanimate. Most lines you hear are one step up from vocal pornography, and that’s not cool with the ladies (or gentlemen). In fact, I think there is a category called “vocal pornography,” but you’re not Ron Jeremy, and your target is not Anna Nicole Smith.

Over the past week, investigative journalists Justin Brown and Michelle Bova (your intrepid authors) have gone in the field for you, the reader. We have found what works and, more often than that, what does not work. Here we’ll...