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Good perspective on the term, you're right.

It is simply competition over the girl and one factor is who can take her out for the more expensive dinners. (Another being who makes her laugh more.)




Yup, that's the way to win women - be the one who spends the most money on them.

Read: Your comment shows A) poor taste B) poor logic. Tack-y.


Come on, that's not fair. jonah's citing two ways men try to woo women (expensive dinners and making her laugh) and using them at as analogies for ways that companies try to woo employees -- either paying them better salaries or being a more rewarding place to work.


Thanks Miller. That was exactly my point. Also to point out that pay alone may not always be the main reason to choose a job.




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