I don’t know who came up with this, but someone has figured out the best cock-blocking maneuver ever. And then he told all his friends about it.

Let me paint a picture for you. You’re at a bar. You strike up a conversation with an attractive young woman. You talk to her for a bit. You are enjoying the conversation. She is enjoying the conversation. You are having fun.

Then, someone comes up, steps in between the two of you, says a few words to the young woman, then turns to you and says, loudly, “Sorry, man, I didn’t mean to interrupt your game-spitting. I just wanted to say hey to [whoever].”

This works on so many levels. 1. You are suddenly not having a conversation, but “spitting game.” 2. There is no way to defend against this perception shift. You can’t deny you are spitting game without sounding foolish, insecure, or over-compensatory; you can’t affirm you were spitting game (e.g. by silence) without seeming lecherous. 3. The cock-blocker has just made himself seem attractively aloof – you were spitting game; he was just “saying hey.” He obviously has more important things to do, a condition that women tend to find tremendously attractive.

The young woman you have until now been having a pleasant conversation with you will invariably politely tell you goodbye and follow the cock-blocker elsewhere.

Eh, not like it really matters. Girls at this college apparently are desperate anyway.