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Tila Tequila vs. the 8-year-old boy

About a month ago, two books were published with the same theme: getting girls to like you. The first, How to Talk to Girls was written by an 8-year-old boy. The second, Hooking Up with Tila Tequila: A Guide to Love, Fame, Happiness, Success, and Being the Life of the Party, was written by — well, you don't need me to tell you; it's right there in the title.

Because I care about getting girls to like me, I read both books to see which one had better advice. Let's tackle Tila Tequila first.

The first thing Tila Tequila wants to you know when you open up her book to the beginning chapter — titled "Sluts" — is that you can "f--k off." No kidding, that's how she starts the book. The next chapter is called "Haters" and in it Tila Tequila is shocked and outraged that she hasn't been more accepted by the lesbian and bisexual community; or accepted by women in general.

There is an entire chapter dedicated to teaching men what women want. To wit: "No matter how crazy we get, just sit back and go, 'You know my girl is dramatic. She's a chick. That's just how it is.'"

In the chapter about women pleasing other women, Tequila offers this gem: "Sometimes girls get tired of dealing with guys being all tough and macho, and all of a sudden they find themselves being into other chicks."

Got that? Girls are into guys until guys act petulant, and then girls are into other girls for backup. (I cannot figure out why women and lesbians/bisexuals don't like this woman.)

Tila Tequila's practical advice on getting girls to like you? Nothing. Seriously. In the "getting a guy to like you" chapter she says you should always act like a lady. (Ironically, she writes that sentence directly after 50 pages of nudey pictures which she suggests you "get your rocks off to.") She also advises girls to not be needy and not call more than twice without a response. Oh, and hold off on having sex until you just absolutely must.

How does the second-grader's advice in How to Talk to Girls stack up to Tila Tequila's? Here are some of his tips:

To get a girl to like you, talk to her and get to know her.

Your mom likes you to be clean, and she's a girl!

Sometimes you get a girl to like you, then she ditches you. Life is hard, move on.

It's good to let the girl start off the conversation. You want her to talk. If she doesn't talk, then you have to.

You might talk and play at recess, or sit together at lunch. When you hang out, try not to say anything inappropriate.

When it comes to getting girls to like you, there's no easy answer. But some answers are better than others. Who do you think gives better advice on chicks: the bisexual reality star or the 8-year-old boy?

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  • Baby_Bridgets_Bitch's picture

    I think that little boy is

    I think that little boy is a lesbian, and if he isn't I sure as hell am claiming him as one because if an 8 year old boy has better advice about getting women than a 20 something bisexual....we're all in trouble 

    "Honey, have you been eating meat?"
    "What!? No! Ofcorse not. Why do you ask?"
    "Because your...burger doesn't taste very...vaggie veggie"

    Jules's picture

    LOL

    nice!

    Tila's advice was a joke. it's pretty sad when an 8 year old can get more than a grown woman.

    Christa  O'malley's picture

    Tila Tequila vs. the 8-year-old boy

    I couldn't imagine taking advice from the likes of Tequila?  Just my two cents on her.

    Christa....

    Baby_Bridgets_Bitch's picture

    Not many people give

    Taquila rarely gives good advice...Burbon is the one with good advice

    "Honey, have you been eating meat?"
    "What!? No! Ofcorse not. Why do you ask?"
    "Because your...burger doesn't taste very...vaggie veggie"

    Julia's picture

    X_X

    I find it intensley depressing that Tila Tequila doesn't even know why most of us don't like her. I tried to give her a chance in the early days of her show, but at this point I would not come within a mile of that girl for fear of catching whatever it is she has that makes her so amazingly clueless.
    Courtney's picture

    I thought you were going to

    I thought you were going to say i would not come within a mile of that girl for fear of catching chlamydia. haha. or really any other STD.
    sunnyday's picture

    And that's

     

    just what's in her head.  God only knows what you could catch from what's in her pants.

    Natazzz's picture

    How to talk to girls

    That advice is very cute...not to mention good.

    I'll have to pick up a copy of that book. Who knows, maybe the little boy can teach me a thing or two LOL.

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    Sigrid's picture

    yes

    I was actually thinking the same, at least the boy

    makes more sense. Ms. Tequila is a sad case of cheap entertainment, however, she may contribute to consolidate all that mythology amongst certain groups. Girls into girls because men dont behave? so as long as men behave women do not "need" to turn to the "B group"? yeah right!.  

    brightClik5's picture

    smart 8 year old!

    sometimes i think it's those little points that count.  very cute advice.  i think he definitely beats Tila.

    AClosetCase:x's picture

    LOL-ed

    i can't imagine anyone who would benefit from tila's lame attempt at a guide, except probably... no wait, i still cant think of any. HAHA

    the lil dude on the other hand, has some good advice. even though it may seem to be rather obvious.

    its ironic huh, how sometimes the most obvious things are ignored, and it takes the innocence of a child to point it out! O.O

     

    btw; i love watching a shot at love; just cause its so very entertaining. talk about cheap thrills. HAHA.

    Joyous's picture

    Wow

    That little boy has it right. I can't stand TIla. She looks like Eartha Kitt on crack and with such a big head. You'd think she'd have a bigger brain than a fly.
    LilyJadeRose's picture

    please do not insult the

    please do not insult the late great ms. eartha kitt by comparing tila to her. 

    "I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one." ....... "I've been on a calendar, but never on time." ~Marilyn Monroe~

    Harhar's picture

    I heard about this boy a

    I heard about this boy a few weeks ago in the morning radio show. He's going to publish another book next year. In such young age, this boy has read a lot of books, the publisher was in awe upon meeting this boy, that's what the radio show said.

     


    SunriseShadow's picture

    Ms. Ignorance

    I think Karman said in a WGN vlog she felt like her TV should be STD checked... I'm getting the same feeling about this book... ;)  

    That aside, how can she NOT get why women wouldn't like her? Maybe her brain was infected from kissing so many people in such little time....

    You didn't even take your clothes of, yet you've never looked more naked.

    dazed's picture

    kudos

    you brave soul! i can't believe you got through Tila's entire book, probably at the cost of a loss of faith in humanity --- i'm truly in awe. 

    Val's picture

    HAHA

    Your comment made me LOL

     

    Anyway, that 8 years old boy sure is interesting o_o

     

    v: "slap me" :)

    Ash's picture

    My money's on the kid.

    And she can't understand why we don't run to her with open arms? Really?

    Sigh. 

    l'amour trouvera en chemin.

    afroaktor's picture

    Enough Tila

    Tila is an embarrassment to all living things (intelligent or otherwise) and should not be given one more moment of airtime or piece of paper upon which to print her "advice."

    There is only one writer among these two with a childish approach to matters of the heart and it's not the 8 year old.

    The boy wins.

    hmlsmall's picture

    the eight year old

    won, mainly due to my delight with his line:

    "Your mom likes you to be clean, and she's a girl!"

    oh, and he has the upper hand on the subject because he actually seems to like girls. 

    chilaxing's picture

    HAHA

    That little dude was on Ellen's talk show, she helped him to get the publishing deal.

     

    Alison Young's picture

    The kid wins.

    Tila Tequila is a joke. Do we still have to call her a bisexual because let's face it, she's fake as hell.

    And she has the gall to say we should love her? Lady, we do not use women as a back-up to women, we are not promiscuos, and thank the Godess, we are not you.

    The little boy wins. Not just because he's a better writer than Tila (even though, he really is) but because his advice is what any guy or lesbian will listen to because it is sweet and honest.

    "Tell me how bad I am... it makes me feel so good!"-Lestat de Lioncourt

    readmyhips's picture

    LOL

    The boy's advice is way superior to Tila's.  You know, I like to give people the benefit of the doubt and I had hopes for Tila in the beginning, but she has dug her own grave. 
    sleepedver's picture

    Oh my

    The boy has smart advice, Tila...not so much

    - Peace, love, vegan! -

    eighTTen's picture

    are you smarter than a fifth-grader?

    Hmm...this reminds me of a show called are you smarter than a fifth-grader or something. Pity pity Tila Tequila! An 8 year old boy gave much conviction to make me read his book than your book. How can that be so, Tila?

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    Baby_Bridgets_Bitch's picture

    She looks like one of those

    She looks like one of those Brat dolls. If she tips her head over to far she will fall flat on her face.

    "Honey, have you been eating meat?"
    "What!? No! Ofcorse not. Why do you ask?"
    "Because your...burger doesn't taste very...vaggie veggie"

    Viva's picture

    Wow

    I guess that's another 'book' added to the it's not you, it's your books cut her loose section. To me though, she looks healthy most asian women are of that built and even if her head is not on straight no pun intended, I and the rest of the popularized shallow world appreciate it very much:)

    lions for scottie's picture

    Alien chick

    I think if you shaved Tila's hair off, she'd look like an alien. Not that that has anything to do with her advice-giving-capabilities..
    Lindsay 's picture

    He was so adorable on

    He was so adorable on Ellen. He looks like he could have been Shawn Johnson's little brother.

    As for Tila, I'm not going to waste my time saying what I think of her!

    Ayame's picture

    Tila Tequila vs. 8-year-old boy

    Just reading the title I knew who I was gonna vote for. And I wasn't wrong. Yay 8-year-old boy! So cute and so true, I loved it.

     

     

    "As for Tila, I'm not going to waste my time saying what I think of her!"

    Same here.

    Amy's picture

    WELL...........

    Obviously Tila has got more action than the 8 year-old boy and that speaks for itself,in a good/bad way I won't comment but wait til he hits 14 and all that shit goes out the window!.
    Courtney's picture

    why!?

    no really is Tila Tequila still around? i had simply hoped that she had fallen off the earth.
    Lunakiss's picture

    I Pick The 8- Year- Old Boy As the Winner

    www.myspace.com/lunakiss7.com

    This is a match of who knows more about girls. It's really sad when an eight- year -old straight got a grown bisexual womyn beat with  hands down.

    "Speak your mind, be the truth."

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    Leokris83's picture

    Though it doesn't take a

    Though it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know which one is better, absolutely the 8 yea old. It's know wonder no one likes her, she's just gets with girls for attention, that's obvious since "Girls are into guys until guys act petulant, and then girls are into other girls for backup." I'm so glad she's not on TV anymore.
    emileezer's picture

    I never watched the show,

    I never watched the show, but I had a super crush on Dani.... still do, I guess....I am so glad skanky Tila didn't pick her (so tila wouldn't taint her) and at the same time, how could anyone pick that guy over Dani....

    Anyway, Tila has terrible advice. the 8-year old wins it in my book.....

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    Charlie_Brown's picture

    Kids always have the best advice

    Seriously because things are so simple and basic.  You want to know how you look in an outfit- don't ask your friends, ask your little brother ... sometimes your little sister (although because you're the BIG sister they tend to agree more than a boy would). Same with dating. You like someone, you think they like you... tell a kid the situation (the G/PG 13 version) and they got you!

     Don't sleep on them I'm telling you. 

    "Don't threaten me with love, Baby.  Let's just go walking in the rain."

    -Billie Holiday

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    Magnolia-08's picture

    I did watch A Shot At

    I did watch A Shot At Love.. and was hooked on it. The entertainment factor was just too big to pass. However, the kid gives more sound advice in a few lines than she seems to in an entire book. So, kudos to you kiddo, you already know what's up. Tila can go back to her less than mediocre recording career...or do another brainless reality show for MTV.

    "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

    candice's picture

    The eight year old boy

    because almost everything he said is what i go by. he's a smart 8 year old boy but ironically i bet he's going to have the worst luck with girls when he gets older. thats usually what happens, lol.

     tila tequila knows all about love that why she had two shows on MTV. and thats why she didn't end up with anyone at the end of both seasons.

    Melissa Hsu's picture

    Oh TIla

    I hope you find love some day... whatever definition for "love" you use, anyway...

    That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

    Carnedo's picture

    Tila Tequila is still

    Tila Tequila is still around? I thought that woman would've been sucked into her own vagina by now.
    McPants's picture

    Yeah Tila is still around.

    Yeah Tila is still around. I saw her the other day at starbucks. She's very very very tiny in person.  

     

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    Kora's picture

    OMG

    it is really sad that Tila is so clueless it is obvious she knows just as much as a man does about women. Some ppl should just leave the thinking to 8 year olds.

    Tila another swing and a miss.You have no idea what your talking about another reason why we can't stand you.

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    Erica's picture

    TILA IS BEYOND A JOKE

    Hmm.. I didn't know Tila was smart enough to read more less right a book... Seriously she's outraged that the lesbian community doesn't want her... I can't imagine why!! I tried watching her show and maybe if i was a freshmen boy in high school i might enjoy it but im not and the show sucked.... But knowing MTV they have to out do themselves by having not ONE but TWO bisexual girls.. ugh it makes me sick!

    Dru_Breezy's picture

    ha

    I would rather take the advice of the 8 year old boy! Sad huh? But i refuse to take advice from a 20 something bisexaul who's high point is being slutty on reality television and myspace, please. My straight sister gives better advice... whateva

    "i'm a breath taking in bed, but I'm orgasmic with a Pen"

     Invisible Circus's picture

    Clearly, the choice is simple

    Tila gives the most appropriate and useful advice.

     

     

    HEAVY SARCASM. 

     

    I guess she assumes that her 'fan base' and myspace friends have an IQ adequate enough to get through the book (after all, it sounds like there are more pictures than words anyway) and are thusly stupid enough to not really GET the gist of relationship/friends etc.

     

    Then again, she might be smarter than she looks because we're talking about her...I HATE GETTIN SUCKERED!

    Manuela's picture

    ykrigjriUhg

    i cant figure out why someone would like tila .. i mean.. she's pretty much a needy bitch .. a girl that get tired of man and started with girls just to feel the "gentle touch of a lady". Thats not an excuse .. so definitively the book of the 8 years old boy is better. i can say this even without reeding the book because... well , the other one is from tila..