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00:00Hey Penny, come on in. Hey guys. See you Penny, pick her up, then all the day you'll have good luck.
00:07To all the single men out there, the next time you're trying to shoot your shot,
00:12maybe don't try Howard Swag or lack thereof from the Big Bang Theory.
00:17If you look so good I'd marry your brother just to get in your family.
00:22Or maybe don't try the Fresh Prince of Bel Air's line either. Have you ever thought of a simple
00:28may I meet you? It's something billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman says he has sworn by
00:35and claims he almost never got rejected. But men on the internet are rejecting that proposal
00:42hard. Flooding his comments on X with hilarious replies.
00:49Ackman took to X writing, I hear from many young men that they find it difficult to meet young
00:54woman in a public setting. He blames online culture and wanted to share a few words from
01:00his youth to meet someone he was interested in. He'd ask, may I meet you? Before engaging in further
01:06conversation. One ex-user wrote, I tried this at the coffee shop. She said no. With a gif of someone
01:13preparing to harm themselves. To which Ackman replied, try again. You need not fear being rejected.
01:19Wrong girl for you. Her loss, your gain. Another user posted a meme with a perfectly chiseled man
01:26labeled Bill Ackman $10 billion net worth with text reading, just go to her and ask her out.
01:32You only need confidence. Cut to the bottom panel of a scruffy, exhausted Wojak image labeled
01:39X users asking, are you sure? And while Ackman's net worth does sit just under $10 billion,
01:45according to Forbes. He says when he used that line as a younger man, he quote, didn't have two
01:51nickels. Others used memes to suggest the line only works if you're fit, handsome, or both. Some users
01:58just think the whole thing is hilarious, but Ackman says the combination of proper grammar and
02:03politeness is what makes it effective. It may not be as outdated as it sounds. Online telehealth
02:10platform HIMSS conducted a study and found that 82% of Americans say they met their significant other
02:16in person. And even Gen Z, the most online generation, reports 77% meeting IRL. Someone even turned the
02:25tables asking Ackman himself, may I meet you? He replied with a swift, I am taken.
02:32So for now, it's just something the internet is having a little fun with,
02:36but Ackman clearly swore by this technique before he was married. He even says it works for same-sex
02:42relationships, friendships, and for women trying to approach men. And I'm just wondering if it works
02:49for anything else like, husband, may I please get a new laptop for Christmas? We'll see.
03:00I'm Kennedy Felton with Straight Arrow News. For more on this story and others,
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