A student has been on a successful date with his crush after taking dating advice from his English professor.
His professor advised young Jake to use Ethos, Pathos and Logos – Aristotle’s three modes of persuasion – to ask his crush Hannah out on a date. And it actually worked.
yooo i have about 0 skills when it comes to texting girls so i legit asked my english professor to help me draft a text to a girl and we strAIGHT ETHOS, LOGOS, PATHOSED MY WAY INTO A DATE ??? pic.twitter.com/oHwIDGEheA
October 25, 2017
After consulting the three methods, Jake messaged Hannah saying: “I hate to come on too strong here but if you ever could use a stress-free night after work or need some food to keep you alive while you’re moving into your new apartment, I would love to take you to dinner.
“It would be fun and a great way for me to see your dog, which is low key why I’m doing this.”
Quick explainer: Ethos is an appeal to ethics and is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader. Pathos is an appeal to emotion – it is used to convince an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response. Last but not least, Logos is an appeal to logic and is a way of persuading an audience by using reason.
He later shared a screenshot of his message, with Hannah’s reply: “Hey that would be great! How about Friday night? I get off work at 6:00. I’ll be sure to bring Winston [her dog].”
After receiving Hannah’s response, Jake was unable to contain his excitement. He tweeted: “We straight ETHOS, LOGOS, PATHOSED MY WAY INTO A DATE.”
The pair have since been out on a date together. Jake shared a photo of them holding a finger painting they’d created of the sunset (how romantic) and, as promised, Hannah’s dog Winston made an appearance.
JUST GOT BACK FROM MY DATE LOOK HOW CUTE HANNAH IS I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE SHE SAID YES ?? WE FINGER PAINTED THE SUNSET TOGETHER IT WAS SO AMAZING AND THE PAINTING WAS GOOD BUT THE REAL MASTERPIECE WAS NEXT TO ME THE WHOLE TIME ?? ALSO WINSTON IS CHILL AF pic.twitter.com/3sr39jQCpo
October 28, 2017