This depends. Let's look at two examples and how the outcomes would be different. Example #1 Guy goes up to girl. Guy: "You're really beautiful!" (seeking rapport tonality) Guy waits there with big smile on his face waiting for the girls reaction. Girl: "Thanks" Guy: "Um, so what are you doing here?" (seeking rapport tonality) Girl: "Um..." Example #2 Guy goes up to girl. Guy: "Yo!! You're HOT as HELL." (BREAKING rapport tonality, direct eye contact, right up in her face) Girl: WTF!!! "Um..." Guy: "Hey!" (cutting her off, grabs her hand, pulls her in, pushes her away) Girl: WTF!!! Girl is bewildered but sets up dynamics of hard attraction because she's reacting to HIM and there's physical leading. So there's many ways to deliver a direct compliment on an opener, and the results have little to do with the actual words. Yep...
