"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Hernandez

Found dead in his prison cell this morning. Went from making millions in his mid 20's in the NFL to a jail cell. He finally snapped. I can't imagine sitting in that cell after having all that he did and realizing that killing himself was probably the best choice.

Not in anyway defending him or saying he was a good person, but god d*mn this makes me thankful for what I have in life and appreciate the simple things.
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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I'll bet that CTE was a factor in this!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy

It's genuinely what puts me off doing contact American football.
I don't know man, I think that fall from grace ($40 Million contract at 22 to a jail cell at 27 for LIFE) would be enough to drive any man insane to point of killing themselves. You'd have to have some otherworldly inner strength to find some type of meaning and purpose to live for in his situation.
 

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I don't know man, I think that fall from grace ($40 Million contract at 22 to a jail cell at 27 for LIFE) would be enough to drive any man insane to point of killing themselves. You'd have to have some otherworldly inner strength to find some type of meaning and purpose to live for in his situation.

Yep, his life took a real nosedive.

Correct me if im wrong, but the info I read said that he had killed a guy (or guys ) for trying to espose his bisexuality. He killed three people right? Then I read he had a jailhouse lover, not sure what's true or been confirmed just what i read...
 

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They released his brain to be studied so they could see how injured his brain was.

I followed this from the start. He seemed to favor thug life for some reason, or at least it seemed as if he felt invincible.
He got one murder conviction overturned as was working on getting the others overturned. I wonder WHY he wouldn't wait for that to play out. Why off himself?
Such a promising young athlete. I never would have guessed this would have been his demise. You'da thought he would have alpha'ed his way thru jail.

Just tragic.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Crazy world fame, status and money..

To life in prison.

I heard somewhere 50% of people going through media scandals kill themselves.

Just to much pressure.

Chit I thought about suicide just losing my family.

Imagine losing the validation of millions of people.
 

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Actually I think because he is dead he isn't on the hook for any kind of civil lawsuit and therefore can give the money to his family.

Thus what he did was noble depending on how you look at it.
 
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