So are you saying that feminism will completely destroy society and a new regime with rise from the ashes?Something along puritanical and fascist lines.
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
So are you saying that feminism will completely destroy society and a new regime with rise from the ashes?Something along puritanical and fascist lines.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
You don't believe that some men have perfected themselves, in that they have come to master their "sins" and weaknesses, like a Buddha or a Christ?I have no faith in fallible humans.
On the bright side, God is perfect.
All have sinned and fall short of God's own perfection.You don't believe that some men have perfected themselves, in that they have come to master their "sins" and weaknesses, like a Buddha or a Christ?
You still didn't answer the question.All have sinned and fall short of God's own perfection.
Only Christ is perfect.You still didn't answer the question.
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.
You still didn't really answer the question.Only Christ is perfect.
Buying Bitcoin would help to downplay the role and power of corrupt governments.
You assume it's possible to be without sin. This is why your question isn't answered. You erroneously presuppose that man is 'naturally good' or can attain sinlessness.You still didn't really answer the question.
Are you not aware that there are such men living who have successfully mastered their baser impulses, like greed, lust, slander, anger, revenge, etc. and achieved self-mastery over themselves?
And do you not think it possible for such wise men to come into a nation's leadership and uplift and change its moral fabric?
EDIT: What country are you in?
Do you not think that holding to such beliefs as these actually serves as an obstacle in the pursuit of living a stainless and pure life?You assume it's possible to be without sin. This is why your question isn't answered. You erroneously presuppose that man is 'naturally good' or can attain sinlessness.
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" - KJV
Not at all, people who think they can attain perfection on their own, are usually self-righteous, uptight, sticks in the mud. They be become gods unto themselves. They end up worshiping themselves.Do you not think that holding to such beliefs as these actually serves as an obstacle in the pursuit of living a stainless and pure life?
Good outcome - economic depression returns us back to the 'natural order of things'.So are you saying that feminism will completely destroy society and a new regime with rise from the ashes?
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
This is the difference between the modern Protestant view and the classical Catholic view of human nature. Where the one emphasizes the complete corruption of human nature, the other equally emphasizes the development and redemption of that nature through virtue. As, in the Protestant world, the potential for perfectibility is displaced completely to the hereafter and hermetically sealed from this world, this sets up a dichotomy and split within ourselves... within the present and future. Because we do not see the need for virtue here and now, we do not see the reality of vice. We are thus free to pursue avarice, greed and lust in creating a capitalistic world.You assume it's possible to be without sin. This is why your question isn't answered. You erroneously presuppose that man is 'naturally good' or can attain sinlessness.
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" - KJV
Yes people abuse it, as a license to sin. But, they really are not aware of the gravity of their situation, and have no gratitude for the price that was paid. So I have to bring into question, their authenticity.This is the difference between the modern Protestant view and the classical Catholic view of human nature. Where the one emphasizes the complete corruption of human nature, the other equally emphasizes the development and redemption of that nature through virtue. As, in the Protestant world, the potential for perfectibility is displaced completely to the hereafter and hermetically sealed from this world, this sets up a dichotomy and split within ourselves... within the present and future. Because we do not see the need for virtue here and now, we do not see the reality of vice. We are thus free to pursue avarice, greed and lust in creating a capitalistic world.![]()
If feminism continues to prevail as it is in today's western world, how long do you predict it will take before the events you've outlined start to unfold?Good outcome - economic depression returns us back to the 'natural order of things'.
Bad outcome - a chaotic democracy devolves into populism and then into authoritarianism/ fascism. Arguably, radical democracies devolve into fascist-like governments.
First comes populism... where a popular leader mobilizes his own base, circumventing the usual institutional restraints such as bureaucracy and media. You are starting to see something of this in the person of Trump - a simplistic two-dimensional ideological view of the world, the demonization of intellectuals/ media that are in disagreement, a lack of humor [boycotting media events], the breakdown of civil discussion/ debate, nationalism, parochialism, chauvinism.If feminism continues to prevail as it is in today's western world, how long do you predict it will take before the events you've outlined start to unfold?
Furthermore, what do you believe to be the process of devolving from a radical democracy into a fascist-like government?
So how long do you think it will be before fascism kicks in?First comes populism... where a popular leader mobilizes his own base, circumventing the usual institutional restraints such as bureaucracy and media. You are starting to see something of this in the person of Trump - a simplistic two-dimensional ideological view of the world, the demonization of intellectuals/ media that are in disagreement, a lack of humor [boycotting media events], the breakdown of civil discussion/ debate, nationalism, parochialism, chauvinism.
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.
It would not be fascist but fascist-like. A mass politics that plays to the crowd, and avoiding reality will look to create war. A little bit like today really....So how long do you think it will be before fascism kicks in?