"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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Let’s talk about marijuana

cola

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Why is it that billy bob can get off a 10 hour shift and drink 12 coors beers and fall asleep in the tub but I can’t work the same 10 hours, do better work and take 2 tokes to mellow out when i get home without a random drug test being shoved down my throat?

its so dumb,
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"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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I agree, it's dumb. I haven't cared for weed since I was very young, but I think it should be legal. Alcohol seems 1000 x more dangerous.

I'm not even sure what the motivation is behind keeping it illegal. You'd think all that propaganda demonizing it would have worn off long ago. You'd think even the conspiracy theorist types would say the government would want it legal - pacify the population, and all that sort of thing.
 

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I agree, it's dumb. I haven't cared for weed since I was very young, but I think it should be legal. Alcohol seems 1000 x more dangerous.

I'm not even sure what the motivation is behind keeping it illegal. You'd think all that propaganda demonizing it would have worn off long ago. You'd think even the conspiracy theorist types would say the government would want it legal - pacify the population, and all that sort of thing.
There definately stigma attached to smoking weed. Recreational marijuana like Cola suggests should be legal.
 

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The word marijuana was Mexican slang in the 1930s. Cannabis is the actual name. But the government started calling it marijuana because that word was associated with dirty brown people and has some nice racist overtones to fuel the fear based propaganda. I have read some of the 1930s newspapers. "Mexican, crazed with reefer madness, offends white woman." The story is that he looked at her, she called the cops, they beat him up and arrested him, and all of it was caused by reefer madness. That same story was run for years building up to the 1937 prohibition act.
 

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It really is misfortunate that it isn't federaly legal yet but things are starting to change. I agree though, stoners have given pot a bad name with they're hijinks and gof attitudes but luckily the tides starting to shift there as well. More baby boomers are starting to get on board
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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It's a crutch for mentally ill guys who can't handle the pressures of the real world.

It's a necessary cope for the weak.
 
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I think legalization is inevitable at this point. Taxes on the sales in states where it's legal are thru the roof and we could finance a lot of public works and programs with that revenue. Money talks and bullsh!t walks. Not to mention the black market is huge and unstoppable.

The problem is having tests that can detect if you're high or not like you can with alcohol.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

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.

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zekko

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Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol but they both suck. Alcohol is somewhat useful when kept to a minimum.
Marijuana is useful as well, for pain relief and cancer patients (and other things, I'm sure, I don't keep up on it). Look at all the CBD stuff that's popped up everywhere.
 

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I’m not against legalization. But I think these two are tired and weak arguments in favor of legalization:

1. “It’s not AS BAD as alcohol.” Even assuming that’s true, tell us about the PROS of pot instead. Alcohol is not relevant to this discussion.

2. “It will bring in tax revenue.” Governments can tax virtually anything. And then they piss away the money and end up in the red again.

Now if you think legalization will cut drug violence, then yeah, that’s a point worth arguing. Or helping cancer patients manage pain, sure.
 
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1. “It’s not AS BAD as alcohol.” Even assuming that’s true, tell us about the PROS of pot instead. Alcohol is not relevant to this discussion.
I don't agree that it's irrelevant. Why should a person smoking pot be thrown in prison while a person consuming a more dangerous drug have liberty? Besides, why aren't the people against legalization of marijuana out instead campaigning to make alcohol illegal?
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Mike32ct

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I don't agree that it's irrelevant. Why should a person smoking pot be thrown in prison while a person consuming a more dangerous drug have liberty? Besides, why aren't the people against legalization of marijuana out instead campaigning to make alcohol illegal?
I absolutely agree that someone shouldn’t go to prison for pot use. And if you want to argue that it’s a waste of resources to prosecute pot users, I would agree completely.

But, back to alcohol vs pot, how would you objectively determine/quantify which drug is LESS bad? How would you convince lawmakers that one is less bad than the other? It might well be less bad, but I don’t think that line of reasoning is an effective way to convince someone to support legalization.

On the relevancy issue, any time I tried to have an honest debate with someone who is pro-legalization of pot, I ended up hearing an hour long analysis about alcohol lol.
 

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It really is about freedom at the end of the day. That doesn't mean just smoke/eat some before work, a drive, or anything important that needs undivided attention. However, if I'm at my home as long as I'm not doing any harm to myself nor others the government nor employers should have no say in what I do.
 

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tell us about the PROS of pot instead.
I would start with a discussion of the endocannabinoid system, which is present in all of us:

THC is the most widely known cannabinoid, but there are over 150 more, such as cbd, cbg, cbn, cbc, thcv & cbdv....we are just beginning to study most of them. Early indications are that they are all strong anti inflammatories, and also show potential to fight cancer.
 
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