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.
Two black men were hung from trees in California just within the past month.
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.
Who could have been lynched by black people for all we know. Look at the black on black murder stats.....compelling.
Where are you from
^^^ These insults reveal severe cognitive distress brought on by complete absence of intellectual argument. They aren’t even funny insults. Do better.
Yea I saw that. I live in Cali, and I can tell you that both of those cities are the type of cities that you could easily get caught by yourself in. They're not like the big cities like LA where everything is close together. Those cities are like cities in the south where there are long stretches of unpaved roads and no buildings around. Someone could easily hang you out there without getting caught
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.
If the police would just clean up their departments, instead of giving the whole "theres only a few bad cops" speech then they wouldn't have to worry about all this. They should have actually focused on getting rid of those few "bad apples"
Leave me out of your petty back and forth. I didn't say who did what. I'm simply discussing the matter
Inside Japan's 'suicide forest'
The Aokigahara forest in Japan, the site of Logan Paul's YouTube video that sparked outrage, is known across the country as a place people go to commit suicide.www.google.com
I agree with that entirely. I've stated several times I'm in favor of police reform, within reason. I don't want to see police completely unprotected and unable to defend themselves, with no one higher up backing them up.
Ok cool, bye...I can respect you just saying you don't give af. It's all the playing dumb, and acting like you live under a rock stuff that gets old
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.
Your obviously misinformed on RATES of black crime. Here's the FBI site for 2018 for reference... https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-43
”RATES” of black crime was not the discussion topic. Thanks for chiming in.
Well they are now.
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.
single mommy is the reason
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Crime rates and police encounters are the whole premise behind BLM and this movement. Having 10 crimes in a population of 10 is a problem. Having 10 crimes in a population of 1 million is entirely different.
How dare you start throwing facts around!!! You will destroy these snowflake liberals when they dont have any comeback to factual information and their biased and racist opinions hold no weight! LMAO
That’s a lie. Crime rates have nothing to do with BLM’s movement. “Crime rates” is how white racists try to justify their racism.
GTFO with that crap. Like any other snowflake, you deny facts.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.