"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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How susceptible to clickbait are you

How susceptible to clickbait are you

  • I am the most clickbaitable kind of person there is

  • I click on a lot of things

  • I click on a few things

  • I don’t click on clickbait


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TheCharmingGuy

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How clickbaitable are you? That is how vulnerable are you to clickbait and how much of your time does it waste? I am the most clickbait-gullible person I know (though I am quite intelligent and hard to fool in real life) and I wondered if anyone else was like this.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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.

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Billtx49

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Once I’ve determined that a link is to a site hosting recognized conspiracy, snake oil salesmen, or hate speech - Zero clicks. There’s already enough false narrative in life to deal with without adding more.…
The human mind can be like a computer input statement if you let it, trash in = trash out.
Other than the above, I’m naturally curious and will click a few unknowns for discovery .…
 

zekko

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Once I’ve determined that a link is to a site hosting recognized conspiracy, snake oil salesmen, or hate speech - Zero clicks.
Yeah, I'll click on something if it sounds interesting. But if they burn me a few times I try to take note of them and cut them off.
 

Mike32ct

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Will only click if I really want to read it and prefer sources I’ve looked at before.

I don’t mind if they exaggerate a bit in the title. I just get annoyed when the title is about something that was NEVER was covered in the video or article.
 

Black Widow Void

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This burns me up.

I always attempt to read any and all sides of an issue. If it's yet confirmed and the word "alleged" is omitted in their claims, I read no further.
 

"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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andreihaha

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After a few interactions with how modern media works, you start to understand what's at the end of the click. And if it's facts or just something that "allegedly happened".

That being said, I'm no saint. I still click on thumbnails with b00bs.
 

Who Dares Win

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When a title summon curiosity or emotions but doesnt provide enough info to know what the hell is about I dont usually click.
 

Zimbabwe

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Or when they use incomplete, misleading titles to scam the reader. I don’t fall for these, but they are annoying to see.

Before clicking:

“After 10 years, CEO Mr. XYZ finally decides to quit…”

After clicking:

“…eating carbs.”
This man went from homeless to a millionaire with one weird trick!

Wall street hates him!
 

Kotaix

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remember, you can use archive.today to read articles without giving the sources any clicks. It also allows you to get around paywalls.

I actively stay away from any kind of corporate media.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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