"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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Name your Favorite Movie

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

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.

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Saw The Last Duel recently. Not my favorite movie by any stretch, but worth a watch.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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It also boggles my mind how the younger generation would rather watch superhero garbage like movies from Marvel and DC Comics than films like Last Duel based on REAL history.
I saw similar comments. I like superhero movies (some are garbage, some are not). But I would think The Last Duel would appeal to people who liked Game of Thrones, which had a massive audience. But it has no fantasy elements and I guess medieval history isn't a proven genre. The adult theme may have scared some off also. I read some feminist remarks saying that they were glad it flopped because it supposedly meant that people were no longer interested in being entertained by seeing a woman assaulted.
 

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No Country For Old Men, or The Place Beyond the Pines, or Pulp Fiction
Also going to have to shout out Under the Skin and Annihilation.
Some seriously solid taste in films there, and I don't think I have ever heard someone mention Under the Skin before. I really liked it and thought I was the only one.

I can't pick just one either so here's a small handful from a larger list I keep adding to (keep a rolling list on your phone or google docs of movies you like and each time you start dating a new girl, you'll have a huge list of awesome films you can show her and get to enjoy re-watching - and of course, know your audience and pick one that you think you'll both like)

American Honey
Ex Machina
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
There Will be Blood, Gangs of New York, or any Daniel Day Lewis film - haven't seen a bad one yet
Rushmore
Happiness (1998)
The first season of True Detective
Nymphomaniac (Vol I and II)
All of Kubrick's films, though my favorite is Barry Lyndon
The Big Lebowski
All the spaghetti westerns like The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Fist Full of dollars, etc
High Planes Drifter
The Right Stuff
Election
Burn After Reading
Go!
The Hurt Locker
Mandy


Some dumb comedies that aren't "good" but I laugh my ass off every time I watch them:
Wanderlust
Fired Up
Sex Drive
Porky's
The Dog Problem
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
This is the End
Your Highness
Vacation (2015)
 

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It also boggles my mind how the younger generation would rather watch superhero garbage like movies from Marvel and DC Comics than films like Last Duel based on REAL history.
More of the Marvel movies are good than bad.

I like a lot of movies. If it involves world/civilization building I am in. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, Avatar, Snowpiercer, I like all that kind of shvt.
 

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More of the Marvel movies are good than bad.

I like a lot of movies. If it involves world/civilization building I am in. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, Avatar, Snowpiercer, I like all that kind of shvt.
I enjoy every movie listed here. Not all superhero movies are bad. Some people probably got a bad experience from watching Superman Returns or something.
 

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I enjoy every movie listed here. Not all superhero movies are bad. Some people probably got a bad experience from watching Superman Returns or something.
I hate all comic book movies because they're soulless and plastic CGI fests. The only ones I've ever really like was the Nolan Batman trilogy, and Chronicle.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

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.

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I hate all comic book movies because they're soulless and plastic CGI fests. The only ones I've ever really like was the Nolan Batman trilogy, and Chronicle.
CR’s Dark Knight is my favorite action film. All the other versions of the character suck especially it seems the new one. Might be worse even than justice league.
 
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