"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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Top 5 TV Intro songs

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"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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"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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Friends is a horse poop TV show. I agree with Andrew Tate's take on the show. That said, the theme song was memorable.
The Friends theme song was very 90s in its melody and composition. It gets on my nerves for some reason. But I can't deny it's an earworm.

I just googled the Rembrandts (who sang it) and didn't realize they sang this one -

 

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This is middle of the road music for a middle of the road show.
The reason it gets on your levers is probably because you have taste, unlike the masses who buy this shyte.
No doubt. I'm not a 'natural' musician who can identify notes straight away. So for some reason the Friends theme always sounded like it had minor notes that gave it that droll 90s melodic sound (like a cheery happy version of a grunge song). But I looked up the chords and it's pretty straightforward and major with a couple of minors thrown in. So I guess it's just the progression plus that guy's voice, which sounds strained, and the guitar hook.

The Cheers theme isn't much different chord wise but it sounds much more classic and likeable to me. I think that singer had a softer voice and the arrangement was more palatable.

I know I'm doing a deep dive here but I've always been interested in how a jingle or hit song can be written.
 

"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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I thought Netflix´s Daredevil Intro was great. I never skipped it
 

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My #1 Favorite of all time was the Dukes. My appreciation for freedom, fast cars, and good looking women started with this show at 5 years old.
 

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A movie but still:


There was a club in Germany that opened the dance floor with this track, I had the place on lockdown...

Yeah I'm old.
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

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.

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You know what I like? The theme song for the animated version of the TV show "ALF". If you didn't know what show it was for, you wouldn't be able to tell what decade it's from.


Also, the theme for Newton's Apple, but that's because it's a Kraftwerk song.


Oh yeah, and the Littlest Hobo theme. Legendary Canadian 5hit right here:

 
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The BBC's Formula 1 coverage....
The outro from Fleetwood Mac's 'The Chain'

or

One from my youth
70s current affairs TV show 'Weekend World'
A section from Mountain's 'Nantucket Sleighride'
 
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