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What is happening? The rise of inflation I assume.
"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.
Some changes in America's economy
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What is happening? The rise of inflation I assume.
"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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The US economy was showing signs of decline pre-Covid. Covid just paused and then accelerated the problem.
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Chili's, Red Lobster, and the like never really served "food" in the way any reasonably intelligent person defines that term. The chickens are now finally coming home to roost
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Why would a trucker who is an owner/operator bother having a home when they are constantly on the road?
Just an added expense that they get very little value from and have to spend money to maintain.
Not sure what exactly that has to do with the economy weakening.
Also, there are things called economic cycles that most people seem oblivious too.
People act as if these are "bad" things. No, they aren't, because they act as a reset button for the economy so it can move up again.
These idiots have talked about how we are 'on the brink of recession" for like 5 years now and still hasn't happened. When it inevitably does, they will be the first ones jumping up and down about how they called it.
They fail to understand that saying there will be a recession doesn't mean sh!t in the grand scheme of things. It would be like saying at some point today it will be 5 O'clock twice and then saying how they called it when it hit 5 O'clock.
Well no sh!t, every day there is a time when it's 5 O'clock twice. It's all about timing and how accurate you are with that. Saying there is going to be a recession with no time table is meaningless since of course you will be right at some point. It's the very nature of the economy...there will be ups and downs. Saying there will be a time when it's a down point and then acting like you are Merlin the Magician is idiotic since any kid who took basic economics in grade school could tell you that.
The skill in all of it is being accurate with the timing, which most of these bozos are not and are basically just talking out of their ass.
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"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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How can the economy be on the decline if the airports, trains, and freeways are full and they are building new apartments and plazas on every fvcking corner?
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And in The US, economic highs and woes are always more pronounced or negligible, depending on what region we're referring to
Ex. The 1970s were dark days for New York City financially, but if one drove out to Appleton, life remained relatively unchanged
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