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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.
"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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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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Destroy this. Get results.
"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 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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