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There planning on bringing MySpace back...I never really had an account back then. Is MySpace worth the hype?
"The Kiss of Death Mistake"
You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?
Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.
One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.
Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
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Wasn't aware that it ever vanished completely
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Did you have your account back in the day? I know I didn’t.
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Yeah, I did. It may still even be active
“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.
FlexpertHamilton
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It's not going to be like it used to be. Any platform created now will have the same exact features as any other social media: AI algorithms, bots, ragebaiting, and OF farming accounts. Just look at Threads, it's literally NOTHING but ragebaiting/engagement baiting OF/bot accounts; there's a reason no one uses it.
There hasn't been a successful new social media platform in almost ten years, with Tiktok being the last major one (which many people don't realize was launched wayyy back in 2016).
I think social media is well past it's saturation point. The only platforms that I can see surviving over the years is FB, IG, and X, and IG/FB seems to be dying. X is the only platform that I can see maintaining a legitimate use case, though I can't stand it myself and have never once used it.
There hasn't been a successful new social media platform in almost ten years, with Tiktok being the last major one (which many people don't realize was launched wayyy back in 2016).
I think social media is well past it's saturation point. The only platforms that I can see surviving over the years is FB, IG, and X, and IG/FB seems to be dying. X is the only platform that I can see maintaining a legitimate use case, though I can't stand it myself and have never once used it.
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Bible_Belt
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MySpace made its way back when Facebook required a .edu email to join. Then Zuck realized he could open it up to everyone to farm their data and make himself a billionaire.
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I think the idea was to limit it to .edu so that it could work out the kinks.
Bible_Belt
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They also didnt control spamming. DJs, club promoters, and strippers would send everyone messages constantly.
"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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I don't remember much about 90s/00s slow dial-up internet. I remember you had AOL online, or you'd use a CD drive, which was the big thing back then to load up programs and connect to the internet. MySpace feels like a dinosaur. Don't feel much nostalgia to early internet days but they made life more interesting as a teenager/young adult. Even extremely low res graphics were a treat in those days.
Mike32ct
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Maybe that guy T o m will still be my friend lol.
BaronOfHair
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Presumably Colbie Cailat is still releasing tunes on this platform also
MatureDJ
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Hmm, I never got any strippers messaging me. I would have asked if the gal does nightcaps.
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So even back in the 2000s, your enthusiasm for approaching out in the wild was STILL more non-existent than Corey Feldman's "acting" career, post-Licencse To Drive?Hmm, I never got any strippers messaging me. I would have asked if the gal does nightcaps.
"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
RoadKing_Rabbit
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Commander Keen is the SH1T!!!!
I'll believe they're bringing it back when I see it back. And I don't think for one moment they won't riddle it to the point of not using it due to ad spamming and some incorporated form of algorithm doom scrolling while promising a "setting" that doesn't work to "turn it off."
Bible_Belt
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The "online now" that would flash next to someone's name was stalkerrific.
Keep in mind this was in the day and age of desktop computers. So you knew someone was home, and not out with someone else.
Keep in mind this was in the day and age of desktop computers. So you knew someone was home, and not out with someone else.
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I went to a high school in Atlanta that was about 60-70% Black, and I ended up in the romanticized “gangster” social circle. My MySpace consisted of pictures of Dwyane Wade and Lebron James, Black models in bikinis because I was in love with Black women, and New York rap. Hindsight is 20/20, but I can see how it was detrimental to my own identity and love prospects at the time lol
Travel memoir21
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Lol....I wonder if EMO will make a resurgence if it ever does come back...I remember just by staring at the screens back in the day....it seemed rather cliquey and popular at the time.....I wonder what subculture will replace it.
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"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.