"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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.sʞɹoʍ buıɥʇou ʇnq uʍop ǝpısdn ɹoʇıuoɯ puɐ ɔd ʎɯ buıuɹnʇ pǝıɹʇ ǝʌɐɥ ı ¿dn ʎɐʍ ʇɥbıɹ ǝɥʇ ʇı uɹnʇ oʇ ǝɯ d1ǝɥ ʎpoqʎuɐ uɐɔ .ʇǝuɹǝʇuı ǝɥʇ uǝʞoɹq ǝʌɐɥ ı
 

"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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interesting

hows the leg?

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:eek: ¡d1ǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos :eek: ¡¡¡snɹıʌ ɐ sɐɥ pɐǝɹɥʇ sıɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı '1nɟǝɹɐɔ ǝq

.ʇɹɐʇsǝɹ ı uǝɥʍ pǝxıɟ ʇǝb 11ıʍ ʇı ʞuıɥʇ ı '11ǝʍ ɥo

¡ǝuoʎɹǝʌǝ ɥʇɹnoɟ ʎddɐɥ 'ʎɐʍ ǝɥʇ ʎq

:rockon:
 

"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.

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speaking of... as much of a techie as I am.. I still haven't upgraded to vista.. is it worth it? on the laptop I am on I have a dual partition with Win 2000 pro and SuSE... I had XP but downgraded back to 2000 pro.
 

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lmao this makes me wanna upgrade to vista. good for a laugh
 

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That's interesting... I couldn't read it when I was at work, but I can read it fine here.

on the laptop I am on I have a dual partition with Win 2000 pro and SuSE
Don't bother. Win2k is cool. I scrubbed Vista in favor of Win2k dual booting with Ubuntu. Vista made this computer a fvcking turtle. If I wanted that Aero Glass 5hit, I'd have to get a new video card. Ubuntu does transparency fine with the onboard.
 

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that's kinda the jist I have been hearing. Win 2000 Pro is the best OS windows ever dreamed of building.
 

“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.

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;) ¡noʎ oʇ ʇı buıssɐd ɹoɟ uoıʇɔɐɹʇʇɐ ʎɹɹos

.pɐǝɥ ʎɯ uo puɐʇs oʇ ǝʌɐɥ ı .pɐq os ʇou s,ʇı ¡¡buıɥʇǝɯos ɹo snɹıʌ ɐ ǝq ʇsnɯ ʇı ʇnq dx sʍopuıʍ buısn 11ıʇs ɯɐ ı
 

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QUICK!

Call AL Gore!

Al will save us!!!!!!!!
 

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Win 2000 Pro is the best OS windows ever dreamed of building.
Yeah, it's before you they introduced Windows Genuine Advantage and that DRM crap. I keep Win2k Pro for compatibility. For anything modern, I'm going Linux. Speaking of which, I'll probably be switching Linux over to 64 bit in the very near future.
 

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mac os X rules all, forget anything windows related!
The unfortunate downside is not a lot of game developers develop for the mac market, but they exist.
However for anything windows, there is an equal or better mac counterpart of the program!
 

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1) linux
2.) mac
3) windows


once you go redhat, you never go back
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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