"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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WesCottII

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Originally posted by Giovanni Casanova
I just cannot fathom how a moderator closing a thread -- no matter how unwarranted that decision may or may not be -- compares to rounding up millions people based on their religion and/or ethnicity, using them as slave labor, or raping and slaughtering them.
Perhaps. Just perhaps, MsThang may have been refering to the freedom of speech. Or lack thereof.
 

"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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Originally posted by WesCottII
Perhaps. Just perhaps, MsThang may have been refering to the freedom of speech. Or lack thereof.
Well if I was truly a Nazi, shouldn't I be gassing you to death for saying that?
 

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Hmmm, then by your definition, by calling you Gio cassanova, you should be pulling women like a magent.

*dramatic pause*

You're not though.
 
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why dont yall just RELAX!

Some of these posts sure are dumb.. but thats the point of this message board.. to help the useless.

Regaurdless of what kinda FAQ page you put up or make them do some kind of stupid questionaire.. there will always be dumb posts..

Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores. ~ You cling to your own ways and leave mine to me
 

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Originally posted by CutiepiieReturns
why dont yall just RELAX!

Some of these posts sure are dumb.. but thats the point of this message board.. to help the useless.

Regaurdless of what kinda FAQ page you put up or make them do some kind of stupid questionaire.. there will always be dumb posts..

Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores. ~ You cling to your own ways and leave mine to me
Shut the hell up.
 

"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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Originally posted by WesCottII
Hmmm, then by your definition, by calling you Gio cassanova, you should be pulling women like a magent.

*dramatic pause*

You're not though.
#1 - You know jack sh*t about me.
#2 - You're a dumbass.
#3 - Me calling myself Giovanni Casanova doesn't make light of the genocide of millions of people.
#4 - I have all the women I need, thanks.
 

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:rolleyes: Am i Really?....... :rolleyes:


1) Don't want to know anything about you. Frankly it would be boring.
2)No. I'm really not.
3) Never alluded to the fact it did. In fact you were the one making light of it.
4)Good for you. Please don't re-produce.
 
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Originally posted by WesCottII
:rolleyes: Am i Really?....... :rolleyes:


1) Don't want to know anything about you. Frankly it would be boring.
2)No. I'm really not.
3) Never alluded to the fact it did. In fact you were the one making light of it.
4)Good for you. Please don't re-produce.
LMMFAO... I GUESS HE SURE TOLD YOU ASSANOVA
 

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Originally posted by WesCottII
Never alluded to the fact it did. In fact you were the one making light of it.

You agreed that a moderator closing a thread was the same as gassing people to death.

I don't know, maybe that's just what they teach you in Germany.
 

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Originally posted by CutiepiieReturns
LMMFAO... I GUESS HE SURE TOLD YOU ASSANOVA
Shut the hell up.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Originally posted by Giovanni Casanova

You agreed that a moderator closing a thread was the same as gassing people to death.

I don't know, maybe that's just what they teach you in Germany. [/B]
YOU SHUT THE HELL UP
 

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Originally posted by Giovanni Casanova

I don't know, maybe that's just what they teach you in Germany. [/B]
I'm English. Living in Germany. And quote me, without editing, where i agreed modding was like gassing people please.
 

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Originally posted by WesCottII
I'm English. Living in Germany. And quote me, without editing, where i agreed modding was like gassing people please.
I don't care what nationality you are. Just pointing out that you're sitting in Germany while comparing internet moderating to Nazism. It's a fun little irony.

When you agreed that moderators = Nazis.

I don't know, maybe you didn't have any history classes. If not, you should look up what Nazis were, and what they did. Then tell me if you think that compares with locking a stupid f*cking pointless thread about someone wanting guys to look at their picture and talk about it.
 

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Originally posted by Giovanni Casanova
I don't care what nationality you are. Just pointing out that you're sitting in Germany while comparing internet moderating to Nazism. It's a fun little irony.

When you agreed that moderators = Nazis.

I don't know, maybe you didn't have any history classes. If not, you should look up what Nazis were, and what they did. Then tell me if you think that compares with locking a stupid f*cking pointless thread about someone wanting guys to look at their picture and talk about it.
Apologies for the nazi thing. You're right, it's wrong. Fascists, maybe?
 

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Originally posted by MsThang
Apologies for the nazi thing. You're right, it's wrong. Fascists, maybe?
Yes, I am a total fascist. Apologies accepted on the Nazi thing.

And you know what else I heard? Moderators are b*tches. I won't tell you who told me that, I'm just sayin...
 

"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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I say moderators, being the informed people that they are should know the DJ Bible very well and be able to find any piece of information.

Therefore, any thread with a dumb-àss question should be closed by a moderator with a link referring to the post(s) in the DJ Bible answering the aforementioned question.
 

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Originally posted by Giovanni Casanova
Moderators are b*tches. I won't tell you who told me that, I'm just sayin...
Really? I heard they were narcistic nazi's on power trips...Though I'm just saying...

*WOO!!!!!!!!! 5000!!!*
 

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Originally posted by Eternal
Really? I heard they were narcistic nazi's on power trips...Though I'm just saying...

*WOO!!!!!!!!! 5000!!!*
You're a b*tch, Mister 5000.
 

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Seriously, what do all the posts above have to do with what Metaphysikal_Lover said? Moderators complain about threads that are a waste of space, and then this...
 

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Originally posted by m4a1
Seriously, what do all the posts above have to do with what Metaphysikal_Lover said? Moderators complain about threads that are a waste of space, and then this...
Correction: We close threads that are a waste of space. People complain because we close a thread.

See the difference?
 

"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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