Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
What, being religious?Aboleo said:No sh!t.
"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.
Ah love! "Father Clings to Life After Brutal Killings"
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"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.
Yookiwooki
Don Juan
wow theres some pretty interesting statistics about age groups of offenders. heres the chart (Its labled "Homicide offending rates followed a similar pattern"):
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/teens.htm
There defintely was a rash of adolecent violence in the 1990s. What the hell was going on between 1985 and 1995?! Recently, though, it looks like crime for both 14-17 year olds and 18-24 year olds is about the same now as it was in 1975.
I wish it had statistics for earlier... like going back to 1950 or before, but there seems to be a difference between public opinion and reality.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/teens.htm
There defintely was a rash of adolecent violence in the 1990s. What the hell was going on between 1985 and 1995?! Recently, though, it looks like crime for both 14-17 year olds and 18-24 year olds is about the same now as it was in 1975.
I wish it had statistics for earlier... like going back to 1950 or before, but there seems to be a difference between public opinion and reality.
Francisco d'Anconia said:
The fact that this was written about in the Bible proves my point on its own. I could give you many more examples to show how you are wrong, but it should be obvious at this point. So, even if I were religious it still wouldn't discredit me in the least.
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Quiksilver said:
It is truly amazing how quickly ones life can be turned upside down. I wonder what he will do with himself now.
On the flip side, I honestly have to wonder if perhaps he brought this upon himself... it was his daughter who did this, after all. Are we not responsible for our children?