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Blue, we are living in a time of deceit - you are part of that deceit!! Look up the definition of deceit - are you proud????
Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single
She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
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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.
If you read the book, you realize that everybody is playing a game of deceit whether they realize it or not. I have consciously played games, yes, and I can't possibly imagine anybody who has been in a relationship hasn't.
I am responding to the “as you mature…” part of this thread.
When I was younger I relied on, needed guidance. In a very real sense I needed to be told what to do, how to think, hell, how even to BE.
As I have gotten older (I’m not saying “mature”), I gradually began to see the veils fall away, the curtain hiding the “wizard” was pulled back to reveal just a man, who, actually, really was a wizard after all, wasn’t he?
Sources like 48 laws help to pull the veils back. Broadly, any inspirational source does the same.
The danger I see is when people confuse the materials that enlighten them with the true source of enlightenment: themselves.
Many never “mature” out of that need to be told what to do, how to think, and how to BE. They follow a hundred different gurus except the only true one: themselves.
I despise “inspirational quotes” for this reason but do list one from Thoreau:
“I belong to a congregation of which I am the only member”.
For me this means that even while sitting/kneeling in a church/mosque/synagogue/shrine amongst a thousand people, truly, you are the only one present.
When I was younger I relied on, needed guidance. In a very real sense I needed to be told what to do, how to think, hell, how even to BE.
As I have gotten older (I’m not saying “mature”), I gradually began to see the veils fall away, the curtain hiding the “wizard” was pulled back to reveal just a man, who, actually, really was a wizard after all, wasn’t he?
Sources like 48 laws help to pull the veils back. Broadly, any inspirational source does the same.
The danger I see is when people confuse the materials that enlighten them with the true source of enlightenment: themselves.
Many never “mature” out of that need to be told what to do, how to think, and how to BE. They follow a hundred different gurus except the only true one: themselves.
I despise “inspirational quotes” for this reason but do list one from Thoreau:
“I belong to a congregation of which I am the only member”.
For me this means that even while sitting/kneeling in a church/mosque/synagogue/shrine amongst a thousand people, truly, you are the only one present.
Thanks for putting this to words, grinder.grinder said:For me this means that even while sitting/kneeling in a church/mosque/synagogue/shrine amongst a thousand people, truly, you are the only one present.
Hi guys, 1st post.
Welcome to the all-you-can-eat smörgåsbord where choosing which goodies you like is the hardest part.art_manic said:Thanks for putting this to words, grinder.
Hi guys, 1st post.
Dig in.
"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.
I am of the belief that you should ALWAYS look out for #1 first, however, MOST of the time the best way to help yourself is to work with others to make a sum that is greater than its parts.
Having been involved in business for the past decade I could write a book about manipulation.
When you have two different "good friends" take you to the cleaners for over $100k EACH, you had BETTER BELIEVE it will change your perspective on the subject.
The house example.....I wouldn't even think twice about someone doing that to me. I see that kind of sh!t on a daily basis.
I've been fukked over pretty much every way you can imagine, but I am still a firm believer in working WITH others rather than against them. You just have to know how to put together a win-win situation and watch your a$$ to ensure that the other party is living up to their side of the bargain. And since I have been robbed so many times I'm at a point where I can more easily spot red flags.
All that stuff aside, I do know that part of being human is about ensuring your own survival, and there is no doubt that some of the stuff I do doesn't equate to a zero sum....one party benefits more than the other. Call it amoral or whatever, but I have no problem with having a bigger piece of the pie than the next person. The way I see it, no one is begrudging a heart surgeon for making $500k per year, so why should they have a problem if I find a way to do the same? Of course society in general might view it differently, but I know better.
Having been involved in business for the past decade I could write a book about manipulation.
When you have two different "good friends" take you to the cleaners for over $100k EACH, you had BETTER BELIEVE it will change your perspective on the subject.
The house example.....I wouldn't even think twice about someone doing that to me. I see that kind of sh!t on a daily basis.
I've been fukked over pretty much every way you can imagine, but I am still a firm believer in working WITH others rather than against them. You just have to know how to put together a win-win situation and watch your a$$ to ensure that the other party is living up to their side of the bargain. And since I have been robbed so many times I'm at a point where I can more easily spot red flags.
All that stuff aside, I do know that part of being human is about ensuring your own survival, and there is no doubt that some of the stuff I do doesn't equate to a zero sum....one party benefits more than the other. Call it amoral or whatever, but I have no problem with having a bigger piece of the pie than the next person. The way I see it, no one is begrudging a heart surgeon for making $500k per year, so why should they have a problem if I find a way to do the same? Of course society in general might view it differently, but I know better.
Last Man Standing
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The reason why the world is in the distressed state that it is is because of the likes of you bastards - THINK!!!!!! Your thinking only perpetuates your corrupt thinking and thus we have an endless flow of - "shyt on your neighbor" - with this thinking everyone fails - there are no winners!!!!!! WAKE UP, THE MATRIX has you!!!!!!
I worry about the opposite people LMS does; the honest ones playing by the rules being taken advantage of by those that don't. I know real life examples of this; great men that are suffering everyday waiting on God to deliver them from their turmoil. One of them tells me, "I'd rather "mount my treasures in heaven"" and i'm thinking i'm glad to hear that because you sure as h*** ain't mounting them here.
Denial of human nature and the attempt to alter our behavior to make the world "good" will be the downfall of society, not the other way around.Last Man Standing said:The reason why the world is in the distressed state that it is is because of the likes of you bastards - THINK!!!!!! Your thinking only perpetuates your corrupt thinking and thus we have an endless flow of - "shyt on your neighbor" - with this thinking everyone fails - there are no winners!!!!!! WAKE UP, THE MATRIX has you!!!!!!
I always thought it's a great lesson when we learn that The Wizard Of Oz is just a normal man behind a screen, and we don't need a wizard to sort out our needs, the answers are within.grinder said:As I have gotten older (I’m not saying “mature”), I gradually began to see the veils fall away, the curtain hiding the “wizard” was pulled back to reveal just a man, who, actually, really was a wizard after all, wasn’t he?
Except the wicked witch of the west is flying round on a broomstick shooting flying monkeys at everyone, which kinda contradict the premise.
"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.