"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Anyone experience major benefits from quitting diet soda

Bible_Belt

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I personally prefer unsweetened sodas like La Croix. I don't even like the taste of sweetened sodas anymore (after more than 2 decades of not drinking them), they're just too sweet.

My dad had a similar experience. The mix of acid and high fructose corn syrup in soda also gave him a bunch of dental problems. Now he can't eat a lot of stuff. That high fructose corn syrup junk really should be banned or at least heavily taxed.

It would be good to isolate exactly what chemicals are causing it so that everyone can avoid it.
Lately I mostly drink grapefruit juice with seltzer water.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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It’s been 30 years since I drank soda on any sort of regular basis. As a kid I had regular acne. Soda is so bad for you. I wouldn’t touch it except for a little here and there very sporadically.
 

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The benefits may not be immediate but they will be noticeable over time.

Soda in general is bad for you as it contains phosphoric acid that leaches minerals from your bones and excretes them from the body.

Diet soda in particular has been found to be a metabolic disaster in a can waiting to happen via numerous mechanisms.
 
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"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

Read more...

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