"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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Apartment Overhaul: Building the ultimate'pad'.

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lol cute

tell me what happens to plants during nighttime?
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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They do produce some CO2 at night. The 02 to CO2 photosynthesis reaction requires light, so the reaction stops at nighttime. Plants put off some CO2 at night, but I don't think it's enough to hurt people.
 

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Originally posted by Bible_Belt
They do produce some CO2 at night. The 02 to CO2 photosynthesis reaction requires light, so the reaction stops at nighttime. Plants put off some CO2 at night, but I don't think it's enough to hurt people.
Show me proof.

It sounds like your logic is so far equivalent to "a car emits exhaust, so it must also emit exhaust when it's off"
 

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Proof found, looks like its from Arizona State University:

Vegetation: Cause and Effect

Vegetation is one of the trickiest pieces of the CO2 puzzle. It affects the CO2 dome but is affected by it as well. At night, plants contribute CO2 to the atmosphere through a process called transpiration. But during the day, plants take in CO2 for photosynthesis.

Source:
http://researchmag.asu.edu/articles/co2.html
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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The CO2 is formed by respiration. Plants do not 'switch off' at night, they merely close the tiny holes in their leaves (through which CO2 would move into the plant during the day), so as not to lose water.

I have plenty of plants in my bedroom and I'm not dead, yet.
 

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I got my sister this fountain thing.. The bowl is in the shape of a flower thing kind of, it lights up blue, and it makes fog that overflows off the sides and disappears. It was about 70 bucks, but its pretty sweet.
 

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Im going for the stripped down place. Very little in there, very little to tend to.

I still manage to make a ****ing mess at times.
 

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Can't believe there are still people like DrMentalcase.

Anyway i'm moving out, i need a place where i can stand at the center of the room, unzip, take a piss and the urine doesn't hit the walls lol
 

"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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Originally posted by DrMetallica
Show me proof.

It sounds like your logic is so far equivalent to "a car emits exhaust, so it must also emit exhaust when it's off"
are you totally ignorant of biology?
do you not braethe at night?
plants are living cells and need NEED O2 to survive.
 

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Amazing how every thread turns into a mini chick fight.
 

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Originally posted by SELF-MASTERY
Amazing how every thread turns into a mini chick fight.
amazing how all you do is up the post count.
its just a numbers game !
 
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