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.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Thermite was never found, so what's the point in experimentation? If you believe thermite (or nano-thermite, whatever) was ever found, I'm warning you I have write-up awaiting you. I'm writing this short post as a courtesy before I give a gentlemanly smackdown. I might hold-off for a few days or week while I polish the writing, but it awaits.Alle_Gory:
This engineer does some experimenting and concludes that the thermite demolition theory is plausible (key word).
You're right. Nothing was found. The remains were hauled away very quickly and destroyed despite protests that there should be a proper investigation.Rogue said:Thermite was never found, so what's the point in experimentation?
If you can refute this guy's claims then I'd like to hear it.I'm writing this short post as a courtesy before I give a gentlemanly smackdown. I might hold-off for a few days or week while I polish the writing, but it awaits.
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.
http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/11-09-07/#featureAlle_Gory said:If you can refute [Richard Gage's] claims then I'd like to hear it.
I've read through it and if the evidence truly is as presented it's a very reasonable analysis. It's also concerning how people tested the chemicals found on ground zero. If they really believed foul play it would have been REALLY NICE for them to collect data and evidence in a more thorough manner.Deep Dish said:
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.
Yes. I had abandoned this name for several reasons, but changing the name was a big mistake. I'm open about it as I have no interest in sock puppetry.Alle_Gory said:Thanks for the read. Just out of curiosity, didn't you post under Rogue after abandoning your account as Deep Dish? Or am I mistaken?
The logistics of the attacks demonstrated a degree of intelligence.DanielMadr said:Why is it hard to believe that bunch of pissed off muslims did it?
Al Qaeda and the Taliban, though perhaps sharing some similarities, are two distinct political groups. A former al Qaeda operative wrote a book which explained their motive in drawing the United States was to drive us into bankruptcy, and I believe they succeeded rather admirably. We fell right into their trap. I guess you must be forgetting about all the plots foiled by the FBI for the decade prior to 9/11—I don't—and this far preceded the Taliban's prominence in power.Quiksilver said:The logistics of the attacks demonstrated a degree of intelligence. The concept of a political group (the Taliban) coming to power in Afghanistan in 2000/2001 and deciding it was a good idea to attract the ire of the most powerful military on the planet demonstrates an inconsistent degree of intelligence.
Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.
I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.
Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules. Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.