"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

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.

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are westerns hypocrites?

legend123

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I don't feel like anyone in the world can match a western in hypocrisy
 

"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.

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BaronOfHair

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The West is inhabited with human beings, like every corner of the globe... Said species revels in pointing fingers at "the bad people"(I.E. Anyone and everyone who behaves in a fashion they PERSONALLY find objectionable), yet isn't especially eager to engage in unflinching self-reflection, the likes of which often leads us to asking ourselves:

-"Is it that I'm more righteous than whoever it is I'm currently labeling The Villain, or do I see in them traits them traits that I myself possess?"

-"Does the mere thought of admitting out loud: "I'm no less guilty of the sins I find so offensive in the abstract" terrify me?"

-"Am I now dodging that existential thread by trying to wipe someone else out, instead of addressing my own sh-t?"
 

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Westerns traditionally featured clean-cut, white-hatted, what-you-see-is-what-you-get kind of heroes who stood up for all that is good and right..

The advent of the spaghetti Western brought us the more realistic anti-hero, who has darker motives and hypocrisy at his core

 

"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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Another Hasbro/Mattel top tier executive? *sigh* Fine, I'll take 1 of the miniatures with neon green hair so I can put it on my handlebars, and one with that bright yellow that comes with a hairbrush to give to my niece.
 
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