"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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Bad Monitor Eyestrain

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I use the computer for about 10hours a day and there's no way to cut that down because it includes work.

Anyway, I've been doing that for the past 5years or so. The first 3years was with a 15" CRT and has been pretty problem-free.

2years ago I upgraded to a 17" LCD.

The 1st year has been fine, until this year(the second), I'm starting to get really painful eyes after just 2 - 3hours of use. It gets better when I adjust some of the settings but comes back shortly after my eyes get used to it. This is a major problem because it makes concentrating really difficult and basically zaps everything out of me.

I was wondering which settings should I adjust?
1. Backlight
2. Contrast
3. Brightness
4. Gamma
5. Monitor Angle
6. Monitor Distance (from eye)
7. Monitor Height (it's currently slightly lower than my head, but I can elevate it with a book or something)
8. Ambient lighting? I'm using Orange spotlight.
 

"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.

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Im in the same boat. 9 hours a day staring at a monitor. I dont have eye pains but i have huge circles under my eyes. They will never go away. It sucks but i have to get paid. Try taking a break every 45 minutes and just walk around or go to the bathroom or something. Really not much can be done.
 
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I was just thinking that my new LCD monitor seems to be screwing up my eyes.
 
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You know those filters for CRT's? Try getting one of those and it may damper the overall harmfulness/brightness of the screen.
 
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sry tripple post due to lag time! sigh, If anyone can tell me how to fully delete the post much THX!
 
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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.

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The LCD should not damage your eyes at all as compared to the CRT which will make you blind.....

-Rule one, when you use your computer as it is with the T.V. I know I like to watch it in the dark, but this will hurt your eyes a lot. Make sure you have your lights on because this will prevent eye damage.

-Rule two, adjust your brightness of the screen.

-Rule three, take breaks every hour or two. Staring at anythign other then an HB 7+ is sure to cause eye damage hehe.

With the CRT there would have to be some distance in between you and the monitor, but the LCD does not have any of that radiation or harfull affects as the CRT does.
 
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