suavesuave
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culring and hockey
"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
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"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.
War Against Betaism
Master Don Juan
I've never heard of Handball until they showed it after the Lithuania and Argentina game. It was pretty entertaining to watch.
3countriesPlan said:I'm in Taiwan. I will be watching the Taiwan Baseball team AKA Chinese Taipei and also the US Basketball team games. I don't think there is any time delay
I couldn't give a rat's ass for any super-dull olympic rubbish except my gf is Taiwanese and I want their baseball team to kick ass.
And Chinese Taipei my arse! They are Taiwanese and that's how they should be referred to.
Crazy Asian
Master Don Juan
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wow WHAT THE FVCKKKKKK!
who just saw the mens 4X100 free relay??!?!?!??!!
OMG jason lezak!
46.06 FVCKING INSANE!!!!!!!
I still can fvcking believe my eyes
i mean WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha yeyeeeee fvck france.
who saw the mens 100 breast?
i feel bad for hansen, but kosuke's 58.9 is insane!!!
first man under 59!!!!!
THIS SH!T's gonna be INSANE!!!!!!!
who just saw the mens 4X100 free relay??!?!?!??!!
OMG jason lezak!
46.06 FVCKING INSANE!!!!!!!
I still can fvcking believe my eyes
i mean WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha yeyeeeee fvck france.
who saw the mens 100 breast?
i feel bad for hansen, but kosuke's 58.9 is insane!!!
first man under 59!!!!!
THIS SH!T's gonna be INSANE!!!!!!!
Oooooooh. Good relay there.
Biggest come-from-behind win ever in an Olympic swimming relay race.
Record breaking relay time - and it slaughtered the old record to an unheard of degree.
Micheal Phelps may need to break a world record in each of the next six events to satisfy his goal to make it to 8 gold medals - and to make his place as one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Biggest come-from-behind win ever in an Olympic swimming relay race.
Record breaking relay time - and it slaughtered the old record to an unheard of degree.
Micheal Phelps may need to break a world record in each of the next six events to satisfy his goal to make it to 8 gold medals - and to make his place as one of the greatest athletes of all time.
"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.
Daddy The Pimp
Master Don Juan
the basketball game between USA and China was maybe the most interesting game i've ever seen .
Spectacular .
USA are monsters in basketball .
Spectacular .
USA are monsters in basketball .
In Motion
Senior Don Juan
Omg, I was sad. After that norwegian guy breaks 2 olympic records he only gets silver behind that japanese guy. Oh well. They are both ****ing beasts, so extremely close...Crazy Asian said:
WesCottII
Master Don Juan
Heh.
A girl from my town, that i've partied with a couple of times just beat Katie Hoff to the gold in some sort of swimming. 400m I believe, and is world record holder for the 800m.
A girl from my town, that i've partied with a couple of times just beat Katie Hoff to the gold in some sort of swimming. 400m I believe, and is world record holder for the 800m.
War Against Betaism
Master Don Juan
whoaaa did anyone else see the men's gymnastics? China was just frikkin amazing, difficult routines yet made it look so graceful.
3countriesPlan
Master Don Juan
Oh man the Chinese made the mistake the other day of referring to the Taiwanese team as China- Taipei instead of Chinese-Taipei..Nighthawk said:
The first game against Holland should be winnable. It's a pretty strong team.
"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
spider_007
Master Don Juan
waaaawww..... Canada hasn't wona a single medal yeat???
Quiksilver
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Hmm..
I'll start off by saying I respect swimming and most of its competitors.
But, I have a problem with the Swimming events.. For most sports, there are only 3 medals that are all hardfought, take Tennis for instance, it takes almost two weeks to hand out 1 single gold medal. On the other hand, you have swimming where medals seem to be handed out like hotcakes on a daily basis, with some olympians winning upwards of 3-4 medals.
Here's a list of swimming events in which medals are distributed(this is only half, lets not forget the womens events):
Men's 400m Individual Medley Final
Men's 400m Freestyle Final
Men's 100m Breaststroke Final
Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final
Men's 200m Freestyle Final
Men's 100m Backstroke Final
Men's 200m Butterfly Final
Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final
Men's 200m Breaststroke Final
Men's 100m Freestyle Final
Men's 200m Backstroke Final
Men's 200m Individual Medley Final
Men's 100m Butterfly Final
Men's 50m Freestyle Final
Men's 1500m Freestyle Final
Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final
Men's 10km Marathon Swimming Final
That's 17 different medals, when--in my mind--there should only be 3 or 4.
One for short distance (speed). Eg: 50m freestyle
One for long distance (endurance). Eg: 10km marathon
One relay event (team work). Eg. 4x200 freestyle relay
You might even fit another mid-distance one in there.
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It's just baffling that whenever I have time to flip on the TV to watch olympics, it's always swimming swimming swimming swimming followed by more swimming. And unless one has a detailed education of the sport and is a swimming enthusiast, most people don't know or care for the subtle differences in swimming strokes(eg. freestyle-breaststroke-medley, etc). Swimming should be fastest possible way from point A to point B.
Let's see some different sports that promote different skill development and more exciting television programming!!!
I'll start off by saying I respect swimming and most of its competitors.
But, I have a problem with the Swimming events.. For most sports, there are only 3 medals that are all hardfought, take Tennis for instance, it takes almost two weeks to hand out 1 single gold medal. On the other hand, you have swimming where medals seem to be handed out like hotcakes on a daily basis, with some olympians winning upwards of 3-4 medals.
Here's a list of swimming events in which medals are distributed(this is only half, lets not forget the womens events):
Men's 400m Individual Medley Final
Men's 400m Freestyle Final
Men's 100m Breaststroke Final
Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final
Men's 200m Freestyle Final
Men's 100m Backstroke Final
Men's 200m Butterfly Final
Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final
Men's 200m Breaststroke Final
Men's 100m Freestyle Final
Men's 200m Backstroke Final
Men's 200m Individual Medley Final
Men's 100m Butterfly Final
Men's 50m Freestyle Final
Men's 1500m Freestyle Final
Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final
Men's 10km Marathon Swimming Final
That's 17 different medals, when--in my mind--there should only be 3 or 4.
One for short distance (speed). Eg: 50m freestyle
One for long distance (endurance). Eg: 10km marathon
One relay event (team work). Eg. 4x200 freestyle relay
You might even fit another mid-distance one in there.
--
It's just baffling that whenever I have time to flip on the TV to watch olympics, it's always swimming swimming swimming swimming followed by more swimming. And unless one has a detailed education of the sport and is a swimming enthusiast, most people don't know or care for the subtle differences in swimming strokes(eg. freestyle-breaststroke-medley, etc). Swimming should be fastest possible way from point A to point B.
Let's see some different sports that promote different skill development and more exciting television programming!!!
Heart Break Kid
Master Don Juan
I like swimming but it makes stuff like this happen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcb3YeZDmp0Quiksilver said:
The other two got disqualified for a false start so while he's swimming by himself and the crowd chants like crazy which makes the announcers crack up.
I agree, and I wonder if there is some sort of movement out there to clean up the clutter.Quiksilver said:
Track is the same way when you think about it. 100, 200, 400, 800, and I think 1500m races, repeated with hurdles, repeated with high hurdles. Instead of throwing, it's throwing balls, throwing disks, throwing javelins, and throwing ball and chains. Combined into various medleys for heptathalon and decathalon medals.
Given the hoopla around the Olympics, gold medals should be more like Academy Awards or World Cups. As they are, they kind of feel like conference championships or Continental Tire Bowl victories.
The olympics is however the only chance that swimmers get to make a name for themselves. Tennis players get paid millions of dollars throughout the year at other tournaments, no one gives a sh1t about any of the other big swimming meets. Winning gold at the olympics is not as big a deal as winning a grand slam tournament for tennis players. It is however the highest achievement in swimming.Quiksilver said:
The olympics is all about swimming and athletics.
"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
WesCottII
Master Don Juan
MikeYikes122
Master Don Juan
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I'm gonna be watching basketball, swimming and track. Track should be a lot of fun because a guy I knew from high school is running in the 400-meter relay for the United States.
Rebound Material
Master Don Juan
Is it just me, or is the chinese REALLY hauling ass this year? Cuz they're really packing those medals...
"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.