"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.

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BeTheChange

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Any of my fellow sosuavers with a background in finance or tendency towards trading know a way that I can gain some serious exposure to brexit?

I'm of the belief that people despise uncertainty and so the UK will never vote to leave. Most bookies are putting the odds of a Brexit at 30% but putting down serious capital to gain back only 30% doesn't sound that appealing.
 

"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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If you reference the bookkeepers, than you should stick with them and place a bet with them.

What you expect to hear? There are no serious businesses offering a 30% gamble. Everybody in the finance sector knows, that a Brexit would cause havoc on London.
 

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He wants to hear the secret wisdom of random guys on the internet, instead of sticking with maths and common sense - a common fallacy in investing.
 

Who Dares Win

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If you reference the bookkeepers, than you should stick with them and place a bet with them.

What you expect to hear? There are no serious businesses offering a 30% gamble. Everybody in the finance sector knows, that a Brexit would cause havoc on London.
What you say its true but the problem is that you forget the fact that the average citizen doesnt take decisions with his head, it only takes a terrorist attack or some major riot of immigrants coming in uk from from mainland europe and they will all vote to separate (as if that decision would stop the flow from calais).
 

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What you say its true but the problem is that you forget the fact that the average citizen doesnt take decisions with his head, it only takes a terrorist attack or some major riot of immigrants coming in uk from from mainland europe and they will all vote to separate (as if that decision would stop the flow from calais).
That's off-topic. Thought you were asking how to profit financially from the obvious result.
 

"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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That's off-topic. Thought you were asking how to profit financially from the obvious result.
It wasnt me asking, and there is no obvious result given the political situation which has all the chances to take over any economical evaluation of britain leaving the eu.

Is the economical evaluation the most probable factor to consider? absolutely, you're right in that and anyone in his sane mind would agree however we have many examples in history of events which lead to emotional backlash on the population and made them choose unreasonable path.
 
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