"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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Children with gender dysphoria are 400% more likely to be diagnosed with autism

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I mean, people with autism have a higher incidence on being on the LGBT spectrum. There is an established correlation already.

This article cites a bunch of proper studies. https://sparkforautism.org/discover_article/autism-lgbtq-identity/
 

"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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A big cause of autism is older age at birth parents. It's not surprising at all that autism rates have increased as women have postponed childbirth. Average ages at first marriage have increased in both the UK and USA, and likely other Western nations.

Marriage isn't even a pre-requisite for childbirth anymore as out of wedlock births have increased a lot too.

 

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A big cause of autism is older age at birth parents. It's not surprising at all that autism rates have increased as women have postponed childbirth. Average ages at first marriage have increased in both the UK and USA, and likely other Western nations.
Good point, and that's interesting.

I am not autistic, but I was painfully shy early on, and I sometimes wonder if I would have been diagnosed as such if I had grown up today. As it was, I was able to pull myself out of it, and I ended up being quite social in my 20s and 30s, although I remain a strong introvert.
 

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Vaccines can F you up
 

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A big cause of autism is older age at birth parents.
My parents were pretty old when I was born. I always thought that had something to do with my lack of social skills at a young age. Older people tend to live quieter lifestyles. When your parents are younger, they are usually more active and are more heavily into social activities. I wasn't around many kids my age growing up outside of the occasional relative, I was more around adults. People my parents' age weren't usually popping out to many kids.
 

"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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My parents were pretty old when I was born. I always thought that had something to do with my lack of social skills at a young age. Older people tend to live quieter lifestyles. When your parents are younger, they are usually more active and are more heavily into social activities. I wasn't around many kids my age growing up outside of the occasional relative, I was more around adults. People my parents' age weren't usually popping out to many kids.
Same with me, my parents used to always take out my older sisters but with me and my brother they were a lot older so never really went out.

Our social skills defiantly suffered from it, there is a clear contrast.
 

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Our social skills defiantly suffered from it, there is a clear contrast.
Yeah, that's why I find it interesting that there is a link between older parents and autism. Although I imagine that has more to do with degenerated genes than with the parents' social habits.
 

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I’m the oldest of three boys in my family. I’m nearly on the spectrum (missed it by 2 points when I was formally tested). Don’t like socializing and people in general. Meanwhile my youngest brother is the exact opposite and is very social and good with girls. So who knows
 

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"In an interview, Crehan says access to appropriate sex education is “an area of need” across the autism community, especially for those with minimal verbal skills. U.S. schools often teach sex education differently from state to state, and many such classes do not address LGBTQ issues, she says. "

That article is a load of woke propaganda crap. Just like the wokies to use a group that can't speak for itself to push their stupid fvcking ideology.

Autistic people have it hard enough without these cultists making their lives even harder to navigate.
 

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"In an interview, Crehan says access to appropriate sex education is “an area of need” across the autism community, especially for those with minimal verbal skills. U.S. schools often teach sex education differently from state to state, and many such classes do not address LGBTQ issues, she says. "

That article is a load of woke propaganda crap. Just like the wokies to use a group that can't speak for itself to push their stupid fvcking ideology.

Autistic people have it hard enough without these cultists making their lives even harder to navigate.
I’m so glad I’m not growing up during these years
 

"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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