Mr.Positive
Master Don Juan
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Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
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.
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.
Oil behaves differently under different contexts. The long-term impact of the spill is uncertain but may be measured in decades, not centuries—which may not make much a difference for us but our children's children, and most of the oil will naturally biodegrade, leaving a relative small amount to remain for decades. In fact, it may be helpful if when a hurricane hits, as it would accelerate the biodegradation process.Mr.Positive said:The beaches are ****ed, they are ****ed for ****ing goddamn centuries...and BP, gets mother****ing supported by our ****ing goverment. Your taxes, ****, are **** **** damn to all that see it. Do you think they will pay? **** no, we all pay the godamn price and the earth has been raped for the love of oil.
Goddamn us all. Mother****ers.
I respect Steve Quayle enough to pay attention to him, but I think he can be an alarmist sometimes.f283000 said:EXTREME RED ALERT! Evacuation about to happen! Storms are mobilizing FEMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05xZcyVgI5s
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
Do you know how to catch wild pigs?j0n24 said:It's not going to hit the US BUT I find it interesting the new tactic that the news is saying is a "Good," Thing.