Mr.Positive
Master Don Juan
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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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.