Smooth Player 056
Master Don Juan
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Clooney I agree.
"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.
Diablo - closing threads.
- Thread starter CLOONEY
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"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
I totally disagree with these guys. As I said in another thread, you can't blame Diablo for applying the rules, you should blame SoSuave's founder for imposing some rules that frankly I don't like either. Rules as "no politics" and "no threads already discussed" are pretty stupid in a forum, since the meaning of a discussion board is to discuss... also things already talked about.
I dont blame Diablo for closing political threads. But this thread was economical, it had a small portion of politics in it, but the vast vast majority was on economics. This is where the rules become blurred, and this is where it is being a nazi closing a thread like that. No other mod closed it, and most over the years I have been here would have let it go on. It was NOT degenerating, and was NOT political. So a few people can go into a thread and say, liberal politics SUCK, and it will be closed? Even if its someones journal on their latest "field reports"? Same difference. A few idiots making political comments does not make a thread political. Thats my problem. I never said Diablo should be banned or have his mod status taken away as I dont post here enough these days to really see any of the posts he has made. I have just noticed a few threads being closed lately that would have not been closed over the last 4+ years. Have the "rules" changed recently?
Blast it all! I thought I logged into the pvussy-gittin forum, not some financial network, not a X-box 360 vs Playstation 3 forum, and certainly not a “George Bush’s eyes are too close together so he’s a retard..” forum.
I am quite surprised that ENTIRE SECTIONS of this forum are not just expunged, like so many super-models’ breakfasts.
I am quite surprised that ENTIRE SECTIONS of this forum are not just expunged, like so many super-models’ breakfasts.
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
So what are you saying dude? Does Diablo suck or not?grinder said:
"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.
NOT.Francisco d'Anconia said:So what are you saying dude? Does Diablo suck or not?
There is too much fat here, trim it, nip it, axe it.
Probably a result of my extremely short attention span. Make me a mod and no post would ever exceed 4 sentences (and non of that weird-ass james joyce thousand-word sentence sh*t!).
47, but I am now reading on a 50 year old level.
I was too vague. My point, there is TOO much here, its not one forum, its 10 and expecting it all to be moderated (properly or not) is unrealistic.
There is a lot of great stuff here, but huge heaps of garbage too that needs to be taken out (by the mods) on an hourly basis.
I was too vague. My point, there is TOO much here, its not one forum, its 10 and expecting it all to be moderated (properly or not) is unrealistic.
There is a lot of great stuff here, but huge heaps of garbage too that needs to be taken out (by the mods) on an hourly basis.
wavejams007
Master Don Juan
actually, I haven't checked out mystery method, and don't intend to. In defense of Diablo, I haven't ever seen him post an illogical or overreacted post, and I have been with this site for a fair amount of time (although of late I have not checked in at all). I respect him. I am not a$$kissing right now, but just stating some truth. Besides, even if Diablo was perfect, he will always have someone to detract from him, as do all authorities.Carlos Xuma said: