"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

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.

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Do rock band members earn less than rappers?

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

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Does a rock band have to split their bills to each members. Does that mean rappers earn a lot more money
than rock stars?
 

"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.

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Michele l'Arcangelo

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i would assume they split the money, same as a rap/r&b group.

but judging from the lyrics, bands wouldn't care as much about the money as much as rappers do.
 

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The avg rock band member probably has more money in the bank than the avg rapper.

there is so much of an "image" that the avg rapper has to poertry, you go broke.
 

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Unless you happen to be Dr. Dre or somebody like that, a rock star probably has a longer shelf-life, so will make more money overall.

As for being in a band, Noel Gallagher (Oasis), being the songwriter, makes far more than anyone else including his brother. Does he share it? No
 

g g g unit

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the only real expense rock stars have is heroin. lol
 

"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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So what if you are a rapper and a rock band at the same time like Kid Rock?

Things that make you go hmmm....
 

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speakeasy said:
So what if you are a rapper and a rock band at the same time like Kid Rock?

Things that make you go hmmm....
kid rock= has been...throw in limp bizkit too..
 

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speakeasy said:
So what if you are a rapper and a rock band at the same time like Kid Rock?

Things that make you go hmmm....
:crackup:
 

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In todays music industry, the majority of revenue comes from publishing, merchandising, and concerts, not record sales. So rock bands typically make more off merchandise than rappers.
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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Desdinova said:
Who do you think is richer; MC Hammer or Courtney Love?
Courtney Love of course, she got 50 million for selling a portion of Nirvanas catalog.
 

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I remember watching a VH1 special on MC Hammer. He went broke fast. ...He was on Surreal life hell that should tell you something
 

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Average rock band doesn't make "that much". For example Nighwish (pretty famous in europe/japan(?)) made 1.2M last from which around 400k was profit. Divide that to 4. Now this will most likely double now when they got new singer. Still around 100k a year for one member.
 

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Now this will most likely double now when they got new singer.
I somehow doubt that. I miss Tarja :(

Courtney Love of course, she got 50 million for selling a portion of Nirvanas catalog.
Okay, let's try this again...

Who do you think makes more money, Bruce D1ckinson or Puff Daddy (aka Puffy Combs aka Pif Diddy aka whatever the hell else he calls himself)?
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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