"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.

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Do you think mens' growing lack of access to poon is fueling the rise of gambling?

MatureDJ

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I was reading this:
Businessweek
The Big Take
100 Million Americans Can Legally Bet on the Super Bowl. Sports Will Never Be the Same
The first Super Bowl of the online betting era is upon us, and it’s going to be wild.
The last time that was a societal zeitgeist of not enough poon was the Wild West, and so saloons where men would gamble were the way that such incel men got excitement to make up for the lack of poon (and with all the gun mayhem such sexually frustrated men were on hair-trigger alert for). It seems that the explosion in sports betting has mirrored the shortage of poon - or at least the distribution of poon.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

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.

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The last time that was a societal zeitgeist of not enough poon was the Wild West, and so saloons where men would gamble were the way that such incel men got excitement to make up for the lack of poon
Why couldn't they just enjoy gambling? I bet there were guys that weren't incels spending time playing poker in saloons. Just a night out with the guys.
But yeah, it's all dopamine hits.
 

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Gambling , drug and alcohol (ab)use all stem from the same hormonal (im)balance of Seratonin and Dopamine.

I just spent 2 days at a casino and never spent a dime on any gambling. But I was quite lustfully satisfied too.

There is no "poon shortage" though...Just a loss of social skill to effectively create and maintain meaningful and transient relationships with members of the opposite sex....
 

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I was reading this:

The last time that was a societal zeitgeist of not enough poon was the Wild West, and so saloons where men would gamble were the way that such incel men got excitement to make up for the lack of poon (and with all the gun mayhem such sexually frustrated men were on hair-trigger alert for). It seems that the explosion in sports betting has mirrored the shortage of poon - or at least the distribution of poon.
I wouldnt connect lack of sex with gambling but I would strongly connect lack of sex with dangerous risky behaviours.

It's a known fact that married men are less likely to commit crime or behave antisocially, hard to say if it's the relaxing effect of sex or the calming effect of having a family.

Anyway our average joe nowadays is alienated from society, with no opportunity to make it through honest work and not getting laid either untill a used spinsted bother to acknowledge his existence in his late 30s...no surprise he doesnt "plan long term" anymore.
 

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I think its actually the opposite, men have so many outlets for women (porn, tinder, only fans, easy sex from the bar, ect) that they litteraly dont interact and have relashiships with others unless its attached/evolves s3x.
 

"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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