"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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It's-Me

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Seems like a lot of people around me are doing drugs (mostly weed). I'm just wondering what motivates them to do it? Why do they do it? Please share your opinions ;).

I honestly believe most people do it because they have nothing better to do. Honestly, people are just bored out of their mind. They just hang out all day cause they didn't discover their passion or something they enjoy doing. Man I manage a few sites and I'm very good with the computer... I don't have time do to drugs and I wouldn't want to anyways.

Of course, there's also social pressure (it's funny how that works! I can't help myself from laughing at this).

Ultimately, there's addiction which resulted from one of those two reasons.
 

"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.

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Rho

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I tried a lot of stuff once or twice to see what they were like, including the big H :eek: (which was awesome btw, I can easily see how people get addicted to that stuff)
Didn't get addicted to anything and got a bunch of cool stories out of it (mostly from hallucinogens like acid and mushrooms).

So they be my reasons.
 

War Against Betaism

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Because it makes them feel good.
 

Fuglydude

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War Against Betaism said:
Because it makes them feel good.
I think this sums it up quite well... at least in my case. I've done a wide variety of drugs including weed, MDMA, various prescription meds such as amphetamines, benzodiazepines, anabolics, salvia etc...

A lot of drugs such as amphetamines I use only during "extreme" circumstances, such as when you gotta pull a 12 or 16 hour shift and can't get to sleep the night before for whatever reason. With drugs like benzos, I'll only use VERY selectively to put myself to sleep. With anabolics I like how they make me feel and the effects they have on my body. I make money off of my build, and anabolics help me to stay in shape. I do them off and on, and currently have been off for almost a year. I don't need them, but like being "on". There are virtually no side effects that I experience because I do low doses.

As for weed and MDMA these are largely recreational drugs. I used to be quite chronic, but now will smoke weed once in a while. Sometimes I'll smoke before working out because it really helps me to concentrate on muscle contraction and focus on the lift.

Good MDMA is a fun drug! I've only done it a few times, but there's nothing like being on a good hit of E at an afterhours club where there's kickazz music. Again I might do this once a year if that...I don't really know how to get clean MDMA anymore, so I stay away as much as possible.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

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.

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SomethingClever

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Boredom is a cause, but another cause is depression. I'll honestly say that i started doing drugs because i had some issues to deal with that i really couldn't handle, or i thought i couldn't handle them. But nowadays, i just do it to have fun. I've done weed, shrooms and vicodin. I don't think i'll do anything else. Maybe salvia. But i don't know.
 
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