"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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Plinco

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It's coming. Get mentally, physically, and spiritually prepared for it.
 

"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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They already are and have been occurring for months now. Way late to the party.

Go shopping much?
 

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Hasn’t it been the entire pandemic?
Pretty much. Always seems some shelves are virtually empty or things are out of stock on a seemingly rotating basis.

The last one I heard was that Mexico was having an avocado shortage and they would be harder to find over the next few months
 

"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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They already are and have been occurring for months now. Way late to the party.

Go shopping much?
What I mean is that it is going to get a lot worse.

What kind of source do you want? There's a fertilizer shortage which means that crop yields will be lower this year and much lower next year.
 

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What I mean is that it is going to get a lot worse.



What kind of source do you want? There's a fertilizer shortage which means that crop yields will be lower this year and much lower next year.
Guess the poor people will be back to eating Ramen
 
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Food prices have been the lowest since the pandemic. Check out your local grocery store if you’re not in a third world country.
 

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The doomsday survival prepper community has been saying it’s TEOTWAWKI since the 70’s.

Many people fetishize a collapse - financial markets, social collapse, grid down, EMP, killer viruses…theres a scenario for all of them.

In any case it’s not good enough to just survive you have to live as well. A lot of the prepper community is in stage 5 adrenal failure because they’re always in fight or flight, it’s a horrible way to live.
 

"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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The doomsday survival prepper community has been saying it’s TEOTWAWKI since the 70’s.

Many people fetishize a collapse - financial markets, social collapse, grid down, EMP, killer viruses…theres a scenario for all of them.

In any case it’s not good enough to just survive you have to live as well. A lot of the prepper community is in stage 5 adrenal failure because they’re always in fight or flight, it’s a horrible way to live.
Imo there's going to be a lot of people with adrenal fatigue, and it's a condition that sucks lol.

Nice to see it getting some recognition.
 

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The doomsday survival prepper community has been saying it’s TEOTWAWKI since the 70’s.

Many people fetishize a collapse - financial markets, social collapse, grid down, EMP, killer viruses…theres a scenario for all of them.

In any case it’s not good enough to just survive you have to live as well. A lot of the prepper community is in stage 5 adrenal failure because they’re always in fight or flight, it’s a horrible way to live.
I agree. There's no point on stocking up anyway, if we reach the point of global food shortages there will be mass rioting and looting and food will become the least of your worries. If anything, it'll make you a more viable target.
 

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It's been going on for a while now. Have a relative that works for a large company delivering a popular snack to stores. Often he gets way less carts than what he orders to deliver.
 

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I once spent an entire summer eating nothing but canned tuna, ramen noodles and chicken breasts .... I will be fine.
 

"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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I've been OMAD since February, some days I skip food completely. I eat so little
now that I will be quite happy with meagre rations if that's all I can get.
 

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Pretty much. Always seems some shelves are virtually empty or things are out of stock on a seemingly rotating basis.

The last one I heard was that Mexico was having an avocado shortage and they would be harder to find over the next few months

Mhhh.... I didnt know about that and I live in Mexico. I have never had any trouble actually finding avocado, but now that you mention it, most people been complaining for a while that the price of avocado has been increasing too much.
 

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Mhhh.... I didnt know about that and I live in Mexico. I have never had any trouble actually finding avocado, but now that you mention it, most people been complaining for a while that the price of avocado has been increasing too much.
I am jealous about the women because I love love love Mexican and latina women...so hot in the bedroom and so sexy...beautiful races...amazing bodies...especially asses...

Are you in an area that has a lot of issues with the cartels?
 
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@Plinco, yes there will be shortages on certain food and consumer items occasionally. This is expected coming out of the worldwide Covid production and transport disruptions. I also hear China isn’t even back up to full production speed yet…

On a personal side note, a favorite of mine, Butterball mixed white/dark turkey roasts haven’t been available to purchase in my area for over a year now and I hear T-day turkey’s will be much more expensive this year, but I’m not starving or stocking up on beans, beer, rice, and ammo yet …
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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