"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Have you ever brewed your own beer?

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Chillisauce

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My friends are pretty good at it, after about 3 different batches.

The first batch had those brave enough to try it throwing up within minutes.
 

Skel

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I tried to make wine when i was 10 or so. I threw a bunch of grapes in a can and put them under my bed and forgot about them. What I found was disgusting and Im pretty sure it wasnt wine.
 

insomniac

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Bible_Belt said:
Has anyone here tried home brewing or had any friends that tried it? How did it go, and was the beer any good?

http://www.instructables.com/ex/i/9AE1D9CE21D61029BC6B001143E7E506/?ALLSTEPS

http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Food/Drink/Beer/Homebrewing/
I home brew from time to time. Bought a kit (one 5 gallon bucket for fermenting, another for bottling, bottle capper, siphons, tubing, etc.) for $70 a couple years ago. It's usually $20 for the ingrediants to brew 5 gallons or 48 12oz bottles.

So far I've brewed Bavarian wheat ale, Belgian ale, Blonde ale, and Hefeweizen. I've only done ales, as lagers require lower temperature for fermenting. While not as good as an import, it's often better than some microbrews you'd find in a restaurant. The important part is thoroughly sanitizing all the equipment, as bacteria will ruin the taste.

The more serious brewers will do the whole process from scratch, which requires extracting the malt from the grain and more time/equipment. The easier way is to just buy malt in liquid form that's already been extracted from the grain. That way you just have to boil it in a pot with water, steep some grains for flavoring, add the hops, cool it down, add the yeast, let ferment for a few days, and bottle it.
 

"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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ShizamDaMan

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One of my roommates from last year makes his own brews. They're not so bad, I forget what he puts in them though.

Give me a Heineken anyday though...
 
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