"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.
I have PROOF GOD EXISTS!!!
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"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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Now explain to me how the simple smile is universal in all cultures if evolution is true.
Scrumtulescence
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That was so unbelievably stupid I HAVE to believe it's a joke. For the sake of my faith in humanity, I have to.
Erm, that just shows how well mankind has adapted to the land - i.e. evolution.
And I can't really imagine God sitting there on the day of creation thinking "Hmmm, I'll give this yellow thing a tab, just like those soda cans mankind will invent millions of years in the future".
Personally, I'm just willing to accept that our existence and origin is far too complicated for a human mind to comprehend. Just like a shark or earwig could never comprehend or imagine politics, economics or linguistics, humans can't possibly comprehend what lies beyond their existence.
And I can't really imagine God sitting there on the day of creation thinking "Hmmm, I'll give this yellow thing a tab, just like those soda cans mankind will invent millions of years in the future".
Personally, I'm just willing to accept that our existence and origin is far too complicated for a human mind to comprehend. Just like a shark or earwig could never comprehend or imagine politics, economics or linguistics, humans can't possibly comprehend what lies beyond their existence.
"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.
Shiftkey
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Seems like a better arguement for evolution than creationism.
Chimps smile too. It's a trait that stayed with us as we evolved from them.
No, it just goes to prove how far behind are some people in evolutionary progress.Helter Skelter said:
http://www.csicop.org/si/9611/cartoon-evolution.gif
"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.
I was just about to say that after watching many of creationist videos and hearing their arguments (I came from a fundamentalist background), creationism and parodies of creationism are virtually indistinguishable and that I wouldn't be surprised if the guy was deathly serious.Slevin said:
Helter Skelter
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Slevin said:
WOW!!
Great find. I didn't think anyone could be that dumb.
It HAD TO BE A JOKE.
Anti-evolutionists have been made fun of because of lack of logic but this takes the cake.
If we didn't evolve, God should be shot for making two guys so stupid.
Helter Skelter
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Exactly.Shiftkey said:
I am always reminded of a quote by Michael Shermer: smart people believe in weird things because they are better skilled at defending their beliefs which they arrived at for less than smart reasons.Helter Skelter said:
Helter Skelter
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Hilarious!Deep Dish said:
Deep Dish, I think, I want to have your statement
engraved in stone or something. I've never heard it put so well.
"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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I can prove to you God exists. Just look at this picture.
How could Michelangelo have photographet God with a camera if God doesn't exist, you explain that to me. He also painted quite a few portraits of God (and of Abe Lincoln, but that's another thing) and how could he have painted them if God wasn't there?
How could Michelangelo have photographet God with a camera if God doesn't exist, you explain that to me. He also painted quite a few portraits of God (and of Abe Lincoln, but that's another thing) and how could he have painted them if God wasn't there?
"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
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