"The Kiss of Death Mistake"
You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?
Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.
One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.
Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
i just watched Casino for the first time
- Thread starter backbreaker
- Start date
"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.
Big Overseas 1
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She wound up gettin' mad & gettin' outthe car. Shyt don't workout like that in real life. Guess she wasn't a fan of that movie. Heh.
WayOfTheDragon
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The scene when Pesci has the meeting with the banker in De Niro's living room, the argument Pesci and De Niro get into after the banker leaves is my favorite moment in movie history. The only thing that compares to it, to me, is Anthony Hopkins scenes as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of The Lambs.
CrashOverRide
Don Juan
WayOfTheDragon said:
Why am I not recalling this scene?
My favorite scene is when they meet out in the desert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD44ouab5pc
But seriously Goodfellas and Casino are both classic. I'd say they are a tie.
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
CrashOverRide
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The Mad Ghost
Senior Don Juan
"Where do you get off, going over my head, dont ever go over my head again, you jew mutherfvcker you"
WayOfTheDragon
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Thats what I'm talking about!The Mad Ghost said:
As I said earlier, the scene after the banker leaves is my favorite, but this quote is my favorite line in the movie.
When the FBI's plane runs out of gas and is "forced to land on the golf course" while watching Pesci play golf is good too.
And did Pesci EVER have a better toupee then he had in Casino?!
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zekko
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Good movie though. Similar to Goodfellas - not quite as good, but there are some interrelationship dynamics that might be relevant to the seduction community. DeNiro has a bad case of oneitis.
"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.
