"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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I'm thinking about buying a corvette

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"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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Richardthefrog and his Lambo. Bigdave17 and his Corvette. Now he's listening to Prince "Little Red Corvette". What is next?
but still good car helps a tone. cars == money == authority

althrough personality and look are biggest game influencers IMO.

he can have corvette but if hes not funny af, confident, and ridiculously hilarious/exceptional/weird person then hes getting less poonies
 

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but still good car helps a tone. cars == money == authority

althrough personality and look are biggest game influencers IMO.

he can have corvette but if hes not funny af, confident, and ridiculously hilarious/exceptional/weird person then hes getting less poonies
lol my current car is a 70K Lexus, I doubt it will help me much in any way except just give me driving joy
 

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Whatever you say Richard. Lambo one day, now a corvette. Why not just shoot for the moon and get a Bugatti?
 

"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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Whatever you say Richard. Lambo one day, now a corvette. Why not just shoot for the moon and get a Bugatti?

vette's are actually incredibly practical and fairly cheap to own overall
 

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Got the extra money?

Buy it. Don't think so much. Just do it.
 

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looks amazing but i dislike cars that burn a lot of fuel
I personally went half-way with my latest purchase. I need something that can do work, but I also need something that isn't a pig on fuel.

That truck is hypothetical in the sense that I'd get it if I had money to throw away and didn't give a fvck about how much gas I burn.
 

"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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I don't understand why you guys want these 5hitty useless cars. If I had the money to throw away, I'd buy something like this:


..... cause I'm not a ****ing hillbilly


what do I need that garbage for? I want something beautiful and sleek and sexy that drives like a dream and is incredibly fast
 

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..... cause I'm not a ****ing hillbilly


what do I need that garbage for? I want something beautiful and sleek and sexy that drives like a dream and is incredibly fast
I drive a 4x4, useful in the city and away from the city.

I mostly use it as compared to my sports car -nothing fancy, just a Nissan.

It's just not practical using a sport car in the city imo, it's too low to see ahead when in a jam plus it's a b1tch on humps and parking in a multistorey car park.

I use mine mainly on weekends, prolly just once or twice in a month. So if u r planning to get one, just buy it.

Then keep it as a 2nd car.
 

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I drive a 4x4, useful in the city and away from the city.

I mostly use it as compared to my sports car -nothing fancy, just a Nissan.

It's just not practical using a sport car in the city imo, it's too low to see ahead when in a jam plus it's a b1tch on humps and parking in a multistorey car park.

I use mine mainly on weekends, prolly just once or twice in a month. So if u r planning to get one, just buy it.

Then keep it as a 2nd car.
I have a Lexus all wheel drive sedan as a daily/winter driver
 

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I have a Lexus all wheel drive sedan as a daily/winter driver
Get a used sport car.

Imo it's best to get an all wheel drive vs rear wheel. Good grip and better handling at conners. I tend to drive fast and perhaps reckless but the rush is just too hard to resist, so if u r anything like that then get an all wheel drive.
 

"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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Oh, another thing, if u r getting a used one, mileage is not a good indicator, get someone who's good at hearing engine noise and checking exhaust fume color.
 

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New Corvettes drop like stones. They are a horsesh*t investment. The folks around here that drive these cars are 60+ and wear white pants and gold chains. They are looked at as pathetic. If you are going to buy a corvette get a C2 or C3. Anything after that are not a car most DJ would want to be seen in. I don't think your fragile ego could take the sneers that go along with this ownership. And it will most definitely not impress the female crowd. All that said, if you want a car to just own the car, go for it. You are supposedly in the car business correct? If you are then you know better than to consider this a good use of resources.
 

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New Corvettes drop like stones. They are a horsesh*t investment. The folks around here that drive these cars are 60+ and wear white pants and gold chains. They are looked at as pathetic. If you are going to buy a corvette get a C2 or C3. Anything after that are not a car most DJ would want to be seen in. I don't think your fragile ego could take the sneers that go along with this ownership. And it will most definitely not impress the female crowd. All that said, if you want a car to just own the car, go for it. You are supposedly in the car business correct? If you are then you know better than to consider this a good use of resources.
Don't look at as an investment and don't get a new one. Get something two years old so someone else suffers the great depreciation.

Get the car for the pleasure and lifestyle of it. You work hard enough and part of life is having fun.

The technology In the vettes increase greatly every five years so that the later model is better in every single way even down to the frame.

Get something about 2-3 years old for $30k. Or you could even get a 427 cubic inch Vette with the LS7.
 
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"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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