Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
Help meeeeee!!!!!!!!! I'm on a runaway thread and I wanna get offffffff!!!!!!!!!!
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
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.
*Reclines on towels.* Geez Pen, these are really soft...What detergent do you use?Originally posted by penkitten
hahahahaha
i thought i seen you hiding in the linen closet...
*Jumps off towels and run to Tenn. to get comforted by my girl.* I feel unclean...Originally posted by penkitten
a l l .. the stain lifter thats all ...
hey dangit that commercial is stuck in my head...Originally posted by Eternal
*Jumps off towels and run to Tenn. to get comforted by my girl.* I feel unclean...
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.
I remember that commercial.Originally posted by penkitten
hey dangit that commercial is stuck in my head...
and thats the jingle...
mr benjamin guy sings it
you remember that show in the 80s about the english butler and the bad kid named wesley? anyhow the butler mr benjamin does the voice over for the all commercial.
Originally posted by penkitten, corrected by Eternal
Get your head in Gio!!!
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.
He was accused of videotaping some sexoring with an underaged girl.Originally posted by penkitten
come to think of it, i think i was about nine or so during the rob lowe crap and they made him leave the show and pretend he went to college because thats when rob lowe became bad..
but i dont remember wtf he did ... except madonna..
I thought that was R. Kelly? Let's not get into that anyway.Originally posted by Giovanni Casanova
He was accused of videotaping some sexoring with an underaged girl.
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.
Rob was blazing a trail. It was the late 80s.Originally posted by Eternal
I thought that was R. Kelly? Let's not get into that anyway.
I'm sure that's not the only thing he was blazing...Originally posted by Giovanni Casanova
Rob was blazing a trail. It was the late 80s.
Someone told you this thread was funny? I am not responsible for this dishonest advertising.Originally posted by Sexy_Malibu
When I'm directed to read a funny thread that **** better be REALLY FUNNY.
Disappointed.
< did nothingOriginally posted by Giovanni Casanova
Someone told you this thread was funny? I am not responsible for this dishonest advertising.
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.