"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.

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Just tested positive for CVID

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I hope you feel better soon.
Back in 2017, I got the flu and had identical symptoms.
This is not to downplay how you're currently feeling. Truth is, we all eventually get sick and feel awful.
Sincerely wishing you a quick recovery.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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I hope you feel better soon.
Back in 2017, I got the flu and had identical symptoms.
This is not to downplay how you're currently feeling. Truth is, we all eventually get sick and feel awful.
Sincerely wishing you a quick recovery.
Thank you so much my friend. It is very similar to the flu....heck it might be the flu that we are calling covid.
 

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No joke that Omicron spreads fast. I know a teacher, her second day back today after holiday break: 10 staff and 7 kids out today…
Her first statement about it ~ “They’re dropping like flies”.
Dropping like flies meaning they're staying at home sick? Why are you two trying to play it up as if they're deathly ill from the black plague?
 

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Dropping like flies meaning they're staying at home sick?
Right
Why are you two trying to play it up as if they're deathly ill from the black plague?
Nothing to fear yet, my post was only about the spread speed of the less severe Omicron. Absent staff count has increased to 18 as of today btw…
 

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The awesome news is that I used to be 191lbs and it was awfully difficult to get to my target goal of 185lbs. I tried everything. Well CVID did it within 3 days. I look great. I can see my abs. Im actually kinda happy about that.
I always used to joke that getting sick was the best way to lose weight. The problem is that it comes back on quickly since you take it off quickly. Anyway, hope you feel better.

I got my booster Saturday, felt like garbage for about eight hours on Sunday, then started to recover Sunday afternoon. I've had six vaccines in the past year: Three for Covid, two for shingles, and one for the flu. The worst side effects were with the shingles shots. No side effects at all for the flu vaccine and the first Covid shot. For me. Everybody's different.
 

"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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Wow trolls hate it when healthcare professionals don’t take their bait.

lmao
 

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How was that a troll? It was a legitimate question.
 

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Comorbidity is real, but evidence is overwhelming that it is now younger and healthy folks who are being hospitalized.

that.is.all.
 

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The media does not categorize overweight or "skinnyfat" types of people as unhealthy, even though they suffer many similar problems to obese individuals. If there are indeed scientific studies that analyze hospitalization rates in young people and compound various metrics such as weight, waist measurement, body fat %, etc, I'd love to see them.
 

"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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If there are indeed scientific studies that analyze hospitalization rates in young people and compound various metrics such as weight, waist measurement, body fat %, etc, I'd love to see them.
I will do what I can, as time permits, to provide the requested information.
 

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So I felt like a I got hit by a truck halfway through my healthcare shift. It was awful. Went to my 2nd job and got tested there first thing in the morning. I did not want to risk spreading this to others. Took a half day just in case. Results came back positive. Spent the next 3 days in bed feeling like a horrible flu. I went 2.5 yrs on the front lines avoiding this thing. It was a source of pride for me. Now I feel like a loser lol.

The awesome news is that I used to be 191lbs and it was awfully difficult to get to my target goal of 185lbs. I tried everything. Well CVID did it within 3 days. I look great. I can see my abs. Im actually kinda happy about that. I dont know what ramifications on my job this will cause. This whole Omicron thing is a mess. Its depressing. I was going to make a trip overseas for vacation in 3 weeks but now i dont know.
Were you vaccinated? Did you feel angry about getting infected?
 
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I will do what I can, as time permits, to provide the requested information.
Here’s are few references more as I come across them:




 
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One shouldn't trust any statistics involving deaths due to covid as health officials are lying about them. My relative died a couple months ago of pneumonia, and on the certificate they declared covid as the cause of death.
Covid attacks the lungs and can cause a life threatening severe pneumonia like condition. I don’t see any lies in that.
 
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