"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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Ketostix is banned.

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piranha45

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He must have killed the admin's mother, or something along those lines, considering so many trolls post here unopposed.
 

"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 noticed that. He gave me rep points on his way out. Thanx, if you read this. I even read some of his last posts, and didnt see anything ban-worthy. Maybe he sent someone a nasty PM?

There are a few newer members that need to be banned IMO.

Any thoughts from the mods?
 

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Looking around, it seems that alot of ppl are getting the ban hammer. I'm curious of the violation though.
 

"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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Iqqi should be banned instead as should Tacky Taco.

"Looking around, it seems that alot of ppl are getting the ban hammer. I'm curious of the violation though."

There were no real violations.

Just favoritism or selective enforcement as is the case on other horribly run message boards.
 

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why did he get banned?
 

TheHumanist

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KontrollerX said:
Iqqi should be banned instead as should Tacky Taco.

"Looking around, it seems that alot of ppl are getting the ban hammer. I'm curious of the violation though."

There were no real violations.

Just favoritism or selective enforcement as is the case on other horribly run message boards.

Okay, then I'm curious of what happened that got him banned. I don't recall get butting heads or any of that either.
 

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Probably because he is a racist idiot... Not that I care one way or the other... Just stating the obvious and what I've seen out of most of his posts..
 

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KontrollerX said:
Iqqi should be banned instead as should Tacky Taco.

"Looking around, it seems that alot of ppl are getting the ban hammer. I'm curious of the violation though."

There were no real violations.

Just favoritism or selective enforcement as is the case on other horribly run message boards.
I'm reeeally hoping you are wrong, but sadly my own speculation concurs.
 

"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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Kupid Diggs said:
Probably because he is a racist idiot... Not that I care one way or the other... Just stating the obvious and what I've seen out of most of his posts..
The other racist in that thread who called keto "an ignorant ass redneck" was not banned as well so again its poor and biased moderation here all around.

Speakeasy should be gone as well if keto has to be banned for racism.

Not that I have a problem with Speakeasy but fair is fair.

If racism was the reason for keto's ban it= selective enforcement of the rules which is to say garbage moderating as Speakeasy was being just as racist.
 

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Racist only? Seemed like the guy didn't like anybody unless they were straight, white, right-leaning males. The thing is though that he had the balls to say what he believed and I actually respected him for that. So, truthfully, eventhough I didn't agree with a lot he said, I think there are some other guys who should have been gone before him. But, whatever.
 

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what happened?
i don't understand what keto did ...

someone direct me to the thread.
 

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Maybe he was linked to the supposed "troll" activity on here with another account that was accused of trolling or something
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

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.

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KontrollerX said:
The other racist in that thread who called keto "an ignorant ass redneck" was not banned as well so again its poor and biased moderation here all around.

Speakeasy should be gone as well if keto has to be banned for racism.

Not that I have a problem with Speakeasy but fair is fair.

If racism was the reason for keto's ban it= selective enforcement of the rules which is to say garbage moderating as Speakeasy was being just as racist.
Redneck is not a racist term. It describes a certain type of mindset. It's not something that applies to whites across the board, so therefore it's not racist.

I don't know if Ketosix was banned or not, but I was getting sick of him interjecting his racist views into every thread he could. I hope he is gone.
 
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The crazy thing is I remember Ketosix admitting he was indian somewhere.
 

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I'm losing faith in this site more and more everyday.
 

"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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