"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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King of the Hill

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Anyone see King of the Hill Sunday night? I almost got the impression that the writers on the show had been reading this forum. Basically Bobby got caught in the friendzone. He was playing a feminine role, riding on the backs of girls' bikes, waiting for them to call, etc.

There was strong suggestion that the male should be the one asking the girl out on dates, that the male should decide where they were going and what they were doing, and should act like a man. It reminded me so much of this forum it was eerie.

King of the Hill is cancelled by the way, they showed the last two episodes Sunday night.
 

"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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Sometimes you'll see writers that are very up on this stuff. Just in the way they make loser characters different from characters that aren't losers.


When's those last two episodes re-airing?
 

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I dont watch king of the hill, but that sounds kinda funny.

Theres an episode in family guy which makes me laugh because Stewie is trying to impress a girl he fancies by being all AFC nice guy which doesn't work.

But then Brian teaches him that chicks dig bad boys, and you need to treat them like crap, so Stewie basically insults her, she starts crying and then arranges to go on a date with him! lol

funny sh!t
 

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Dante420 said:
Sometimes you'll see writers that are very up on this stuff. Just in the way they make loser characters different from characters that aren't losers.
When's those last two episodes re-airing?
Not sure when or if the episodes are re-airing.
I remember King of the Hill being mentioned here before because of the episode where Boomhauer tells Bobby his secret for picking up women. He goes to the shoe store, asks 23 women for their number, and is shot down every time except the last one. Bobby is shocked that he got shot down 22 straight times, but Boomhauer doesn't care, and just says "it ain't no big thing". More wisdom.

I saw the Family Guy episode Fidelity mentioned, very funny stuff.

There was an old Saturday Night Live skit on a similar theme. It was set on a talk show (maybe the Phil Donahue Show). There were nice guys on there saying women wouldn't give them an even chance, and there was a loudmouthed jerk. Women in the crowd were asking the nice guys to move so they could see the "fascinating" jerk behind them :)
 

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I'm gonna miss King of the Hill. It was the ultimate satire of WASPy conservatives. But that was a funny episode. I guess if that episode teaches anything it would be not to bend over backwards for a hot girl. Or any girl for that case.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

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.

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zekko said:
Anyone see King of the Hill Sunday night? I almost got the impression that the writers on the show had been reading this forum. Basically Bobby got caught in the friendzone. He was playing a feminine role, riding on the backs of girls' bikes, waiting for them to call, etc.

There was strong suggestion that the male should be the one asking the girl out on dates, that the male should decide where they were going and what they were doing, and should act like a man. It reminded me so much of this forum it was eerie.

King of the Hill is cancelled by the way, they showed the last two episodes Sunday night.
It's a mans responsibility.
 

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zekko said:
Anyone see King of the Hill Sunday night? I almost got the impression that the writers on the show had been reading this forum. Basically Bobby got caught in the friendzone. He was playing a feminine role, riding on the backs of girls' bikes, waiting for them to call, etc.

There was strong suggestion that the male should be the one asking the girl out on dates, that the male should decide where they were going and what they were doing, and should act like a man. It reminded me so much of this forum it was eerie.

King of the Hill is cancelled by the way, they showed the last two episodes Sunday night.
I thought the same thing as I was watching it LoL!
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

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.

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