"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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Leaded Gasoline tied to 150 million cases of psychiatric disorders in the US

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Wow ..this is pretty crazy...

It's no longer used but it was used for a long time up until the 80s I believe...

Fumes causing people to breathe in lead over multiple years growing up has been tied to many disorders...

Lawsuits likely incoming...

 
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"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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Wow ..this is pretty crazy...

It's no longer used but it was used for a long time up until the 80s I believe...

Fumes causing people to breathe in lead over multiple years growing up has been tied to many disorders...

Lawsuits likely incoming...

Hi BITG,
Years ago there was British research on "Clusters" of illnesses around
major Highways,quite disturbing.
 

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Oh it's still used....but only in fuels for high performance race engines.
 

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Fumes causing people to breathe in lead over multiple years growing up has been tied to many disorders...

Boomerism being the best known. You can't have the "Me Generation" without damaged empathetic capacity.
 

"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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You can accurately track crime statistics alongside lead exposure, the hot spots are almost certainly going to have a higher crime per capita tied to them
 

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Boomerism being the best known. You can't have the "Me Generation" without damaged empathetic capacity.
Please. We were too busy earning what we got instead of looking for participation trophies and everything to be given to them like your generation.

And I'm not a boomer but I'm still speaking to Gen Z and Millennials.

Get off your ass and work harder. The world doesn't owe you and favor and neither does anyone else.
 

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They say this led to a decline in serial killers too.
 
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