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Gen Z men are spending thousands to get that ‘American Psycho’-Patrick Bateman look
Looksmaxxing is all the rage.
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.
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.
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.
Guys are finally realizing that mistaking Carl Benjamin for a role model, stuffing their faces with Twinkies from morning till nightfall is a recipe for ruin, and beginning to prioritize their self-care?!!![]()
Gen Z men are spending thousands to get that ‘American Psycho’-Patrick Bateman look
Looksmaxxing is all the rage.nypost.com
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A fella goes grooms, exercises, eats well, looks after his psychological and intellectual health, and wears fresh, chic clothes for himself, first and foremost. Today, being honest enough to admit that arousing the lust of beautiful women is a perk of all the aforementioned is now labelled "simping", by a handful of societal dropouts in The ManosphereMight as well call it SimpMaxxing
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.
That, or a growing number of us realizing that once a guy reaches the age of majority, it's incumbent on him to prioritize his own self-care. Rather than (As both The Woke Left AND The Manosphere assert)waiting on society to change in some dramatic way, BEFORE we do the basics for ourselvesThis is an appropriate reaction to a mating environment where women have endless choices that are easily accessible.
I have always thought the original Psycho (Anthony Perkins) was a NerdCel.![]()
Gen Z men are spending thousands to get that ‘American Psycho’-Patrick Bateman look
Looksmaxxing is all the rage.nypost.com
At 5:15, the author talks about how leading men in the Golden Age of Hollywood were much taller than their contemporaries.That, or a growing number of us realizing that once a guy reaches the age of majority, it's incumbent on him to prioritize his own self-care. Rather than (As both The Woke Left AND The Manosphere assert)waiting on society to change in some dramatic way, BEFORE we do the basics for ourselves
This was all self-explanatory
to men who lived in the far-from-antiquated past
He's wrong though. Paul Newman, Brando, James Dean, John Garfield, Bogart, and a s-it-ton more actors from this era were medium height-points belowAt 5:15, the author talks about how leading men in the Golden Age of Hollywood were much taller than their contemporaries.![]()
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Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
Yup I remember seeing on younger women's profile that they areGenz and Gen A have normalized every red pill terminology and tactic. My little sisters are regularly throwing out terms that I would only hear on this site or on specific YouTube channels.
Alongside Woke gobbledygookRP stuff has blown up all over social media now...
The issue is most men swear by RP talking points and tropes but don't go out to experience life, women, etc for themselves so then you have guys regurating things. Then when a guy like me comes along and says hey guys there women over there that like nerdy guys everyone things I'm lying or selling kool-aideAlongside Woke gobbledygook
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The near-extinction of clear communication is advancing our civilization, morally and intellectually, in ways unseen since the rise of Reality TV
Red Pill Theology is quite similar to Afrocentrism, in more than a few respectsBut it is what it is, I noticed that there a lot of guys who don't need "Red Pill" but therapy and mental help. I don't mean that as an insult but women isn't SOME guy's problems,
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.