"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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Mafia (Italian) vs Drug Cartels (Hispanic)

Who is stronger in organized crime>

  • Mafia

    Votes: 7 50.0%
  • Drug Cartels

    Votes: 7 50.0%

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Jesse Pinkman

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Who was stronger in their prime?

Mafia in their prime = Al Capone and Five Familes.

Cartels in their prime = Pablo Escobar, Lord of the Sky, and El Chapo.
 

"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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SW15

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I voted for the drug cartels. One of the downfalls of the Italian Mafia/Five Families was involvement in drug trafficking. Too many Mafia guys would get pinched for drug offenses and then snitch on other Mafia guys for other offenses. See Henry Hill as an example.
 

Jesse Pinkman

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I voted for the drug cartels. One of the downfalls of the Italian Mafia/Five Families was involvement in drug trafficking. Too many Mafia guys would get pinched for drug offenses and then snitch on other Mafia guys for other offenses. See Henry Hill as an example.
TBH, the only reason the Mob got ahead is because the Jews focused on becoming educated and getting into academia and the Irish focused on becoming cops. In reality, the Irish gave the Italians marching orders in the northeast. Cartels did not care and even Irish Americans respect Hispanic Americans in a way that they will never respect Italian Americans.
 

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Mafia contributed to the success of Las Vegas.
 

"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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HaleyBaron

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This topic reminds me discussion with my friends at the kindergarden about who was stronger between robocop and terminator.
Terminator cause he has better mobility.
 

BillyPilgrim

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The "mob" was both Italian and Jewish, and the current "Russian mob" is also jewish. Lol I think the caption on the link should read "Jewish-American organized blue collar crime".

But to answer the question, it's the cartels. The mobs had the feds against them, the cartels have the feds working with them.
 

oOh Nasty

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Robocop is cooler, but the Terminator could probably run circles around him. Well, at least the Robocop I remember from the 80s.
 

"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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BackInTheGame78

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None are as strong as the Maple Syrup Mafia in Quebec. They control 70% of the world's maple syrup. The Netflix documentary was pretty interesting.

They are also backed by the government who has said in a court ruling when independent distributors sued that anyone who wants to sell maple syrup there needs to join their syndicate.

If that's not power, I don't know what is.

None of the other gangs ever had the official support of their governments.
 

Machine10033

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Pretty sure it’s the cartels. I don’t recall special forces ever being used to arrest a mob boss. Cartels often have the backing of police and military
 

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None are as strong as the Maple Syrup Mafia in Quebec. They control 70% of the world's maple syrup. The Netflix documentary was pretty interesting.

They are also backed by the government who has said in a court ruling when independent distributors sued that anyone who wants to sell maple syrup there needs to join their syndicate.

If that's not power, I don't know what is.

None of the other gangs ever had the official support of their governments.
No one fvcks with the Avocado Cartel.
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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