What the hell are you talking about, you just came out of nowhere. How can you talk about patience when I waited for 2 years to become a mod!Originally posted by TheVirtualMind
Whatever happend to "patience?"
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Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
What the hell are you talking about, you just came out of nowhere. How can you talk about patience when I waited for 2 years to become a mod!Originally posted by TheVirtualMind
Whatever happend to "patience?"
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.
What are you implying? :trouble:Originally posted by Vincent
What the hell are you talking about, you just came out of nowhere. How can you talk about patience when I waited for 2 years to become a mod!
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For most people, its in their human nature to be "power hungry" and being a mod is like being someone that is "powerfull". Thats just how people think, wheather they are aware of it or not. If I were to become a moderator here though, my intentions would be for nothing more than to help the other mods and allen keep this place in order.Originally posted by aBAzLLnA
What's so special about being a mod anyway? I never understood why people post like mofo's just to get the "mod" position...
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.
Others thrust their noses up moderators backsides.........Originally posted by comic_relief
don't forget mods aren't allowed to have a sense of humor or anything of the like. Everyone knows what happens to mods when they have a sense of humor...
people cry and complain...
Stuff like that isn't acceptable to be a moderator.Originally posted by ~ªêQµïTª$~
Vincent: YOU CAN DO IIIIIT! :crackup: *thinks of the movie "Waterboy"*
errr.... ya![]()
Laterz....
I guess it helps when you know allenOriginally posted by TheVirtualMind
Stuff like that isn't acceptable to be a moderator.
Also Vincent, I didn't wait 1 day to become a moderator...I waited nearly a week!
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
What makes it not acceptable? Is having some humour against the "rules"?Originally posted by TheVirtualMind
Stuff like that isn't acceptable to be a moderator.
I think that he was just joking because mods are supposed to act like robots but cannot hurt others feelings, if you do therefore you will yelled at by a group of people saying how it should never have happened.Originally posted by ~ªêQµïTª$~
What makes it not acceptable? Is having some humour against the "rules"?![]()
Neither do I. It's sycophants such as yourself that get my last nerve. Nothing personal, i just dislike sycophants in general. It's like you're sucking up to the head bully so he doesn't kick your ass.Originally posted by comic_relief
BTW wescott I'm friends with the mods and treat them like normal posters. I see nothing wrong with any of them.
comic_relief
so then if I was friends with you or anybody else on this forum other then mods and i wanted to stick up for you against the mods. Would that still be just as bad or would that somehow be good.Originally posted by WesCottII
Neither do I. It's sycophants such as yourself that get my last nerve. Nothing personal, i just dislike sycophants in general. It's like you're sucking up to the head bully so he doesn't kick your ass.
Thank you comic. Apparently ''sarcasm'' is lost on aqueitas.Originally posted by comic_relief
I think that he was just joking because mods are supposed to act like robots but cannot hurt others feelings, if you do therefore you will yelled at by a group of people saying how it should never have happened.
Mod humor is strictly forbidden because everyone else starts getting yelled at.
comic_relief
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
OoOoO you badass. YouOriginally posted by TheVirtualMind
Also Vincent, I didn't wait 1 day to become a moderator...I waited nearly a week!
There is NO sign of ANY sarcasm in that, so my appologies for not picking that upStuff like that isn't acceptable to be a moderator.
That is between me, Allen, and that bottle of Scotch.Originally posted by ~ªêQµïTª$~
And by the way.... what was ur previous nick on here?![]()
Laterz...
Hmmmm...... I tell you what.... keep the nick to yourself, but u beta share that g0d-damn scotch!:trouble:Originally posted by TheVirtualMind
That is between me, Allen, and that bottle of Scotch.
I've got friends, but i'm not trying to get in their pants.Originally posted by comic_relief
so then if I was friends with you or anybody else on this forum other then mods and i wanted to stick up for you against the mods. Would that still be just as bad or would that somehow be good.or
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Cliff notes : A fool. Pretty apt, huh?A humorous or farcical interlude in a serious literary work or drama, especially a tragedy, intended to relieve the dramatic tension or heighten the emotional impact by means of contrast.
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.