"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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Most AFC movie character?

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Forgive me if this has been done here before, but I haven't seen it. We've seen all of the "most alpha movie male" threads and "your most AFC move" threads, but not a "most AFC movie character" thread.

Anyway, I'll start.

1. The main kid in "The Last American Virgin."

Pathetic. He falls for the new girl, new girl gets knocked up by his best friend, he pays for girl's abortion :eek: because he "loves" her, girl goes back to best friend in the end. I'll at least give this movie props for portraying how it usually goes in the real world.

2. The whining fat wimp in Broadcast News.

Worst line ever: "Wouldn't it be great if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive? If needy were a turn on?"
:rolleyes:

3. John Cusack in "Say Anything."

Boys meets girl, girl dumps boy, and in typical movie BS fashion, boy kisses girl's a$$, sings her songs, buys her gifts, hounds her night and day, and of course, wins her back.

4. Anything with Alan Alda.

The classic, prototypical "sensitive, new age" man. We seriously need a "puke" smiley here.

5. The title character in "Lucas."

Poor kid falls in love with a girl, girl doesn't reciprocate. She falls for a "sensitive jock" (Charlie Sheen). Kid almost kills himself by going out for football to impress the girl. Happy ending, though; he settles for a much less attractive girl. :rolleyes:

I've come to realize that Hollywood and other media are absolutely screwing manhood in this country.
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"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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LOL oh yeah i agree!!! Kids grow up watching this crap and then think thats the way they should act
 

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I'll add any Hugh Grant movie.
 

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It's nothing but the liberalism that's sweeping the country. The conservatives, thank God, are the silent majority. Liberalism does take its toll, seeing how Hollywood and the entire media is very left-wing. Such a tragedy...
 

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Originally posted by speedo_meme
It's nothing but the liberalism that's sweeping the country. The conservatives, thank God, are the silent majority. Liberalism does take its toll, seeing how Hollywood and the entire media is very left-wing. Such a tragedy...
For God's sake man, how does this have ANYTHING to do with POLITICS???
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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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It doesn't. It has to do with the liberal, feminista, "we don't need men", "men succombing to women", mtv, equality bullcrap that has become our mainstream media in recent decades. For example, a James Bond movie portrays a don juan, while the show "According to Jim" shows an AFC and a wife on a power trip, and everyone of us knows when that happens in real life, so does a divorce.

Perhaps try to decipher the underlying meaning next time
 

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No one said 40-year-old virgin yet?
Though I like how his attitude changed toward the end.:crackup:
 

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4. Anything with Alan Alda.

The classic, prototypical "sensitive, new age" man. We seriously need a "puke" smiley here.

I heard that women were surveyed, and they overwhelmingly thought the Alan Alda character was great dating material (fairly smooth with ladies, great sense of humor), and his roomate, BJ, was the sort of guy they would marry.
 

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Haha, speedo_meme, this post is completely unrelated to politics. What are you smoking? I hate when people take any opportunity to voice an opinion.
 

"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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The disgusting part, of course, is that these stupid movies always follow the SAME formula.

You know what I think? I think they're made for men, not women. Honestly. They're made to present the message, "see, guys? Here's how to win a woman, by kissing her ass and putting her above yourself."

How many guys fall for this sh!t? I know I did for almost my entire adult life.
 

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Damn all movies are AFC, even stiffler from american pie has his moments. Like the title, they are movies, and like most movies they kill the player, almost everytime making him fall in love etc etc. However i do think that sappy movies give us our power, like most love films, the AFC gives out roses buys expensive gifts, basically a dog in which most women walk all over them.
Think of the black eyed peas song"my humps" the lady tells of how all the guys buy her expensive gifts to get 'touch' her lady humps. "my humps"black eyed peas the song dedicated to the AFC's
 

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Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
I'll add any Hugh Grant movie.
Oh please... this man makes me physically sick. He is the most appalling English export since... well, ever.

Sample line from any Hugh Grant movie: "Oh I,I,I...I....I.......I was just.... um... y'know... um.... I... was... just wondering if... if... you'd be.... be.... um... so kind as to.... um....er, maybe... if... it's not too much trouble.... um.... er, maybe... um... go for a.... um... a... drink... y'know, of course... if its... um, maybe... convenient?!?"

AND his character always gets the girl at the end... as if that is 'charming' or 'endearing' to women. PLEASE... that man should be shot.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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James Bond is no AFC you ****. But he is just a fictional movie character. Floyd, this thread has EVERYTHING to do with how the media portrays movies and tv shows to the public. Seems like you were the one voicing an opinion, dipsh*t.
 

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Originally posted by James Bondage
Oh please... this man makes me physically sick. He is the most appalling English export since... well, ever.

Sample line from any Hugh Grant movie: "Oh I,I,I...I....I.......I was just.... um... y'know... um.... I... was... just wondering if... if... you'd be.... be.... um... so kind as to.... um....er, maybe... if... it's not too much trouble.... um.... er, maybe... um... go for a.... um... a... drink... y'know, of course... if its... um, maybe... convenient?!?"

AND his character always gets the girl at the end... as if that is 'charming' or 'endearing' to women. PLEASE... that man should be shot.
haha, I agree completely! The guy is utterly pathetic both on screen and off screen.
 

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Jack Dawson from Titanic.


He was a pretty, no wait, very bad AFC in that movie. It also makes me wonder how in the hell that movie won Best Picture.
 

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Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
I'll add any Hugh Grant movie.
Agreed. Julia Roberts walks all over him in Notting hill, numerous times, and he still runs back to her.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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