She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
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.
The main problem is that not much is being done other than blogs. There is no organization, no lobbying, no collective action as with the feminists...yet. But it's important to keep in mind that the men's rights movement is still in its inception. It took feminists decades to become a formidable political force. Just like male rights advocates, they were initially ridiculed and put down by society at large. So it's definitely a possibility that MRM will become a legitimate movement with serious political power. But it won't happen overnight.Bumsniff said:Is the MRM actually helping men or just flapping at the gums preaching to the choir?
What actions are being put in place besides blogs?
That is its current strength, IMO. Can't kill a movement that has no apparent head / leader.The main problem is that not much is being done other than blogs. There is no organization, no lobbying, no collective action as with the feminists...yet.
That may be true, but at a certain point, leadership becomes essential. No movement has ever succeeded without a leader. Imagine Christianity without Jesus, the American Revolution without George Washington, Soviet Union without Vladimir Lenin...A strong leader is always needed to unite the movement and turn individual discontent into collective action.Jitterbug said:That is its current strength, IMO. Can't kill a movement that has no apparent head / leader.
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Right, the movement is still in its earliest stages, which is really nothing more than a lot of grumbling going on in the background. Compare it to the feminist movement. Women got the right to vote around the turn of the last century, and they were already well organized by then. It's over 100 years later and their movement is still going strong.Bokanovsky said:The main problem is that not much is being done other than blogs. There is no organization, no lobbying, no collective action as with the feminists...yet. But it's important to keep in mind that the men's rights movement is still in its inception
Do you want to get p*&&y or do you want to go out and get a job? Do you want to get p*$$y or do you want to go build a life for yourself? The two are not necessarily mutually exclusive. The fact that men are such slaves to p*$$y is part of the problem in the first place.samspade said:Do you want to get p*$$y or do you want to spend your time organizing, picketing, rallying, and writing manifestos hoping it will change minds over a generation or two?
I don't know about that...I can't say I've ever felt a particularly strong urge to sacrifice myself for some skirt. Men are hard-wired to protect their families, not the womankind in general. The whole "women leave the sinking ship first" thing and similar white knight concepts are not part of a man's natural modus operandi. Chivalry is a product of societal brainwashing; nothing more.zekko said:Whether any of this ever actually occurs is up for debate, because men have been hardwired to protect women and children, to self-sacrifice, and to bear their own burdens silently without complaint.
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.