backseatjuan
Banned
Look what I find!
"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.
Nuclear War
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"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.
ChristopherColumbus
Master Don Juan
Very good presenter. It just goes to show how insane people are today who live the 'prepper' lifestyle. I watched 10 minutes of Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' last night, but could not go on with it. It just rang untrue when you consider the utter devastation and radioactivity that thermonuclear war would bring.
Most people don't even want to think about it today. Notice in the cold war, it was the backdrop to evryone's thoughts... there was a sense of dread. Today? People just immerse themselves in the new technology - reality is so bad, let's just create our own little bubble reality. But people have to think about it if the world has any hope of getting rid of these weapons one day. Because the alternative is hopeless.
Most people don't even want to think about it today. Notice in the cold war, it was the backdrop to evryone's thoughts... there was a sense of dread. Today? People just immerse themselves in the new technology - reality is so bad, let's just create our own little bubble reality. But people have to think about it if the world has any hope of getting rid of these weapons one day. Because the alternative is hopeless.
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There will NOT be a nuclear war EVER. Not by human creation. if it happens it will literally be compute AI via Terminator skynet style. People realize mutually assured destruction will occur.
No my friends, nukes are simply a perceived threat. war on earth now its much more effective controlling via sanctions and economics as well as cyber warfare and proxy wars.
You will not see any nukes launched (in my opinion).
No my friends, nukes are simply a perceived threat. war on earth now its much more effective controlling via sanctions and economics as well as cyber warfare and proxy wars.
You will not see any nukes launched (in my opinion).
ChristopherColumbus
Master Don Juan
Things can get out of hand very quickly. Politicians and generals are not always 'rational'. Terrorism.
backseatjuan
Banned
Russia has computer controlled (death hand) nuclear deterance system. It assures that everything we have will be launched if something bad happens. I do believe that nuclear war is a possibility, after all count all the people on this planet, somehow majority has to die, otherwise it's a waste of natural resources.
"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.