"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

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.

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Olive Oil

Crazy Asian

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i know olive oil is good, but it loses it's omega-3 properties when you cook it.

my question is, if you do cook it, is it still good for you?
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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Francisco d'Anconia

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Cooking any type of food diminishes nutrients. The higher the temperature, the more loss. If your oil smokes excessively when you cook, turns really dark or greatly changes in taste, you're cooking at too high of a temperature. Keep the temperature moderate and you'll retain most of the nutrients overall.
 

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olive oil has nearly zero omega-3 polyunsaturates. it is predominantly monounsaturates. francisco has the money advice. don't let it smoke, use as little heat as possible. it's definitely still good for you cooked, very few people use olive oil for significant non-cooked applications beyond drizzling it on bread.

for high heat applications, use a more stable oil like peanut oil. for example, if I'm going to pan sear a steak or pan fry taquitos -- it's definitely peanut oil.

(i would use lard, which contrary to popular conception is higher in monounsaturates than anything else, but it's hard to find unadulterated lard & I don't cook enough pork to render it myself)
 
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