Boilermaker
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"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Patreaus article in NYT
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"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
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.
Boilermaker
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I think; his recent scandal allowed others to talk about the "real" him.
This is relevant because it shows how feminine and "soft" the top commanders in the military are becoming ... Read the full article and you'll get it.
Food for thought.
This is relevant because it shows how feminine and "soft" the top commanders in the military are becoming ... Read the full article and you'll get it.
Food for thought.
Vicente0309
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Consider both the writer and the source before jumping to any conclusions about Patreaus' military and/or leadership competencies
Boilermaker
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so you created an account just to say that?
Interesting.
Enlighten me about the writer. I might have heard of his father, Truscott sounds familiar.
The source is the NYT as you can see.
Interesting.
Enlighten me about the writer. I might have heard of his father, Truscott sounds familiar.
The source is the NYT as you can see.
"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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Boilermaker said:
Petraeus does not look tough at all from the pics. It looks like I could easily kick his ass.
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The generals of today are nothing more than celebrities in uniforms, as the article correctly pointed out. Patreaus' popularity was a result of carefully orchestrated PR, not his extraordinary character or military accomplishments. The media made him a hero in the first place, and now that he has fallen out of favor, they are tearing him down.evan12 said:
I can't say why, and I'm to tired to think, but I found the entire tone and content of that article disgusting. That's just my gut reaction. It may not vibe with the tone in this thread, but that's how I feel about it.
Rollo Tomassi
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I think there's a real desire to see our Generals in the same light as Patton or Mac Arthur, so we paint up this romanticism about them. You have to remember that Petraeus and Allen are a couple of the first Generals from Generation AFC, people just don't want to adjust to that reality.
taiyuu_otoko
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Lot of issues to wade through in order to make sense of that piece.
1) dude who wrote it is a budding screenwriter, among other things, so naturally he'll try to create as much drama as possible.
2) It's an opinion piece, so much if it is merely a reflection of his own personal beliefs
3) you can't really compare current generals to WWII generals, as the military industrial complex has changed how wars are fought significantly. Going in, kicking ass, and winning isn't necessarily the outcome. Bit more complicated today.
The dudes who exist today who would have been nail eating generals of yesterday are still around, they're just in different places. That generals today are more political than they were fifty years ago is really an aspect of changing political/banking/global business structures than anything else.
Personally, I try to stay away from NYT op-ed pieces.
Nothing useful there.
1) dude who wrote it is a budding screenwriter, among other things, so naturally he'll try to create as much drama as possible.
2) It's an opinion piece, so much if it is merely a reflection of his own personal beliefs
3) you can't really compare current generals to WWII generals, as the military industrial complex has changed how wars are fought significantly. Going in, kicking ass, and winning isn't necessarily the outcome. Bit more complicated today.
The dudes who exist today who would have been nail eating generals of yesterday are still around, they're just in different places. That generals today are more political than they were fifty years ago is really an aspect of changing political/banking/global business structures than anything else.
Personally, I try to stay away from NYT op-ed pieces.
Nothing useful there.
"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
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.