"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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Skel

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My zone alarm wont work anymore. Last night it prompted me to update so i downloaded the update, it got stuck at 3% installing and i cancelled out. I tried download the full version again and the patch a 2nd time. Both get stuck on 3%. Now zone alarm wont even start up(I rebooted). I tried a system restore to yesterday and still no go. My internet isnt working after 5 minutes now as well. VIdeo games work when connected to the net i just lose internet connection through firefox for some reason

Windows xp
 

"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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Mr. Wolf

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Reintall whole operating system from scratch, or uninstall zone alarm and don't use it. Windows XP has a built in firewall, we never has problems with it.
 

Kid Quick

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Remove ZoneAlarm. If you're dead set against Windows Defender try Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0. It was awarded PC Magazine Online's Editor's Choice. I installed it on my parents' XP box and after some initial learning it runs quietly in the background without hogging resources. Plus it's freeware.

I'm stuck at version 2.4 as I have Win 2000 but that still works well.
 
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