"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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Pook! Posted Pook at a free thinking forum.

"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.

Read more...

JustLurk

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The calibre of discussion there is pretty much the same as here. Devolved into nitpicking/flaming/divergent argument. Just slightly better prose..

Was the response really interesting? What part?
Maybe the part where they seem to reach a consensus on 1) Pook being an idiot and 2) Pook writing for other idiots on this site? /facepalm

They don't seem all that bright to me. Maybe try a better free-thinking forum?
 

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I haven't read the post here, but in the book of pook, So i haven't read the comments on the text posted here at sousave. I thought it was interesting hearing other peoples interpretation of the text, which as said was a new experience for me.
 

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That "Fountain of Youth" post of Pook's didn't really resonate with me. I wasn't raised around many other children, so I was painfully shy as a kid. I had to learn to be social with my peers, it took me years to get comfortable with it. So there was never a time when I was a "Don Juan of the sandbox" or whatever he calls it. But as with many of Pook's posts, if it works for you great, if not, move on. I could see that it could hold true for a lot of guys, it simply doesn't apply to me.

The one thing I could take out of it is not to let your hormones get in the way, I guess. But that's just common sense.
 
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