"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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Russian Coup in progress?!?

Millard Fillmore

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It’s irrelevant what you think of CNN, the news was in multiple euro outlets including RT.

I do find it peculiar that folks dismiss news outlets that don’t align with their world view, labeling it fake, but hey to each their own.
I just look at multiple outlets across the spectrum and draw my own conclusions. But some would rather have the "fake news" confirmation bias than think critically.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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DarwinTaurus

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It was easier for Russia to invade itself than to invade Ukraine. They're an obvious third rate power.

Nevertheless that general dude is headed for poisontown. Better hire a food taster.
Funny, as Yevgeny Prigozhin (head of the Wagner Group) started his career as a Caterer, whom Putin trusted to eat at his restaurants, as Putin was afraid of being poisoned. How the worm has turned... :D
 

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Just curious, what do you all think about the chances that this conflict could escalate into World War III / Nuclear War?
imo the ET's would prevent a nuclear war but continue to allow the more conventional stuff



 

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Knowing many Russians personally, I can tell you the mood amongst the public there was completely calm. They almost had an air of nonchalance about the whole thing.

I'm one hundred percent certain these actions will not go unpunished, but, Russia have also used this to their advantage as Wagner/their extended arm of influence now, with reason, sits ever closer to NATO in Belarus.

Attacks into Northern Ukraine can also be launched from Belarus, making counter offensives difficult from Ukraine as they wouldn't want to actively be seen to attack Belarus.

It's also not reported in the west the extend of which Ukraine is actively bombing the Donbass, and thus it's own people. Despite their officials denying it, this is the "counter offensives" you hear of.

The whole situation is a mess and it's increasingly difficult for the big powers to play smoke and mirrors with the general population because of the internet and communication being so much more available. My fear is because of this more and more drastic actions will be taken to make simple goals elaborate and multi layered.
 

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Putin is in trouble...this type of thing would have never even been thought of attempting before the war started, now people are doing it to his face...

The ineptitude and corruption of the Russian military has been staggering. They are literally the laughingstock of the world.
 

"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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Plinco

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Knowing many Russians personally, I can tell you the mood amongst the public there was completely calm. They almost had an air of nonchalance about the whole thing.
I have contacts in Russia and I was surprised when they told me that they were not worried about it.
 

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This was never meant to be a real coup.

Also the world seems to be going into a new chapter and i think no one really understands or knws how to deal with it.

It looks the days of wars, patriarchy, murder, theft, coups, dictators, etc is all coming to end.

Things are getting more and more stable and even world leaders seem to be more about being humble and humane and less egotistical quite different to tyrants and tough war leaders of the past like stalin hitler churchill.

The extreme energy of world leaders seems more calm and introspective.

I think that most ppl dont knw how to deal with new more safer world where evry1 is just more chill.

Even this 'coup' was just like 'meh made my point cba lets go back boys'.
 

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Hi BackInThe Game,
"The ineptitude and corruption of the Russian military has been staggering. They are literally the laughingstock of the world." He laughs loudest who laughs last!
 

"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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BillyPilgrim

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This was never meant to be a real coup.

Also the world seems to be going into a new chapter and i think no one really understands or knws how to deal with it.

It looks the days of wars, patriarchy, murder, theft, coups, dictators, etc is all coming to end.

Things are getting more and more stable and even world leaders seem to be more about being humble and humane and less egotistical quite different to tyrants and tough war leaders of the past like stalin hitler churchill.

The extreme energy of world leaders seems more calm and introspective.

I think that most ppl dont knw how to deal with new more safer world where evry1 is just more chill.

Even this 'coup' was just like 'meh made my point cba lets go back boys'.
Sounds like you're a White Hat subscriber. Let's hope they're winning this crap.
 
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Hi Pearce,
Could it be as that Putin is playing Chess while the West plays Draughts?Think about it
if Wagners Army was marching to Moscow 300miles away then how much easier to march 60 miles to Kiev!...At the least the Ukraine will now need to move circ 40.000 front line troops to and fortify his Byelorussian border at a time when he seems pretty desperate on his Eastern flank...Propaganda aside,The Ukraine is finished without Polish or Baltic State direct intervention....Seems like a rerun of The War of Foreign intervention where it was Latvian bayonets that saved Lenin.
 

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The mainstream media is government propaganda at this point. They keep pretending this is a war that Ukraine can win, which without NATO military involvement, is a complete lie. The Ukrainians have lost 3 armies at this point.

The incident is a mutiny of one of the best fighting forces that russia has. And they're revolting over the fact that they were engaged by russian forces while trying to retreat and the general incompetence of the russian military. Also, these forces are mercenaries, not russian military.

This is the nature of a totalitarian system. Everyone is more interested in covering their own ass instead of actually cooperating towards a goal.
 
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Hi Pearce,
Could it be as that Putin is playing Chess while the West plays Draughts?Think about it
if Wagners Army was marching to Moscow 300miles away then how much easier to march 60 miles to Kiev!...At the least the Ukraine will now need to move circ 40.000 front line troops to and fortify his Byelorussian border at a time when he seems pretty desperate on his Eastern flank...Propaganda aside,The Ukraine is finished without Polish or Baltic State direct intervention....Seems like a rerun of The War of Foreign intervention where it was Latvian bayonets that saved Lenin.
Putin knows exactly what he's doing playing the long game and watching as NATO drains all of its resources. Prigozhin knows exactly what he's doing swigging Wild Turkey 101 and hurling insults so the cavalry will cowboy the fck up.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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