"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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spam link in sig = bot?

Bible_Belt

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Especially in H&F, I have noticed several somewhat incoherent posts by new users that have suspicious links in the signature, like "generic xanax" or something from a spam email. Are these users bots? Or is this some clever new vbulletin advertising scheme?

If they are bots, then bots are certainly getting better. It is going to be difficult to tell the legitimate new sosuave users from the spam bots.

If possible, we could remove the ability to place active links in one's signature. That would foil the fake user bot scheme. It would also keep us from having conversations with people who aren't really there, which happens a lot on here when people can't tell a bot from a person.
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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Just keep reporting suspicious posts and we'll get around to it. Thanks for helping out :up:
 
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