"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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Stupidest questions someone has ever asked you

"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.

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someone calls me at work and asks "whatcha doin?"
then i have to answer..."working"
 

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just look in the high school or discussion section.
 

Giovanni Casanova

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Well there was this one time on an Internet discussion forum some guy asked me about the stupidest question someone has ever asked me.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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A plane crashes on the U.S. and Canadian border, exactly on the border itself. There are precisely even numbers each of Canadian citizens and U.S. citizens that were on the plane. It was a Canadian airline, but had taken off from a U.S. airport and was under FAA control at the time of the crash. The debate then arises, in which country do we bury the survivors?
 

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Bible_Belt said:
A plane crashes on the U.S. and Canadian border, exactly on the border itself. There are precisely even numbers each of Canadian citizens and U.S. citizens that were on the plane. It was a Canadian airline, but had taken off from a U.S. airport and was under FAA control at the time of the crash. The debate then arises, in which country do we bury the survivors?
You don't bury survivors...
 

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I don´t think there are any stupid questions...
Only stupid answers.
 

"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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Rudra said:
I don´t think there are any stupid questions...
Only stupid answers.

What is the number five divided by the letter 'bong'?:rock:

There's a stupid question for you...


My girlfriend was trying to lite the pilot on the furnace one time while I was talking her through it over the phone. It turns out she lit the hot-water heater, instead and it took her about an hour to do it!:D
 

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My dad always told me there are no stupid questions, only stupid people.
 

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A wise man told me there are no stupid questins, just nazis and robots.
 
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