"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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The hobbit desolation of smaug

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For my lord of the rings fanatics, what do you guys think of the hobbit series. I read the all the books when I was younger, but I'm starting to like the hobbit series more then the lord of the rings series.
 

"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 seen the new one. I really like the two movies so far. I can not go as far as you though and say I like it better than the 3 LOTR movies.
 
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Seeing Smaug come to life was worth waiting for, that dragon is badass. And his bass voice made the theater rumble.
 
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smaug was just like I pictured him in the book, I guess I'm liking the hobbit more then the lotr films because this one just have one main focus, lord of the rings had too much going on at once.
 

"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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The 2nd hobbit movie was geared to be 3d. 2d just won't cut it. The barrel ride was epic and so was the dragon. Gandolphs costume in the beginning made him look like he had too much makeup on though.

Overall. Very entertaining. Worth the see in the theatre in 3D
 
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Epimanes said:
The 2nd hobbit movie was geared to be 3d. 2d just won't cut it. The barrel ride was epic and so was the dragon. Gandolphs costume in the beginning made him look like he had too much makeup on though.

Overall. Very entertaining. Worth the see in the theatre in 3D
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This story is probably one of the better ones told throughout history. Post bible of course.
 
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I'd like to know why everyone likes these movies, when I read the books, I had a completely different universe imagined... I kinda wish george lucas had done the LOTR movies instead. I felt that Willow and Krull (different director) were closer to the worlds I imagined and more fast paced. Peter Jackson's movies seem to crawl along at a snail's pace. The only redeeming quality is Smeagle... otherwise I find the series almost completely unwatchable. This is supposed to be high fantasy, not a trip to the library.
 
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LiveFreeX said:
I'd like to know why everyone likes these movies, when I read the books, I had a completely different universe imagined... I kinda wish george lucas had done the LOTR movies instead. I felt that Willow and Krull (different director) were closer to the worlds I imagined and more fast paced. Peter Jackson's movies seem to crawl along at a snail's pace. The only redeeming quality is Smeagle... otherwise I find the series almost completely unwatchable. This is supposed to be high fantasy, not a trip to the library.
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Do you like the Hunger Games series?
 
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