"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.
The VMA's : Opinions of the Board.
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"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
il_duce
Master Don Juan
They are only massive successes now because their music is more pop oriented.
penkitten
Master Don Juan
video killed the radio star
anyone remember remote control?
anyone remember the commercial with the grime reaper knocking at the door and the guy says hey will you come back when they stop playing videos? the catch was its all videos 24 hrs a day 7 days a week.
now where the heck is that grime reaper at? he shoulda pulled the plug a decade ago....
penkitten
Master Don Juan
i agree with you
"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.
The Antichrist_Star
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Sounds good... and it's easy to say such a thing.
The only problem with this is the horrifying fact that both Hollywood and MTV is only a response to the people. They are only giving us what we are asking for.
This is still a Democracy ladies and gentlemen, even though it does not feel like it. 'Real World' first arrived in 1990, and there was no other reality show in sight... for years in fact. It was and has been a hit ever since... now we wonder why we see so much of this bull**** on television.
People get mad about Britney Spears, 50 Cent, Green Day and others. Newsflash... these mother****ers are selling millions upon millions of albums in spite of file sharing.
You know those ****ty blockbusters? They still gross hundreds of millions of dollars.
It's not Hollywood nor is it MTV... stop blaming it on an external force. No... the problem... is us.
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Joe The Homophobe
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They are not ruining America, THEY ALREADY HAVE!
"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.
bbestar
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I believed most parents thought T.V. Mtv would be a great baby sitter, a time waster...
heh...and now today.internet....im not suprised
What you sow is what you reap in life...