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.
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.
It wasn't denying 9/11. I can see why you thought that because some said the movie is like those who deny the moon landing.shop until I die! said:denying 9/11 and saying what you all are saying is the same as spitting in the face of the victim's families.
What's so crazy about a group of guys giving off false smoke signals?shop until I die! said:Right wing, Left wing...it doesn't matter. This is about sanity and logic.
blueguy said:What's so crazy about a group of guys giving off false smoke signals?
It's the norm rather than the exception whenever a large crime is committed.
You never heard of Enron?
You never been to court proceedings?
It happens EVERY day.
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.
You don't like truth - eh? You and fascist like you are the treasonous ones!! Traitors!!shop until I die! said:J At this point any suggestion to help you 9/11 anti-Americans should be welcomed.
Points to title of forum: "anything else"shop until I die! said:Lastly, how does arguing about this on THIS website do anything for your guys' (outrageous) cause? Do you think all these WBAFC's are going to say "God Damn, they're right!!! Now I must fight for the good cause! F*** trying to become a real playa with women, I think spreading the word about how our government was behind 9/11 is much more worthy of my time!"
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.
I think it'll go more slower then that. First we'll just be required to have the ID card. Then a year later it'll be swiped whenever we go to a govt agency. Then more places, ect.Ever onward said:Everyone is getting so caught up in the 911 part of the film. I would never dismiss 911 as being unimportant but look at the other issues.
Congress passed a bill that will force us to carry National ID cards as early as NEXT YEAR. We won't be able to go anywhere without getting that card swiped. That means the government will know when we go to the movies and what movies we are seeing. What books we buy. EVERYTHING we do.
The bill was passed because it was an attachment to a larger bill for funding the troops. What a sneaky way to do it!
LMS and Jonwon are right, ID chips are the next step! GPS chips are being placed in all new passports issued already.
hope7 said:I think it'll go more slower then that. First we'll just be required to have the ID card. Then a year later it'll be swiped whenever we go to a govt agency. Then more places, ect.
I thought we were supposed to be a cut above other countries. NO OFFENSE to anyone outside of the US but don't we as American's pride ourselves on being the leading democracy in the world?If any of you have been out of the country you'll know most governments already do that. We are acting like our government is doing something new and vicious. Many countries will need your ID,document your info even if you go to the doctor or do anything. I was in Colombia years back and in order to buy a pair of pants, they wanted my hotel info,cell phone( I did'nt have one so gave my hotle number). Many countries you have to travel with ID all the time and the natives know it. My father travels a lot for biz . Has for years and knows the drill outside of the U.S. and wonders what the hype is all about.
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
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.