"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.

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Tips Section has dried up. Why?

Atom Smasher

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I've noticed that the Tips Section has been close to abandoned for a while now, with most activity going on in General Discussion and Mature Man.

My theory is that the community is rapidly changing and getting away from simple pickup techniques and and getting more serious about designing a successful life and developing the inner man.

Thoughts?
 

"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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I think in general its a lot more discussion and a lot less field work here. I think you get good tips from people getting out there and trying things. Not from sitting around debating on looks and other mundane stuff. I think if you see more field reports you might see more tips.
 

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Because people are more concerned with having their immediate and specific problems solved. Guys used to come on here and discipline themselves to learn the techniques, so they wouldn't have so many problems to begin with.

We all used to come on here and talk about our situations, and there was a lot of support, but there wasn't much tolerance for people who repeatedly did AFC sh!t without showing signs of improvement.

When you're improving, you get epiphanies, and you post your thoughts and ideas in Tips. We had real discussions, and flinging insults back and forth wasn't tolerated to the extent it is now. I looked at some of those old threads yesterday, and I can't believe the difference.

Although I have my doubts, I hope we can get back to the way it was. Those guys really knew their sh!t. This forum did me a world of good back then, and I could use that quality of advice now. I see that a lot of guys here could.
 

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It could be that my worst fear is coming true. Perhaps all the whining about how much looks matter and desperate attempts to convince everyone else of the same is finally starting to pay off. If guys are buying into this nonsense, then obviously there is no point in seeking out "tips" and so they stay out of that section of the forum.

That's just a theory, though.
 

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I've been said that, since I got here that experience is were it's at
you can read the bible till your black and blue, but it won't mean anything unless you apply it's teaching to your own life.

Too many guys come on here now looking for a "magic pill" to fix a problem with a girl and relationship that's en route breakupville, USA, or some Oneists situation which may be unsalavagble.

I wish I could read more success stories on here about guys who are not only doing well with the ladies, but at the gym, with business, with life, with their spirituality etc

God knows I'm trying my darnest with my situation
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Just a Shot Away said:
It could be that my worst fear is coming true. Perhaps all the whining about how much looks matter and desperate attempts to convince everyone else of the same is finally starting to pay off. If guys are buying into this nonsense, then obviously there is no point in seeking out "tips" and so they stay out of that section of the forum.

That's just a theory, though.
Can you talk about something else for a change? Or are you just a one trick pony.
 

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Alle_Gory said:
Can you talk about something else for a change? Or are you just a one trick pony.
Listen, he asked a question and I offered a theory. I'm sorry you don't agree with it. No tricks, just brainstorming.
 
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