Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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Bible_Belt

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I like the name brand “natural” ones. It’s basically just peanuts, salt, palm oil, and a bit of sugar (only 2g per serving). It tastes fvcking delicious. The palm oil keeps that classic consistency of the standard hydrogenated oil peanut butter (the unhealthiest).
If you ever have to squat in a bunker to survive and only have one food...peanut butter is it. I can get a big jar for $6 that is 10,000 calories and live off of it for several days.
 

"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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If you ever have to squat in a bunker to survive and only have one food...peanut butter is it. I can get a big jar for $6 that is 10,000 calories and live off of it for several days.
And it mixes great with lots of different things...

Chocolate...jelly...honey...bananas...bacon...

I am sure there are others I am missing.
 

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I noticed the other day stocking up on rice and beans how cheap this shvt is. Less than $1 / lb. Cheap carbs and protein. @Bible_Belt is this the poverty diet?
That's not really protein...at least not in any amount that's going to be of use for building muscle.

Carbs yes, a little protein sure. Calling it protein? No.
 

"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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They aren’t like a steak or anything but beans are considered in the protein group, forming a complete protein with grains.
Basically a 1/2 cup of beans equates to one ounce of meat in terms of protein content.

So if you eat 6 ounces of chicken, you'd have to eat 3 cups of beans...and rice on top of that...good luck trying to get that down haha
 

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Basically a 1/2 cup of beans equates to one ounce of meat in terms of protein content.
Beans as a protein are combined with a grain, which also has protein. Granted, I’m not recommending it for bulking or for elite athletes. The average person, beans are nutritionally considered a protein.
 

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Beans as a protein are combined with a grain, which also has protein. Granted, I’m not recommending it for bulking or for elite athletes. The average person, beans are nutritionally considered a protein.
True enough, for the average person not working out that would likely be good enough to meet most of their protein needs for the day.
 

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All the new plant based “meats” are just isolated legume protein. Strips out the carbs and fiber. Pretty comparable to meat, though not in texture or taste.
 

"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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I've been reading about the FDA and food additives and pesticides in the US. It's scary shyt. We literally allow companies to peddle poison. In other countries there is more respect for food and diet. I was gonna start a thread about it but it would turn into some us vs. them thing.

Yet you, and me ,and all of us are weak azz p00sies who allow huge companies to milk us dry in every way thinkable, from our housing to our dating apps to our food.

I'd believe that Quaker's higher management would rather import their own oatmeal from the UK..but sell it to yall dump f4cks in the states..

Same with all those fastfood companies. Y'all keep eating it anyway..
 

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Yet you, and me ,and all of us are weak azz p00sies who allow huge companies to milk us dry in every way thinkable, from our housing to our dating apps to our food.

I'd believe that Quaker's higher management would rather import their own oatmeal from the UK..but sell it to yall dump f4cks in the states..

Same with all those fastfood companies. Y'all keep eating it anyway..
I haven't lived in the US in many years, but yeah, these food conglomerates cannot be trusted to care about your health.
 

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I haven't lived in the US in many years, but yeah, these food conglomerates cannot be trusted to care about your health.
Crazy part is the same products in other countries have like half the ingredients. So fvcked up the US allows companies to fvck people's health with all this added garbage but at the end of the day it's what they want...more people needing to be on drugs for Big Pharma to profit from.
 

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In countries with 'universal health care', a lot of medication are part of the basic insurance, so diabetics don't have to pay for their metformin/insulin, whereas in the US the pharmaceutical industry profits heavily from necessary medication.
So it's to their advantage that the bad news keeps people indoors and chained to their television, living in fear which makes them consume medication for anxiety disorders and diabetes, and keeps them sedentary to consume the garbage that people comfort themselves with.

Why is there high fructose corn syrup in everything?
In those countries it's just a problem of having to wait and wait and wait for many things, especially so called elective procedures, but when you are almost unable to walk from your hip being so bad that it starts dislocating when you are walking, is it really elective?

At that point it's a quality of life issue...they are telling you to fvck off and use a wheelchair and wait a year.
 

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In those countries it's just a problem of having to wait and wait and wait for many things, especially so called elective procedures, but when you are almost unable to walk from your hip being so bad that it starts dislocating when you are walking, is it really elective?

At that point it's a quality of life issue...they are telling you to fvck off and use a wheelchair and wait a year.
That's sort of true where I live, but only if a person uses public health. On private insurance everything's taken care of promptly, and there are no copays or deductibles or lab fees or any of that sh*t. Just an (affordable) monthly premium. The public option is there for the poor and/or for emergencies/urgencies if necessary. Having lived under both systems I can say neither is perfect but the US system is garbage. As far as quality of life, IME it's much better here - the elderly are out and about, even into their 90s, not shut in and deteriorating.
 

"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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You know all that from personal experience I take it?

Or do you get that misinformation from media who don't want the US to embrace universal health care?

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I know that because of the number of Canadians that come down to pay out of their own pocket for health procedures here instead of waiting a year or more.

It's a LOT.
 

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The US has universal health care for poor people. It's been great for me. Everything is free. It's only when you try to claw your way out of poverty that the system beats you down.
 

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The US has universal health care for poor people. It's been great for me. Everything is free. It's only when you try to claw your way out of poverty that the system beats you down.
Nice to see you have some ambition in life.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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