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Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
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.
We're have way too much fun with this...Originally posted by Keeper
*goes to gym* +1 to Strength
*reads chapter in bible* +1 Intelligence
*wanks* +1 Agility
Don't forget the Squeeze Other Guys Balls move (see Bjerte's posts), +200 to charisma!Don't forget your most powerful spell.
The George McFly backshot (+50 personality)
Originally posted by diplomatic_lies
Don't forget the Squeeze Other Guys Balls move (see Bjerte's posts), +200 to charisma!
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.
Wait a second, did I miss something? What does any of this have to do with sarging online? The article didn't say anything about it.Originally posted by diplomatic_lies
Seriously speaking though, if it's working for him, then there's nothing we can really say (especially you keyboard jockeys out there).
Whatever works, simply works. Personally I think only losers use online dating, but if you manage to snag a hot chick on the internet, then congratulations.
Like World of Warcraft?Originally posted by diplomatic_lies
Video games are getting waaaay out of hand these days...![]()
Next thing you know we'll actually be talking to other people in multiplayer computer games.
It follows the same principle. Most people here think whatever this guy's doing is stupid. Most people also think internet dating is stupid. But if it works, then it isn't stupid.Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
Wait a second, did I miss something? What does any of this have to do with sarging online? The article didn't say anything about it.
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.
prove it.Originally posted by Nighthawk
It's a spoof article.
But I just found that to prove my point. The reason I knew it was a spoof is that it is obviously so. Did you think This Is Spinal Tap was a real documentary too?Called "the world's greatest tech humour site" by The Register, BBspot creates entertainment for the geekier side of the world. BBspot produces a variety of features like fake news stories satirizing the tech and political worlds, the BBspot Mailbag which pokes fun at the Believers (people who believe our fake news) and much more.