You, my friend, are an intelligent man!JonJaper said:I'm subscribing to this thread...it's pure gold
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.
You, my friend, are an intelligent man!JonJaper said:I'm subscribing to this thread...it's pure gold
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
From the original column:Samantha Brick goes viral: Isn't she lovely? Annoyed people say 'no'
Samantha Brick has discovered that when you write about your own good looks, people will not react well.
The backlash from her Daily Mail column, "There Are Downsides to Looking This Pretty," has gone viral. And this week, the British woman spoke about the evidence of the vitriol on ABC's "Good Morning America" -- "the thousands of vile messages I've had on Twitter, the thousands of vile emails I've had to my personal account, the messages I've had on my own answerphone."
Sure, she is not hot. I am sure she was a cute 7 in her youth but she is not making a false statement.I work at mine [appearance] — I don’t drink or smoke, I work out, even when I don’t feel like it, and very rarely succumb to chocolate. Unfortunately women find nothing more annoying than someone else being the most attractive girl in a room.
Hey, football fans, it don't get any clearer than this!You have to understand, that when a woman gets mad and starts just pushing your buttons, okay? That is the female version of the Hail Mary, alright?
Now, I know you guys all watch fuckin' NFL. What does Tom Jackson say when they throw the fuckin' Hail Mary? What do you do? *knock it down!* That's what you do! And you knock it down by just being calm.
Now if she just says a bunch shit in fuckin' anger, okay? And you actually respond to the shit and insult her back, that's like taking an "Unnecessary Roughness" call, after you just stopped the other team Fourth and fuckin' Goal, to end the game.
Now, it's a penalty. They got a First Down. You gave them all... a whole fuckin' four set of downs to try to get in the fuckin' end zone. You fucked up! You had the game won cuz you lost your cool.
Don't ever lose your cool.
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.
Thanks, my friend. You obviously know your stuff.Geee said:Excellent observations. This is a top notch thread!
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.
OH HELL NOOOOOO!!!! WTF IS THIS SHIT!!?? It's her goddamn job as a Woman to birth a child as it is mine as a Man to be a provider to my family!! It's goddamn Nature for fuck's sake!"A push present (also known as a "push gift" or "baby bauble") is a present a new father gives a new mother when she gives birth to their child. In practice the present may be given before or after the birth, or even in the delivery room."
Thanks my friend. You obviously recognize quality stuff when you see it.Alle_Gory said:This thread is great. Subscribed. Can't wait for the next post.
I will have to make people watching a hobby now. I find it interesting but never pick things out as often as you.
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.
Among the many things I've incorporated into my Life, The 48 Laws of Power are some of the best things I ran across in my journey in the voyage called Life.Law 46: Never appear too Perfect
Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. Envy creates silent enemies. It is smart to occasionally display defects, and admit to harmless vices, in order to deflect envy and appear more human and approachable. Only gods and the dead can seem perfect with impunity.
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.