"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

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.

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Was Tyler Durden intentionally made out to be the villain in The Game?

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Was that some arrangement himself and Style came to, in order to make a better story by having the dramatising effect of the villain (Tyler)?

In Blueprint, Tyler comes across as a very cool guy.

In the Game, he came across as a legitimately borderline sociopath and douchebag par excellence.

I don't know what to make of him.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

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.

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The_Reaper said:
Was that some arrangement himself and Style came to, in order to make a better story by having the dramatising effect of the villain (Tyler)?

In Blueprint, Tyler comes across as a very cool guy.

In the Game, he came across as a legitimately borderline sociopath and douchebag par excellence.

I don't know what to make of him.
Well sociopaths do wear a mask, so perhaps what was said of him in 'The Game' (I don't know what was said, I haven't read it) is indeed true.
 

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Stop taking a marketers words for truth. I'd be more concerned about what kind of douchebag Style has to be to write that kind of stuff, than the sh!t HE wrote through HIS POV about a competitor.

Don't get caught up in PUA drama.
 

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Basically, here's what tyler did.

He took a bootcamp with mystery's company "Social Dynamics"

He got good and was mysteries wing for a while.

Then, he went off and started his own company, "Real Social Dynamics"

Now he lives in Hawaii with his hot gf.

You be the judge.
 

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Prozac said:
Stop taking a marketers words for truth. I'd be more concerned about what kind of douchebag Style has to be to write that kind of stuff, than the sh!t HE wrote through HIS POV about a competitor.

Don't get caught up in PUA drama.
Good point. Style did say some douchey things, e.g. about the attractiveness and charisma (or lack thereof) of some of the gurus.
 

"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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It's literature, written by someone who has his own ideas and conceptions in his mind. When he writes (or anyone, for that matter), he leaves a lot of his ideology on paper.

So, should you believe mr. Strauss? A little, don't shallow whole. Take it with some salt.
 

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I think most PUA's are douches anyways (so far most PUA'a I met were just a bunch of scrawny geeks who feel on top of the world by acting like dictators because of this new found power).

I am sure there was alot of hatered and jealousy towards Tyler Durdan by Styles because that is what you get when you put geeks with inflated egos under one roof and they all compete with each other to be the top dog.

You should read Nei's other book "Emergency", he actually made himself more of a man in this book then "The Game".
 

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Dante420 said:
Is this book worth getting?
I would say yes, its a fun read. But if youre kind of iffy about spending $25 on it...go to the public library and check it out for free.
 
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