Poonani Maker
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"I just moved here from Florida."
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.
We've been hoodwinked by not only financiers, but also, Scientists in ivory towers.
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"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.
Furyguy
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Is this post about economy or physics? The physics are a lot more interesting imo...
LHC is a step in the right direction. Kind of like Ptolemaic Epicycles, we're creating new technology to test mathematical theories created before they could be properly tested.
As far as the banks, safe to say the execs instructing the "back-room mathematicians" made these bull**** theories not because they thought they were true and accurate representations of the world, but because they thought they could get rich off them.
Interesting video none the less.
LHC is a step in the right direction. Kind of like Ptolemaic Epicycles, we're creating new technology to test mathematical theories created before they could be properly tested.
As far as the banks, safe to say the execs instructing the "back-room mathematicians" made these bull**** theories not because they thought they were true and accurate representations of the world, but because they thought they could get rich off them.
Interesting video none the less.