"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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What are your thoughts on all the rampant shoplifting?

"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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If they go to more online shopping, we'll likely see an increase in people stealing packages off of people's porches.

A related thing I've noticed is the increase in airline violence. I remember for awhile after 9/11, the one thing you didn't want to do is act up on an airline, because they had zero tolerance for it, they had the air marshals, and they would cart you away. Now acting up on airlines seems routine.

Amazon used to promise 1 day deliver, but now almost all my orders are 2 days. I don't mind because I'm not ordering food. But if I'm ordering food or meds, I need it now.
I accidentally ordered Prime somehow on Amazon, but I've kept it since I wanted to try Prime Video anyway. I do like the shipping perks though. Anyway, yeah the one day is basically two day, and the two day is basically three day. You have to give them a day to ship it, and then two days after that you get it, so it's about three days. Better than the standard shipping though, which can take about 10 days.
 

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So you're advocating for moving in alongside hordes of illegal alien ****heads and Chinese investors as police, fire, EMS and a few remaining human beings w/an ounce of common sense move out? Mad Max. Brilliant.
 

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I don't venture into my city as much as I used too. Recent events in once considered 'safe' areas have discouraged me and the current political affairs have made it even more of a mess. The amount of lootings and riots that have taken place the past two years have painted a negative (but accurate) image. Break ins and shoplifting are becoming common place and even the trendier nicer areas are getting hit.
 

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So you're advocating for moving in alongside hordes of illegal alien ****heads and Chinese investors as police, fire, EMS and a few remaining human beings w/an ounce of common sense move out? Mad Max. Brilliant.
Not advocating. Do what you want bro.

A lot of people bought property in NYC in the 70s for peanuts. Sold in the 2000s for millions. Soho, LES, Park Slope. Neighborhoods that were slums but now posh. Not for the faint of heart. Takes balls and vision.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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This is only really a problem in the urban areas of certain metros, particularly those who take a more "soft on crime" stance. This is a non-issue in the suburbs/more rural areas/metros where law and order are respected.

The stores will continue to operate brick and mortar where it's profitable, that's not changing. Obviously it's not profitable when theft is eating significantly into margins.
 

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It's always the sheltered white normies who eventually become communists.

And then they realize just how well they lived as sheltered normies, but only after it's too late to go back.

The comforts of Western society has been taken for granted. Now these woke policies are turning our cities into warzones.
 

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I just wish it would be ok to tackle shoplifters. Sadly we would be prosecuted.

would be cool to blindside a shoplifter in a Terry tate office football style tackle

 

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And then they realize just how well they lived as sheltered normies, but only after it's too late to go back.
But they can still phuck their way into the upper echelons of the Party.
 

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It's always the sheltered white normies who eventually become communists.
Alissa Heinerscheid, currently on leave of absence from Bud Light, is a good example of this.

Privileged, sheltered white female who went to Harvard University for undergrad and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business for an MBA. Both of those schools are elitist private schools.
 

"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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Alissa Heinerscheid, currently on leave of absence from Bud Light, is a good example of this.

Privileged, sheltered white female who went to Harvard University for undergrad and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business for an MBA. Both of those schools are elitist private schools.
It's not just sheltering that's the attractor, it's a sense of victimhood as well. And in Heinerscheid's case, ugliness. Smart, sheltered nerd types love the commies.
 

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All you need is a local government prosecute the law, and these perps quit.
 

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Alissa Heinerscheid, currently on leave of absence from Bud Light, is a good example of this.

Privileged, sheltered white female who went to Harvard University for undergrad and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business for an MBA. Both of those schools are elitist private schools.
Well, she caused a net value drop (for the investors in InBev) in the billions, but she isn't a thief. :rolleyes:
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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