"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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What happens if Texas secedes

teagan

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The south was no longer part of the Union, therefore it had no right to Fort Sumter as it was the property of the United States of America, not the Confederate States of America. For example, for American soldiers in the south to join the Confederate army they had to surrender to the Confederacy and then enlist in the Confederate army.

And read Alexander Stephens's Cornerstone Speech...it is quoted above. Alexander Stephens was the Vice President of the Confederacy and he states himself that slavery was the main reason for secession.

The South adopted the "Lost Cause" mentality after the war which a lot of people still adhere to today. Basically, the South tried to justify their reason for secession to not appear like they were the aggressor. Namely, they changed their reason for secession to economic problems with the North to save face. By doing so, they tried to support a moral image of the South. In the end though, it was all a facade.

Alexander Stephens is a perfect example of the "Lost Cause." After the war he changed his stance on what caused secession. And if you read his cornerstone speech, he said plain and clearly the reason was slavery. After the war he changed the reason to economic sanctions.

It was all a ploy to make the South look good after defeat. It is all a lie.
 

"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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Darth

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Alexander Stephens doesn't speak for the Confederacy.

"The south was no longer part of the Union, therefore it had no right to Fort Sumter as it was the property of the United States of America"

That doesn't explain the fact that the North's basic premise was wrong, which was that the Southern states had no right to secede from the US, when in fact they did.
 

Jon55

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Levex said:
US national obesity rate drops by 20%.

:up:

HA! "Don't mess with Texas". :rolleyes: Bye bye, jackasses!
 

"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.

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