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.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
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.
Hysterical, noticed some common themes with people so vocally against. The one I've seen the most is people of average intelligence who think they are highly intelligent.Lol the title of this thread makes me chuckle.
Still Hodling since $15k
Thats funny too. I consider myself low Iq but unorthodox and i think outside the mainstream.Hysterical, noticed some common themes with people so vocally against. The one I've seen the most is people of average intelligence who think they are highly intelligent.
If true, nothing wrong with that either, the most important thing is being self aware and open to new ideas. Don't let ego or insecurity get in the wayThats funny too. I consider myself low Iq but unorthodox and i think outside the mainstream.
I was listening to an interview with the chair of the economics department at harvard, where he explained that any economist would never see a value in bitcoin. It's all empty hype.Hysterical, noticed some common themes with people so vocally against. The one I've seen the most is people of average intelligence who think they are highly intelligent.
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.
For every academia professor/chairman that is so immersed in their scholastic bubble and makes wide generalizations/sweeping statements about what "everyone should do what I say because I work at an ivy league school", I know dozens more of incredibly successful hedge fund managers that are participating in the real world markets that fundamentally believe the exact opposite. What's more, they are actively putting their money where their mouth is. Regardless of how Bitcoin preforms on a macro timeline, cryptocurrency is here to stay. Whether or not the concept of decentralized finance stays around - and everyone should hope to God it does - remains to be seen admist the possibility of government intervention but investing in Bitcoin today is a relatively safe bet... especially because of what has happened last year and what is happening now.I was listening to an interview with the chair of the economics department at harvard, where he explained that any economist would never see a value in bitcoin. It's all empty hype.
Not everyone who owns bitcoin is a moron, but anyone who knows anything about financial markets would only own btc with the goal of finding a bigger moron later to sell to at a higher price. The price is dumb now, and will probably get dumber in the future. That doesn't make it smart.
Incorrect, every major financial and tech company is making their play in this market and some of the greatest minds in each are fully on board. Who cares what professors have to say, most have no real life experience or are invested in the old system. Suggest you drop your ego and look into it more. I went to school for econ, worked at an investment management firm all through my 20's and have a lot friends are still in that industry, this is not some fad. If you understand network effects and metcalfes law you can see a very clear trajectory. Would love to hear some of your arguments besides just calling it "dumb"I was listening to an interview with the chair of the economics department at harvard, where he explained that any economist would never see a value in bitcoin. It's all empty hype.
Not everyone who owns bitcoin is a moron, but anyone who knows anything about financial markets would only own btc with the goal of finding a bigger moron later to sell to at a higher price. The price is dumb now, and will probably get dumber in the future. That doesn't make it smart.
For every academia professor/chairman that is so immersed in their scholastic bubble and makes wide generalizations/sweeping statements about what "everyone should do what I say because I work at an ivy league school", I know dozens more of incredibly successful hedge fund managers that are participating in the real world markets that fundamentally believe the exact opposite. What's more, they are actively putting their money where their mouth is. Regardless of how Bitcoin preforms on a macro timeline, cryptocurrency is here to stay. Whether or not the concept of decentralized finance stays around - and everyone should hope to God it does - remains to be seen admist the possibility of government intervention but investing in Bitcoin today is a relatively safe bet... especially because of what has happened last year and what is happening now.
Don't even get me started on how the whole Gamestop stock situation (especially brokerages freezing trading, etc) is a wet ****ing dream for anyone bullish on crypto. Two entire generations have been massively disenfranchised in participating in markets that their parents used when it became apparent how rigged it is. That isn't going to undo itself. You cannot put the toothpaste back in the tube.
BTC will hit $100,000 at some point this year, there is absolutely no question. I don't know how high it will go this cycle, but we will see a $250,000+ Bitcoin this decade.
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.
It's comical at this pointHere's song dedicated to the nocoiner Bitcoin haters:
There are good chances that the morons buying at 1 millions usd will be those calling btc a ponzi now.I was listening to an interview with the chair of the economics department at harvard, where he explained that any economist would never see a value in bitcoin. It's all empty hype.
Not everyone who owns bitcoin is a moron, but anyone who knows anything about financial markets would only own btc with the goal of finding a bigger moron later to sell to at a higher price. The price is dumb now, and will probably get dumber in the future. That doesn't make it smart.
Yep...Bitcoin is going to infinity, because the FED can print an infinite amount of dollars.There are good chances that the morons buying at 1 millions usd will be those calling btc a ponzi now.
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.