"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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Which is better FHM or Maxim?

Which is better FHM or Maxim?

  • FHM

    Votes: 7 50.0%
  • Maxim

    Votes: 4 28.6%
  • Other (State name of another magazine you recommend and why)

    Votes: 3 21.4%

  • Total voters
    14

CCKazi007

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I like both but I'm running short on money these days so I was wondering which magazine was better. Please explain your reasoning and state why the other one is better than the other. If anyone knows any magazines good for improving fashion please tell me! BTW Does askmen have their personal magazine? their site is really neat it's like a men's encylopedia.
 

"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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bigmil

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Fvck those magazines -- Internet man! -- it's free and lots of good porn.:up:
 

KillaCam

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Bible_Belt is on the money there.

I buy FHM and Ralph, although to me FHM is the best.

And I do buy FHM for the articles :p they have some funny, relative and actually darn helpful stuff in there.
 

"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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diablo

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I have a subscription to Stuff magazine. I like both FHM and Maxim but find that Stuff appeals more to me, followed closely by Maxim then FHM.
 

DarthJuan

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I use to have a free subscription to all those magazines.
I honestly couldn't tell the difference between any of them.
They are so much alike...from the layout and content that they are practically indistinguishable.

Yeah, like Playboy, they all photoshop/airbrush the hell out of the girls. The women always look orange and the pictures are so airbrushed and blurred that they look like cell-shaded cartoons.
 

CCKazi007

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Damn I never read Stuff magazine but I might give it a shot, I heard it was Maxim's sister mag though. What sucks is how you can't buy Playboy or Hustler if your not 18, when I was 15 living in Japan I bought Playboy every month but Playboy doesn't have any interestin articles like Maxim and FHM. Well after comparing both based on models, pictures, article quality, areas they cover, website and special features I think Maxim is a little better than FHM. I seriously think Askmen.com should consider publishing their own magazines they have so many great articles.
 

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don't know, i have never bought any of those mags before - i guess i don't find them interesting enough, i would probably browse through them if given them but thats it. in the end i just don't think there worth the money.
 

DJDamage

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CCKazi007 said:
Damn I never read Stuff magazine but I might give it a shot, I heard it was Maxim's sister mag though
It is.

Some of the articles they use in Stuff magazine they used in Maxim as well. I used to have a subscription to Maxim back in 98-99 and the magazine used to be thick and more entertaining. Now the magazine is so thin and the articles are lame and unoriginal, they seem to run out of ideas.

The magazines I read now tend to be more mature like: National Geographic, Time Magazine and Men's journal. I sometimes look at Askmen.com.

For sports and porn I browse the net.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

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.

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