"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Who´s your idol when it comes to being a man?

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Well, the title says everything...
My idol when it comes to being a man is Hulk Hogan, the wrestler. I think he´s confident, doesn´t take **** from anyone, always says exactly what he´s thinking and respects people in order to get respect. He also doesn´t care what people think of him.
 

"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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ChrizZ said:
Well, the title says everything...
My idol when it comes to being a man is Hulk Hogan, the wrestler. I think he´s confident, doesn´t take **** from anyone, always says exactly what he´s thinking and respects people in order to get respect. He also doesn´t care what people think of him.
He's also bright orange!

I reckon patrick batemen...christian bale in american psycho...apart from the killing n stuff!
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

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.

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Formula 1 driver Mark Webber, he has no fancy ideas about himself and just gets the job done.
 

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Josef Stalin, who racked up 30 million kills. No other man in this world has murdered more people than him.

Also that French chick who was really a guy was pretty manly. Look at her jawline!
 

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My idol when it comes to being a "man"? Machiavelli

I think...
 

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Deus ex Pianoforte said:
Start practicing your agonized screams now, or else you won't hold a candle to your idol when you're burning in Hell too. I can make his out just barely when I put my ear to the ground.
Well I'm an aethiest, so I'm going to hell anyway.
 

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diplomatic_lies said:
Well I'm an aethiest, so I'm going to hell anyway.

As am I.
 

"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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Mark "Chopper" Read.

He loved his beer.
He spoke his mind.
He loved his rugby.

Although he did kill 20 people, luckily only serving jail time for 1 of those murders, but they were all drug dealers. He always said, drug dealers are the scum of the earth.

He's a man's man alright.
 

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obviuosly. clint eastwood.(tough guy roles. nonesense anti hero, vintage man right there)

,james dean.(wierd but stylish he was way ahead of his time style wise)

,charles barkley.(no nonesense basketball player. that would fight for the ball till he can't anymore. even if the balls on the floor he goe's for it get down and dirty).

vin diesel( i like his built and voice tone)
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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diplomatic_lies said:
Well I'm an aethiest, so I'm going to hell anyway.
Am I the only one who sees the contradiction in this?
 

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Theodore Roosevelt - combined supreme masculinity with high intellect. Rather than become the effeminate intellectual or the mindless macho jock, he instead exemplified the best attributes of both. That is a real man.

Morality, will-power, courage, leadership, energy, accomplishment, toughness, intellect, passion, decisiveness, vision, and character.

We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.
 

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Sylvester Stallone

He was a nobody and went to Hollywood with the Rocky script, getting rejected over and over, but he kept perservering. He overcame a speech impediment, overcame critics who prejudged him as stupid, overcame amazing odds stacked against him, then went on to direct and act in one of the best films ever made - Rocky.

Then on the other hand, he is a guy who built and maintained an amazing physique through sheer dedication and allegedy steroid free. He gained weight for Copland, showing dedication to his acting career, then managed to get back in shape.

He has done some sh1t films, but it's his dedication to his goals that I admire. If you watch the original Rocky, you can see that he based the character heavily on himself.
 

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Something funny I got to point out is on a chick's most wanted list, none of this names would come up. ;)
 

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What I think is funnier, is that most of these men that we idolise are celebrities, not blood & steel heroes, or national leaders.

Where are the Caesars, Napoleons, Barbarossas, Rommels, and Francos?


EDIT: Okay, we got Roosevelt (well he was a leader of a democracy, not a dictator, but nobody's perfect), and William Wallace. I guess its something :p
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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