nycdoctor
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I am just curious..why avatars are not allowed
"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.
WHY ARE avatars NOT ALLOWED
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"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.
Giovanni Casanova
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Metaphysikal_Lover
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Too childish, that's why.
McKindley
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what's an avatar? I've heard that word before and I still have no clue.
Vercingetorix777
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An avatar is the human vessel for a God. What an avatar means around here I've got no clue.
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
Giovanni Casanova
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It's a picture that goes next to your name that "personalizes" you on a forum. We don't need em.
Dukester
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people dont need to be distinguished by a picture. we already have the "DJ status" under our names (DJ, Senior, or Master).
Besides, why do we all need pictures n e way. People around here are known for how good their info is, and how legit it is.
Besides, why do we all need pictures n e way. People around here are known for how good their info is, and how legit it is.
McKindley
Senior Don Juan
I think the best argument against avatars is that they are useless and gay. And if this is really a big deal to you, you probably spend too much time on the internet anyway.
"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
squirrels
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One word: BANDWIDTH
Giovanni Casanova
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I thought it was because we didn't like posters on this site.
Oops, was that a deep dark moderator secret?
Oops, was that a deep dark moderator secret?
Yeah gio shhhhOriginally posted by Giovanni Casanova
I thought it was because we didn't like posters on this site.
Oops, was that a deep dark moderator secret?