"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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Will a weight loss drug like Ozempic change the game?

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If a safe weight loss drug hit the market it would lead to more attractive women hitting the market

men who were overweight would also benefit

what do you see the net impact on the game being?

would the increased supply of suitable women be eclipsed by an increased supply of chads?

i think it could be a net beneft. We need more fit women although as someone who has exercised for years i am always skeptical of shortcuts
 

"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.

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This is like asking how the introduction of fat-free snack foods "will change the game."

Fatties will shoot themselves up with a shot and continue doing all of the other things that made them fatties in the first place. Anyone up for a double mochaccino while we compare Instagram feeds on our phones? *tee hee*
 

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No, because people will still maintain their crappy eating habits and the weight will come right back once they get off it.

Also, these drugs are completely unnecessary for anyone who chooses to manage their nutrition properly and actively works on maintaining good insulin sensitivity.

This is the equivalent of people who don't workout taking steroids to try and gain muscle.

The funny thing is people have lost like 30 lbs in a year when I have multiple times lost that amount of weight in a matter of 3 months or less switching from a winter bulk to a summer lean out program. The sh!t doesn't even make sense...it takes them 4x as long to lose the weight and they have learned absolutely nothing of value while doing so, which means as soon as they get off it they will gain it all right back much quicker than it took them to lose it.

Which is even more fvcked up because you should be able to lose weight 3x faster than you gained it, not the other way around.
 

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There are already medical studies out showing that people go off it and gain all their weight back.
 

"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.

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The only weight loss pill I can see working is either an effective appetite suppressant or one that multiplies your metabolism.
 

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This is like asking how the introduction of fat-free snack foods "will change the game."

Fatties will shoot themselves up with a shot and continue doing all of the other things that made them fatties in the first place. Anyone up for a double mochaccino while we compare Instagram feeds on our phones? *tee hee*
The idea is that the fat Rx will take away the urge to eat junk food.
 

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There are already medical studies out showing that people go off it and gain all their weight back.
Not sure why that is surprising. They think they get something for nothing, but life doesn't work like that. If you don't change your dietary habits, eventually your body will go back to the same state it was in that led to all the weight gain to being with. Namely being insulin resistant.
 

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There are already medical studies out showing that people go off it and gain all their weight back.
That is not surprising, but, that is probably only because they do not change their diet plans. If they begin practicing a better diet plan before, during, and after taking the drug, does the weight stay off?
 

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That is not surprising, but, that is probably only because they do not change their diet plans. If they begin practicing a better diet plan before, during, and after taking the drug, does the weight stay off?
Depends how effective it is at addressing their root issue which is insulin resistance. No drugs are needed for that and the results will come far quicker if you do it yourself.
 

"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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