Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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Rainman4707

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CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED

This message has came up the last couple of times my laptop has crashed.

It's strange because when I bought the computer in PC world, the staff said "make sure you backup the computer because we've had a lot of customers returning to the store with faults because of Windows 10." (I have windows 10)

You guys got any info on this??
 

"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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As a general rule I always wait at least 6 months after a new operating system is released because they're always buggy as hell upon release. No point in upgrading if you don't have to. I'm still using Windows 7 on my laptop.
 

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Windows 10 seems fishy as hell to me. Why are they so desperate for me to download their FREE upgrade?

I smell NSA....
 

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They track a lot of the stuff you do, it repeats back to their server almost 90% of the applications you use and what you look at. If you want 'some' privacy, you need linux.
 

"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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As a general rule I always wait at least 6 months after a new operating system is released because they're always buggy as hell upon release. No point in upgrading if you don't have to. I'm still using Windows 7 on my laptop.
That is exactly how I handle it, only I wait more like 1-2 years. Why is it my job to test their OS for them? That's all the first 1-2 years are IMO. Most commercial software anymore may look all fancy and do great things but under the hood it's a ticking time bomb. Managers and company execs just want the thing made as fast as possible and pushed out the door as fast as possible so they can start profiting. The developers get pressure to release stuff before they have the time to fully test it. Why all the updates, otherwise? Over and over and over more and more updates.. The management figures that that's our job as consumers to test their sh|t, then they blame the developers when something is wrong, not themselves for pushing it out too fast.. IT managers are generally sociopaths so they are never wrong about anything!. I have certain requirements with 2 of my 3 jobs where I have to use Windows 7 for certain things and I do. But for anything that I don't have to I have switched to Mac and Linux. And anytime I need software I will exhaust all open source options before buying. I may look at Windows 10 in another year if I still need Windows for anything but right now I am OK. For the folks testing Windows 10 for me, thank you!
 
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